Belfast - Leli Buttigieg got his professional career off to a flying start last month with a first round stoppage but the super welterweight was made to work much harder by Artjom Spatar in the first fight of Matchroom’s show in Belfast tonight. Buttigieg began the fight by working behind a heavy jab and quickly reddened Spater’s right eye but ...
The super lightweight division has been talked about a ton over the years. This wasn’t always the case. But, with several recognizable and popular 135-pounders making the move up in weight, more and more eyeballs have gravitated towards it. Currently, there are no vacant titles available. Devin Haney holds the division’s WBC title, Rolando “Rolly” Romero has the WBA strap ...
Zhilei Zhang’s trainer is certain that his focused heavyweight is taking Joseph Parker much more seriously than Deontay Wilder did December 23. Shaun George got the sense that Wilder overlooked Parker prior to their 12-round fight last month. Wilder paid a steep price for his surprising, lopsided points loss to Parker at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia because it ...
It turns out, Ryan Garcia doesn’t hold all of the cards at 140 pounds. Although he came up short against Gervonta Davis in 2023, the 25-year-old believes he became a pay-per-view star overnight. According to reports, Garcia played a huge role in their PPV generating over one million buys. He might be beltless, but Garcia has a big name and ...
A recharged Matty Harris starts out on the heavyweight comeback trail on Friday, March 1 in Telford as part of a night of European title action. Also added to the Wasserman Boxing event at the Telford International Centre, is one of British boxing’s young stars, Dan Toward who has made a flying start to life as a professional. The Wasserman ...
EARLY LAST WEEK we, officially, set the ball rolling for what is likely to become the biggest year in modern boxing history. London last Monday evening marked the launch of the media activity for ‘Knockout Chaos’, which will take place on Friday March 8 in Riyadh, featuring the colossal collision between Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou. I don’t need to ...
Christian Araneta can now sit back and wait to see who he next gets to challenge for his first major title fight. The resurgent Filipino junior flyweight punched his way into title contention with a first-round knockout of Arvin Margramo. Araneta scored two knockdowns, the latter which produced the ending at 1:50 into the opening round of their IBF junior ...
You hate to say that any fighter is unbeatable but in the case of Artur Beterbiev, that’s what he seems to be. The Russian monster perpetually moves forward at all times, refusing to take a back step. Once he’s in range, that’s when things get spooky for the opposition. This past weekend, Callum Smith stepped up to the plate. Having ...
Dmitry Bivol would be gravely mistaken if he thinks he can whip punches on Arthur Beterbiev the way he did on Canelo Alvarez, warns a member from Beterbiev’s inner circle. Bivol, the WBA light-heavyweight titlist, and Beterbiev, the WBO, WBC, IBF champion, are expected to vie for the undisputed championship in the summer, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The bout has ...
Munguía vs. Ryder is a 12-round fight presented by Golden Boy Promotions in co-promotion with Zanfer Boxing and Matchroom Boxing. Collazo vs. Gutierrez is a 12-round fight for the WBO Minimumweight World Championship presented in association with Miguel Cotto Promotions. (photos by Ed Mulholland) Fundora vs. Cruz is a 10-round fight for the IBF Female Flyweight World Championship and is ...