Flint, Michigan’s Ardreal Holmes Jr extended his undefeated record with a superb second-round knockout of Marlon Harrington. Holmes fought Harrington at 154lbs in the main event on Salita Promotions’ inaugural DAZN broadcast at the Wayne Star Fieldhouse in Detroit. Harrington started more aggressively, and was on the front foot for the opening 30 seconds of round one. Holmes, however, played it cool, keeping ...
Canelo Alvarez is stuck in a curious conundrum. In the court of public opinion, it’s David Benavidez or bust as to who the super middleweight champion should fight next around his traditional Cinco De Mayo date. From Caleb Plant to Billy Joe Saunders and Gennadiy Golovkin to Callum Smith and, most recently, Jermell Charlo, Alvarez has ousted everyone he’s faced ...
The promoter of Alexandro Santiago has had quite a week and believes it will continue. Santiago makes the first defense of his WBC bantamweight title on Saturday, February 24, in Japan against the No. 1 ranked challenger for his belt Junto Nakatani. Santiago won that title last summer against future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire on the Errol Spence vs. ...
Naoya Inoue has been in the awards again, having been named Japan’s Boxer the of the Year at the annual Japanese Boxing Commission and Sportswriters Club ceremony in Tokyo. The brilliant super bantamweight champion, dubbed ‘The Monster’, enjoyed a brilliant 2023, with decisive wins over Stephen Fulton and Marlon Tapales, and for many he was boxing’s Fighter of the Year. ...
Junto Nakatani might not be a household name in the US, but that could be for now. He fights Alexandro Santiago on February 24 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, in Tokyo, Japan. Already a two-division world champion, he won the vacant WBO flyweight title over Giemel Magramo and defended it four times. Three of those four defenses were by stoppage. In ...
Padraig McCrory believes Edgar Berlanga and his team have made a mistake in picking him to fight this Saturday and that he’s one punch away from changing his life when the unbeaten Super-Middleweights clash at Caribe Royale in Orlando, live worldwide on DAZN. McCrory (18-0 9 KOs) faces-off with Berlanga (21-0 16 KOs) for the first time today (Tuesday) in Orlando as they ...
Chantelle Cameron has appointed Grant Smith as her new trainer after her split from Jamie Moore. Moore spoke of their parting of ways at Monday’s press conference for the fight between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall. Cameron had recruited him in 2019 following her split from Shane McGuigan and Cyclone Promotions. “A new chapter with Grant Smith,” the 32-year-old Cameron ...
During a lively press conference in Manchester, Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall completed their two-city press tour and it didn’t take long for tempers to flare. The fighters almost got physical before they even took their seats, with Chorley’s Catterall being cheered and Scotland’s Taylor the protagonist and the villain being booed by the Manchester crowd. Catterall said he felt ...
Former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew admits there have been discussions for him to make a return at bridgerweight. Bellew has been in talks to return and fight the WBC bridgerweight champion, Poland’s 15-0 (14 KOs), Lukasz Rozanski, who won the vacant belt by blitzing Alen Babic in a round. That was last April, in Poland, and Rozanski has not ...
LONDON, UK (February 20, 2024) - Viddal Riley has signed a long-term contract extension to commit his future to BOXXER and Sky Sports. The rising cruiserweight star joined BOXXER in 2021 and has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting talents in a thriving domestic division. The 26-year-old captured the English Cruiserweight Title with a shut-out points victory over Nathan Quarless ...