It is less than three weeks until Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou meet in the ring, but they have already come face-to-face on camera. In a Face Off interview for DAZN, the two heavyweights, 34-year-old Joshua, who is 27-3 with 24 KOs, and Ngannou, 0-1 as a professional boxer, talked about how the March 8 fight in Saudi Arabia came ...
With the City Ground out of the running, a rematch between Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington has been placed on hold for the foreseeable future. The news was disappointing for all involved. Wood had been denied the chance to fulfil a lifelong ambition and box at the home of his beloved Nottingham Forest, Matchroom had lost one of the crown ...
The Winter Wallop, Integrity Fighter Management’s annual late winter club pro boxing show at the Grand Hall at The Priory in Pittsburgh continued the Integrity legacy of gritty fights in Western Pennsylvania. The show featured both local and regional talent from the Pittsburgh, New York, and Indiana areas as well as from as far as the Congo and Ukraine. In ...
The highly unlikely clash between Conor Benn and Gervonta Davis has officially fallen through the cracks. Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn informed the boxing public on Monday that Davis punted on an offer that was presented. In recent weeks, Tank has teased a tilt with the second-generation British star. With Davis now out of the picture, former two-division champion Danny Garcia ...
Conor Benn has hit out at Gervonta Davis for rejecting an offer from Matchroom for Baltimore’s WBA lightweight title holder to move up in weight and fight him. Promoter Eddie Hearn was in Edinburgh today to kick-off proceedings for the April 27 bout between rivals Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, revealing to Pro Boxing Fans that Davis had refused the ...
O’Shaquie Foster made the second defense of his WBC super featherweight title, winning a split-decision over Abraham Nova in his Top Rank debut on Friday, February 16. The bout was closer than expected and a tactical affair, one that showed off a trait that coach Bobby Benton has grown accustomed to with Foster; a flair for the dramatic. Foster stopped ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn has attempted to call the bluff of promotional rival Ben Shalom in an effort to make one of Britain's best domestic fights. Earlier this month, the EBU ordered their European super-lightweight champion, Adam Azim, to defend his title against British and Commonwealth champion Dalton Smith, following the former’s successful title defense at the SSE Arena against Enock ...
Roy Jones Jr has described as “very unfair” suggestions that Jared Anderson showed he lacked the heart to fulfil his potential when they were filmed having an emotional conversation. He has also predicted his fellow American will one day reign as a world heavyweight champion. The great Jones Jr established himself, in his prime, as one of the finest fighters ...
Jack Catterall has revealed that it was Josh Taylor who insisted on their rematch taking place at 140lbs. The bitter rivals fight for the second time on April 27 at Leeds’ First Direct Arena, little over two years after Taylor was so controversially awarded victory at the SSE Arena in Glasgow in their fight for the undisputed super lightweight title. Taylor had previously ...
IBF super-featherweight world champion Joe Cordina has indicated that his upcoming title defense against Anthony Cacace will be his last fight at 130lbs if a unification fight can’t be agreed afterwards. Cordina was due to defend his title on February 17 and feature on the bill of the undisputed heavyweight world title clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in ...