WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has proposed radical changes ahead of the undisputed heavyweight encounter between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Uysk, hoping to prevent significant controversy. Fury-Usyk, who were supposed to meet in the first undisputed heavyweight encounter in almost 25 years on February 17, will now clash on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after Fury sustained a cut on ...
Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall had to be separated when they came face to face to promote their rematch on April 27. Their first fight, for the undisputed super lightweight title in 2022, being awarded in Taylor’s favour via split decision represented one of boxing’s biggest controversies of the modern era. The bitterness that existed between them at the final bell that night ...
Bitter enemies Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will today come head-to-head for the first time since their controversial February 26 fight in Glasgow. They will meet as part of a two-city media tour to announce their long-awaited rematch, which takes place in Leeds on April 27, kicking off in Edinburgh this afternoon and then following up tomorrow in Manchester. Back ...
Bob Santos sees Conor Benn versus Mario Barrios as a difficult fight, and perhaps just as tough as one against undefeated IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. Barrios, who holds the WBC interim welterweight world title, was called out by Benn after a sub-par performance against Pete Dobson at the start of February. “From this perspective, going overseas is no ...
Fabio Wardley said he is a “massive” jump in class for Frazer Clarke ahead of their March 31 fight at London’s O2 Arena. Clarke and Wardley had been on a collision course last year, but terms could not be agreed, talks collapsed and the bad blood has since manifested between the two. Wardley is the more experienced pro, with more ...
Vasiliy Lomachenko travels to Perth, Australia to challenge George Kambosos Jr for the vacant IBF lightweight world title on May 12. The event is being funded, in part, by the Western Australian Government and continues the good times for Australian boxing. The nation invited Manny Pacquiao to Brisbane to face Jeff Horn in 2017 and the country has since produced ...
Jackie Kallen is a female pioneer in the sport, an iconic former publicist of the Kronk Gym in Detroit, who went on to famously manage James Toney to his world title win. Kallen now is getting her just due and will be inducted into the 2024 International Boxing Hall of Fame class, two years after Toney went in. “All I ...
Rising undefeated Australian welterweight Joel Lewis returns to the ring on March 1 at Metro City in Perth in his quest for championship glory in a featured Thunderdome 45 contest. Lewis is coming of back to back fights with Habib Kheririkah earning his way to a Western Australia State Welterweight Championship against veteran Perth based Turkish boxer Bahtiar Sonyol. Lewis ...
Lamont Roach and O’Shaquie Foster have been going back and forth on social media. Foster defeated Abraham Nova in the second defense of his WBC super featherweight title in New York City via a split decision on Friday night. After the fight, Foster was cordial in calling out Roach and the two then began to have a heated exchange on ...
“Emiliano, I mean… he’s the man there,” Oscar De La Hoya said while pointing at Emiliano Vargas. “He is the man! I love his style. I love what everyone at Top Rank and Bob [Arum] are doing with Emiliano. There is nobody better than Bob Arum, this is for sure.” The sharply dressed 19 year old had joined De La Hoya, Arum and Oscar ...