British middleweight champion Nathan Heaney is coming off the biggest win of his career, but he isn’t letting the result get to his head. Heaney (18-0, 6 KOs) will make the first defense of his Lonsdale belt against Brad Pauls in Birmingham on March 16. Although not confirmed, the 12-round bout is expected to headline Queensberry Promotions’ ‘The Magnificent Seven ...
Kolding, Denmark - TK Promotions put on a six-fight show at the sold-out Forum with super middle Jacob Bank headlining in a defense of the WBO European title against aging (close to 41) Spaniard Ronny Landaeta (21-6). It was one way traffic all the way as the speedy and hard punching hometown hero dominated the fight all the way. Landaeta ...
Leigh Wood’s dream of a hometown stadium headliner is not yet ready to become a reality. BoxingScene.com has learned that plans are on hold for a previously targeted rematch between Nottingham’s Wood and Leeds’ Josh Warrington. Matchroom Boxing hoped to stage the grudge match on May 18 at the famed City Ground, home to the Nottingham Football Forest Club. An ...
The years long wait to crown a 175-pound king will be over in a matter of months. Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will finally meet for a fight that will crown the undisputed light heavyweight champion. Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, announced the news Saturday, revealing that Beterbiev and Bivol will fight on ...
The manager of unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk clearly doesn’t think Tyson Fury is trustworthy. Egis Klimas did not hold back from castigating the WBC heavyweight titlist Saturday after it was announced that Fury suffered a gruesome cut during sparring, thus forcing the postponement of the undisputed heavyweight championship set for Feb. 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The February date ...
Dan Azeez and Joshua Buatsi may have sparred, they may share friends and they frequent the same areas but they took totally different routes to tonight’s WBA light heavyweight title final eliminator. Azeez started on the small halls but has steadily risen through the ranks, claiming area, English, British, Commonwealth and European titles and winning over fans with his old ...
Austin “Ammo” Williams spectacularly stopped a stubborn substitute late in the seventh round of their 10-round middleweight match Saturday in Las Vegas. The undefeated Williams dropped Armel Mbumba-Yassa once apiece in the sixth and seventh rounds and won by seventh-round knockout in the co-feature before the 10-round main event between Conor Benn and Peter Dobson at The Cosmopolitan of Las ...
LONDON - Later on this evening, all eyes will be on the eagerly awaited light heavyweight fight between Dan Azeez and Joshua Buatsi but Francesca Hennessy got the action underway at the OVO Arena, Wembley. Making her third professional appearance, the confident 19-year-old from Kent had a comfortable night against Argentina’s Laura Belen Valdebenito in their six round featherweight fight. ...
Jamaine Ortiz is ready to settle unfinished business on the biggest stage of his career. Ortiz will challenge WBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight world champion Teofimo Lopez on Thursday, Feb. 8 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. (photos by Mikey Williams) In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen 'Breadman' Edwards tackling topics such as Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz, Devin Haney, Gervonta Davis, Jaron Ennis, Tim Tszyu vs. Keith Thurman, and more. I was wondering what you think about Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz.I think it could be an incredibly compelling bout. It also seems like it’s being overlooked because of ...