The Boxing Writers’ Club will cease to exist after its final Annual General Meeting at the end of April. Its treasurer, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee journalist Colin Hart, 88, and its secretary, the respected David Smith, chose to stand down from their positions after that AGM, and because of their struggles to find a replacement the committee decided ...
Gor Yeritsyan is now in the welterweight mix. Yeritsyan defeated Quinton Randall in a tactical 10-round main event on Friday night at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. The welterweight division is about to have a changing of the guard. Terence Crawford holds the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight world titles and is looking for big fights – Yeritisyan will ...
Ben Shalom has said he is trying to negotiate a WBA final eliminator for heavyweight contender Martin Bakole. Bakole is 20-1 (15 KOs) having stopped Carlos Takam in Saudi Arabia last October, with his lone loss coming against Michael Hunter in 2018, and Bakole has won nine since. The WBA has ordered Bakole to face 23-1 (16 KOs) Cassius Chaney, ...
Amir Khan has backed former UFC world heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou to have more success against Anthony Joshua than he did against Tyson Fury. Ngannou made his professional debut in boxing against WBC heavyweight champion Fury on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and dropped to a controversial and narrow split decision defeat to the Morecambe-based Fury. However, Ngannou shocked ...
Jose Benavidez Sr. got an up-close look at Jermall Charlo in November when Charlo beat his son Jose Jr. in a unanimous decision. But if Charlo were to face his younger son, David, his father and trainer is confident that it would be a completely different outcome. “To be honest, I would love to fight Jermall Charlo, but David would ...
Jorge Maravillo embodies the community he comes from. Maravillo outpointed Jesus Gonzalez of Santa Ana, California this past Friday night in Santa Ynez, California via a unanimous decision. The 23-year-old now hopes to be one-in-a-million; a fighter with limited amateur pedigree who wins a world title. In fact, he only had 25 amateur fights but cites two inspirations, his father ...
Trainer Robert Garcia has tipped Anthony Joshua to defeat Francis Ngannou when they fight in Saudi Arabia in less than two weeks. Garcia worked with Joshua for one fight, the rematch defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, before he was replaced by Texan Derrick James who, in turn, has made way for Ben Davison in the Joshua corner. But despite the changes ...
Orlando, FL - Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) defeated Padraig McCrory (18-1, 9 KOs) via a 6th round stoppage to become mandatory challenger for Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's WBA super middleweight world title. (PHOTOS: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom) Cuban lightweight Andy Cruz (3-0) scored a unanimous-decision victory over Brayan Zamarripa Rodriguez (14-3, 5 KOs) to win the IBF international title. Scorecards: 90-100, 90-100, ...
When Sonny Liston stepped into the ring in Miami Beach on February 25, 1964, he was widely expected to leave it the way he entered: as heavyweight champion of the world. Of the top 10 ranked contenders at heavyweight, he had beaten eight of them, seven by knockout. Those who hadn’t faced him appeared in no hurry to do so: ...
Mark Chamberlain was on his way home from a festive night out with his sponsors when Frank Warren’s name appeared on his phone. “I thought it was strange,” he told Blighty Boxing. “‘I’ve got an opportunity here if you want it? I’ll let His Excellency tell you’, so he’s passed me over to Turki Alalshikh. “He just said, ‘Mark I’ve ...