David Benavidez is not sitting on his hands waiting to win the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez sweepstakes. Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) is looking to make his 175lbs debut by securing a fight with former light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk in June, it was revealed on Thursday. They will contest the WBC interim light heavyweight title, the WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman announced. ...
Edgar Berlanga (21-0 16 KOs) takes on Padraig McCrory (18-0 9 KOs) in a twelve-round super middleweight at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida on Saturday night (February 24). (photos by Ed Mulholland/Matchroom.) In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, Cuban Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz (2-0, 1 KO) faces Mexico’s Brayan Zamarripa Rodriguez (14-2, 5 KOs). The bout will be broadcast live on ...
Trainer and Manager of Canelo Alvarez, Eddy Reynoso, has hit back at claims that the undisputed super middleweight champion is avoiding divisional rival David Benavidez. Canelo-Benavidez has become one of the most wanted fights in the sport due to their respective standings in the 168lb ranks and natural rivalry, with the pair firmly cemented in their positions as the top ...
Cain Sandoval and Javier Molina is an interesting fight and the co-feature of Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions on Friday (February 23) at Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. Sandoval has been a tour-de-force as a pro. The 21-year-old from Sacramento, California is 11-0 with 11 knockouts in the junior welterweight division. Added to that, he has only gone 28 rounds. Yet Molina was a ...
Jack Catterall expects consistency to be key when he renews hostilities with Josh Taylor on April 27. Although he was inactive for 15 months after his controversial loss to Taylor in February 2022, Catterall has spent almost every day since at Jamie Moore’s gym in Astley, Greater Manchester. He beat Darragh Foley and Jorge Linares during 2023, and although those ...
When Oscar Valdez takes on Liam Wilson on March 29 at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, it will be a return to the scene of emotionally crushing defeats to Emanuel Navarrete for both. Massive underdog Wilson had Navarrete down and nearly out when they fought last February, only to get TKO’d in the ninth. Slight favorite Valdez went ...
Former world cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson has warned Anthony Joshua that his inside fighting game will need to be on point ahead of his fight with Francis Ngannou on March 8 in Saudi Arabia. Joshua has won three on the bounce since back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk, against Jermaine Franklin, Robert Helenius and Otto Wallin. Former UFC champion Ngannou has ...
Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Frank Martin have reportedly agreed terms to fight for the WBA lightweight title. The rivals, according to ESPN, are on course to fight either late in the spring or early in the summer, on a Premier Boxing Champions on Amazon Prime Video pay-per-view. Davis, 29 and the defending champion, last fought in April 2023, when at ...
Australian super flyweight Andrew Moloney is positioned at number three in the rankings for the vacant WBO super flyweight title that Kosei Tanaka and Christian Bacasegua Rangel fight for on Saturday in Tokyo. Moloney will be following closely, aware that he is in line to fight the winner on the undercard of the fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and George Kambosos ...
Boxing returns to the Sony Hall in Times Square on March 7 after Larry Goldberg committed himself to providing a launching pad for the next generation of local fighters in a city that is famous for its boxing. He is keeping boxing alive in Manhattan. The bouts included are Gleason’s Gym standout, featherweight Ariel Lopez (20-1-1) fights Gregorio Lebron (24-6) in an eight-round main event. ...