Former unified welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman has fought just five times since 2015. The long stretches on the sidelines have been due to Thurman not having much success locking down desired opponents for the right paydays, as well as his sustaining several injuries. Thurman believes the general inactivity is one of the reasons why, per DraftKings, he is ...
Undefeated junior lightweight southpaw Jalen “Sky” Walker (12-0-1, 10 KOs) has signed a long-term promotional contract with Top Rank. Walker will make his Top Rank debut in an eight-rounder against Alejandro Guerrero (12-4, 9 KOs) on Saturday, April 13, at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Walker-Guerrero will be part of the undercard, streamed by ESPN+, for the Jared ...
Producing an explosive performance to beat Francis Ngannou is the most effective way Anthony Joshua can force a future fight with Tyson Fury. Ngannou doing well against Fury in October created an increased demand for him to fight the world’s other leading heavyweights, and with Joshua as marketable as he already is – especially given how good he looked against ...
David Haye has told Anthony Joshua he can’t risk trading with Francis Ngannou on Friday evening. Joshua and Ngannou fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aware that in the event of victory they will secure a future date with the winner of the two fights between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title. The 34-year-old Joshua impressed in ...
Jake Paul’s dreamlike participation in boxing has landed him the most significant living name in the sport with Thursday morning’s announcement that Mike Tyson and Paul will stage a “global live sports event” by boxing on Netflix July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Texas. How much boxing life remains in Tyson, 58, remains to be seen. What remains especially true ...
Kevin Lerena’s final preparations for his heavyweight fight on Friday against Justis Huni have been disrupted by the death of his mother. Lerena (30-2, 14KOs) posted an emotional tribute on social media ahead of Thursday’s weigh-in – in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will still fight on the undercard of Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou. “Today I lost the strongest woman I have ...
The IBF has ordered South Africa’s Sivenathi Nontshinga (13-1, 10 KOs) to defend his light flyweight world title in a rematch against his mandatory challenger, Christian Araneta (24-2, 19 KOs), of the Philippines. Nontshinga recaptured the IBF world title on Feb. 16 in an immediate rematch with Adrian Curiel (24-5-1, 5KOs) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Last November, Curiel produced a shocking ...
Sebastian Fundora is aiming for the Fundora family to have two world titles by the end of March. Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) faces Serhii Bohachuk (23-1, 23 KOs) on March 30 as part of the pay-per-view card on the Keith Thurman-Tim Tszyu bill. Fundora-Bohachuk is for the vacant super welterweight world title. Trained by his father, Freddy Fundora, boxing is ...
Darius Fulghum has a passion for boxing. The prospect, new to Golden Boy, has turned down the financial stability of his career in nursing to chase his dream. Fulghum succeeded at the trials for the 2020 Olympic Games as the eighth seed. He fought at heavyweight, but has moved down to super middleweight as a professional. Yet it was his ...
Fabio Wardley believes that Francis Ngannou will get a first-hand demonstration of just how much Anthony Joshua has improved since linking up with Ben Davison when the two meet in Saudi Arabia on Friday night. Joshua and Davison worked together for the first time last December and Joshua put in his best performance for a while, forcing Otto Wallin to ...