Anthony Joshua has suggested a long-awaited domestic battle with Tyson Fury could be in the pipeline following a recent interview on ITV. The former unified heavyweight world champion faces Francis Ngannou on March 8 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the latest instalment of Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season, launched in October 2023 with Tyson Fury’s heavyweight encounter with Ngannou. Joshua appeared ...
Mike Tyson has accused Canelo Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) of disrespecting boxing and Mexico with the undisputed super middleweight champion allegedly walking away from a lucrative proposal to face his mandatory challenger David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs). A fight between Canelo and Benavidez is one of the most attractive in boxing and has long been discussed, with Benavidez holding the ...
Mike Tyson has not been as involved with Francis Ngannou’s second professional boxing fight. Ngannou faces Anthony Joshua, Friday March 8 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on DAZN pay-per-view. Ngannou, the former MMA champion-turned boxer without a professional victory under his belt, will look to have an encore performance having taken Tyson Fury to the wire last October. “For this one ...
Tyson Fury insists that the cut that caused the postponement of his eagerly awaited fight with Oleksandr Usyk has already healed and that he is ready to stop the Ukrainian when they finally meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 18. Fury and Usyk were scheduled to contest the undisputed heavyweight championship on February 17, but Fury was forced to ...
Trainer and former world middleweight champion Andy Lee knows a good heavyweight when he sees one. The Irish star has been an invaluable member of Tyson Fury’s camp, and he has reinvented New Zealander Joseph Parker for the second act of Parker’s pro career, culminating in the shock win over Deontay Wilder in December. Lee has spent the last several ...
Julio Cesar Martinez will finally defend his WBC flyweight title again. The Mexican, 29, was supposed to fight Angelino Cordova back in December, but their date was delayed. They will instead fight on the undercard of Tim Tszyu-Keith Thurman at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 30. Martinez will be returning after a 10-month layoff, “There is no rust whatsoever; can’t stop; ...
Bruce Carrington is no longer a prospect, but a contender. Carrington had a spectacular knockout win over Bernard Torres in February in New York, and is looking to be a future star on ESPN and for his promoters Top Rank. “It is more ring experience and it is just going to come with time,” the featherweight told ESPN. Carrington, 26, ...
Michel Rivera (25-1) is still shaking his head at the upcoming fight between Rolando “Rolly” Romero (15-1) and Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (25-2-1). Their fight serves as the chief support to Keith Thurman-Tim Tszyu, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 30. The pay-per-view fight card will also be Premier Boxing Champions’ first under their new agreement with streaming ...
On March 30, CBN Promotions will present its second show of 2024, set to take place at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California. In the eight-round super welterweight main event, local favorite Louis Lopez (14-2-2, 5 KOs), hailing from Corona, California, will face off against Jesus Resendiz (8-0-1, 6 KOs), from San Diego. The co-main event features a six-round super ...
Five months after Francis Ngannou performed heroics and pushed the lacklustre Tyson Fury to the brink before losing a split decision, the Cameroonian is back in Saudi Arabia and ready for an explosive showdown with Anthony Joshua. For all of Ngannou’s incredible physical attributes, he may have lost the one component that made him so dangerous last October – the ...