A weighty topic consuming boxing these days is who should be Gervonta Davis’ next opponent. “Tank” currently competes as a lightweight but has previously fought at 140 pounds and it’s been said by his camp that he could even still make 130 pounds. There is no scarcity for top-shelf opponents Davis could face. Chief among them are lightweights Shakur Stevenson ...
Cruiserweight rivals Viddal Riley and Mikael Lawal collide in a special bet365 Wildcard contest as part of BOXXER’s bumper ‘Bad Blood’ bill at The O2 in London on Sunday, March 31st, live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock in the USA. Riley (10-0, 6 KOs) returns to action following a shut-out points win over Nathan Quarless to capture the English Cruiserweight Title last September at York Hall. ...
Richardson Hitchins couldn’t understand why his boxing career wasn't flourishing. He was a former amateur standout, a 2016 Olympian, and one of the most skilled young fighters around. He also had the public backing of Floyd Mayweather and Mayweather Promotions. Yet, for whatever reason, Hitchins (17-0, 7 KOs) spent more time sitting and watching as opposed to actually fighting. Once ...
Ryan Walsh has called for a shot at newly crowned British lightweight champion Sam Noakes. Walsh (28-4-2, 12 KO’s) proudly reigned at the British featherweight champion for five years between 2015 and 2020. In March 2022 he leap frogged the super featherweight division and stepped straight up to 135lbs where he lost a decision to Maxi Hughes for the IBO ...
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance For years, there were two things easily taken for granted about the short, tragic life of a junior lightweight champion who never was. The first was that Tyrone Everett was the victim of one of the worst decisions of the 1970s. The second was that ...
Eric Tudor boxed his way back into the win column. All three judges had the junior middleweight hopeful winning every round in an eight-round decision victory over Luis Ramos. Scores of 80-72 across the board landed in favor of Tudor in the co-feature of a Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN show Thursday evening from Commerce Casino in Commerce, California. ...
Teofimo Lopez apparently isn’t backing down from his call out of Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford. In an interview on Punsh Drunk Boxing, the former unified lightweight champion and current 140-pound titlist ramped up his goading of Crawford for a fight down the line. Crawford fully unified the welterweight division last year with a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr, prompting many ...
Abraham Nova knows what he should say about Robeisy Ramirez and the former featherweight champion’s surprising defeat to Rafael Espinoza two months ago. Nova suffered his lone loss to Ramirez in June 2022. The two-time Olympic gold medalist viciously knocked out Nova with a left hand in the fifth round of their 126-pound championship elimination match in The Theater at ...
WBC junior lightweight world champion O’Shaquie “Ice Water” Foster (21-2, 12 KOs) and Abraham “El Super” Nova (23-1, 16 KOs) are ready to lock horns in the main event of an ESPN-televised tripleheader this Friday, Feb. 16 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. This will be the second title defense for Foster, a native of Orange, Texas, who salvaged ...
O’Shaquie Foster needed to strip naked to make weight on his second attempt Thursday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. The WBC super featherweight champion is confident, though, that Abraham Nova will be the fighter pushed to his limit in their 12-round, 126-pound title fight Friday night. Foster (21-2, 12 KOs), of Orange, Texas, officially weighed in at 130 pounds for ...