The placement on this Tuesday’s show could not be more ideal for Artem Dalakian. If nothing else, it will give him an up-close-and-personal view of a potential future opponent. Unification bouts and greater activity are the must-haves for the long-reigning WBA flyweight titlist in 2024 and beyond. The combination of the pandemic and the ongoing Russo-Ukraine war have slowed his ...
Liam Smith has disappointing personal knowledge of how difficult it can be to deal with Jaime Munguia’s unusual offensive output. Mexico’s Munguia overwhelmed Smith, dropped the former WBO junior middleweight champion in the sixth round and comfortably beat him on all three scorecards in July 2018 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Smith left the ring that ...
Purse bids for the fight for the vacant EBU heavyweight title between German Tom Schwarz (29-1) and Belgian Ryad Merhy (32-2), that were scheduled to be held today (January 22), have been postponed until January 30. According to German site boxen1.com, the postponement is at the request of the Belgian camp, who after the victory against Frenchman Tony Yoka may ...
Conor Benn has warned Peter Dobson that he’s bringing ‘sheer violence’ to their clash at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Saturday February 3, live worldwide on DAZN. Benn (22-0 14 KOs) is back in action in his second straight fight in the States after he returned from a 17-month absence in Orlando in September with a ...
IBF welterweight champion Natasha Jonas has not ruled out the scenario of having a rematch with Mikaela Mayer, but appears to be looking at a possible unification. This past Saturday night in Liverpool, Jonas has all she could handle in a fire-fight with Mayer, a former world champion at 130-pounds. Jonas retained her belt with a close ten round split ...
If he wanted, Floyd Schofield Jr. could've continued to score highlight-reel-worthy knockouts over opponents you never heard of. The Texas native is a 21-year-old who’s in the infancy stages of his career, making fights against bottom feeders acceptable at this point. His 2024 could be much of the same, but Schofield is hoping that he’ll match up against some tougher ...
Assuming Turki Alalshikh completes a deal with Artur Beterbiev’s promoter, Dmitry Bivol expects his undefeated light heavyweight rival to give him the most difficult fight of his career later this year. The unbeaten Bivol believes Beterbiev is better than his most accomplished opponent to date, Canelo Alvarez. The four-division champion was a 4-1 favorite to beat Bivol, but Russia’s Bivol ...
Shakur Stevenson loves himself a good fight. We’ve seen him dominate countless fighters across numerous weight classes on his way to becoming a three-division champion. Outside of what he’s done under the bright lights, when a ton of cameras aren’t rolling, Stevenson has been known to jump into the ring with Terence Crawford. Even when kidding around, Stevenson laced up ...
MMA veteran Francis Ngannou is not ready to give up on a boxing match with former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Last October in Saudi Arabia, Ngannou made his professional boxing debut in a crossover bout with current WBC champion Tyson Fury. Ngannou impressed experts with his competitive performance against the man who many view as the top heavyweight in ...
After spending the vast majority of her career at 130 pounds or below as both a professional and amateur, Mikaela Mayer aimed about as high as she possibly could in her debut as a full-blown 147-pound fighter in taking on Natasha Jonas. Jonas spent 2022 establishing herself as the best 154-pounder on the planet, collecting three sanctioning body titles with ...