Golden Boy Promotions has assembled the undercard - including two, world championship defenses - for the main event clash between undefeated, former world champion Jaime Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs) and former Interim world champion John “The Gorilla” Ryder (32-6, 18 KOs) of the U.K. The 12-round super middleweight clash for the WBC Silver Title is presented in co-promotion with Zanfer ...
Don’t expect Dan Azeez to change his attitude now. Even though the unbeaten 34 year old will walk to the ring for his WBA light heavyweight final eliminator with Joshua Buatsi as the reigning and defending British and Commonwealth champion and a likely crowd favorite, he still sees himself as the fighter who has everything to prove and even more ...
The only American television outlet still broadcasting boxing drew respectable ratings for its first telecast of 2024. According to information Nielsen Media Research revealed Wednesday, an average of 691,000 viewers watched Artur Beterbiev beat Callum Smith by seventh-round technical knockout in a main event ESPN aired Saturday night from Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. Viewership peaked at 793,000, according ...
Patrick Teixeira will remain patient and wait for his promised shot at a promising young star. It doesn’t mean he has to sit around and grow stale during that time. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Brazil’s Teixeira will take a stay busy fight while awaiting official word for a reschedule date versus Xander Zayas. The former WBO junior middleweight titlist will ...
John Ryder wants to make sure he’s not fighting Jaime Munguia and the three judges come Jan. 27. The British boxer Ryder (32-6, 18 KOs) and the Mexican fighter Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs) will square off for a scrap at the Footprint Center in Phoenix on DAZN. Should the super middleweight match go the 12-round distance, Ryder wants to make ...
For most of his career, Terence Crawford was forced to play nice. Fans and plenty of media members poked holes in his resume and laughed when he claimed that he took on top-tier competition. Although they were all bombastic, Errol Spence Jr.’s criticism was the loudest. For years Spence argued that Crawford hadn’t fought a single worthy soul. Crawford defended ...
It’s good to be a light heavyweight champion these days. OK, let’s face it. It’s probably never a bad time to rule the 175-pound weight class. But it seems to mean a little more here in the first month of 2024, where the two lead dogs in the division share simultaneous billing as two of the world’s best pound-for-pound operators, ...
Eddie Hearn has spent weeks talking about the vivid visions which visited him whenever he closed his eyes. Visions of Callum Smith knocking out Artur Beterbiev with a left hook and returning to England as the new unified light heavyweight champion. Reality set in quickly last Saturday night. Beterbiev put in an almost flawless display and dominated the talented former ...
Ben Whittaker will look to steal the show as he returns to action on the undercard of the all-British showdown between unbeaten #1 and #2 world ranked light heavyweights Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez on Saturday, February 3rd at the OVO Arena Wembley in London, live and exclusive on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock in the ...
If you're a well-recognized name in the super middleweight division or even a fighter on the come-up, the goal is to fight Canelo Alvarez. It makes all the sense in the world. With just one fight, you could make the sort of money that could change your life forever. If the cash grab wasn’t sufficient, the only route to ...