Callum Smith watched with piqued, personal interest when countryman Callum Johnson challenged Artur Beterbiev for the unbeaten Russian’s IBF light heavyweight title five years ago. Johnson and Smith trained together, including numerous sparring sessions, before Beterbiev beat Johnson by fourth-round knockout at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. They were both trained by Joe Gallagher at that time in England and Smith ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackles topics such as fighter styles, Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns, transgender boxers, controversy with referee Tony Weeks, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Smith, and more. What’s up Bread? I hope all is well and I’ll get right to it: Which active fighters would you say are the most ...
Artur Beterbiev’s 92-year-old promoter understandably thinks that the unbeaten light heavyweight champion can continue competing at boxing’s elite level for several years. The Russian-born, Quebec-based Beterbiev will turn 39 on January 21. He has been beset by various injuries in recent years as well, but Bob Arum anticipates Beterbiev becoming boxing’s first fully unified 175-pound champion of the four-belt era ...
The victory lap never quite came for Jason Moloney, who had to contend with a busted hand suffered during his WBO bantamweight title win. In that spirit, the primary goal for this weekend is an injury-free win in his first title defense. That coupled with his first career fight in Canada could make for a more festive post-fight atmosphere. “Geez, ...
Sean McComb is no longer on course to enjoy what would have been his quickest ring turnaround since his first year as a pro. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the streaking junior welterweight prospect was forced to postpone a planned January 27 clash versus former title challenger Anthony Yigit. Belfast’s McComb suffered an undisclosed injury and will no longer appear on ...
Pick It: World Champion Artur Beterbiev vs. TBRB #3 Callum Smith (Saturday, ESPN, 10:00 PM EST) While it isn’t the first fight card of the year, we can probably consider this the real start to the 2024 boxing ‘season.’ 38-year old lineal light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KO) has acquired every belt in the division except the ...
A secondary heavyweight title will be on the line less than a month after a clash for the division’s undisputed championship. BoxingScene.com has learned that WBA ‘Regular’ titlist Mahmoud Charr will hit the road for a planned title defense versus former two-time title challenger Kubrat Pulev. The pairing is set to take place on a yet-to-be-finalized date in March, in ...
Fighting Irish Promotions, in collaboration with DMS Trade Shows, is set to deliver an electrifying fight card titled “The Homecoming” on February 2, at the Scotiabank Centre Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. The 10-round main event will feature Custio Clayton (19-1-1, 12 KOs) as he steps into the ring against Courtney Pennington (17-7-3, 7 KOs) in a super welterweight attraction. ...
Terence Crawford seems ready to shut the door for good on Errol Spence Jr. On Friday, the former undisputed welterweight champion from Omaha, Nebraska, offered a dour update regarding his contractually mandated rematch with Desoto, Texas’ Spence on his social media. “I done heard it all now @ErrolSpenceJr it’s ok tho because all in all I’m glad it’s over and ...
The trainer of Artur Beterbiev has scoffed at what he feels are hypocritical comments from promoter Eddie Hearn. A minor controversy arose earlier this week when it was revealed that Beterbiev, the unified light heavyweight champion, had elevated levels of HGH and testosterone in his blood and urine from tests administered by Voluntary-Anti-Doping Association in mid-December. The findings were described ...