Pierce O’Leary enters 2024 with a new training team behind him. The unbeaten super lightweight has left Alan Smith’s iBox Gym in Bromley and will move a few hundred miles north to join Joe McNally’s ever expanding stable at the Rotunda Gym in Liverpool. O’Leary (13-0, 7 KO’s) seemed to be making good progress under Smith. A noted puncher known ...
Light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde would not rule out the scenario of moving up in weight to challenge WBO cruiserweight king Chris Billam-Smith. The jump in weight would be quite a leap - with a 25-pound move to a division limit of 200-pounds. At light heavyweight, Yarde has managed to secure two world titles shots. in 2019, he came close ...
Ernesto “Tito” Mercado has taken an unconventional path toward building his 13-0 record. Mercado works without a major promoter, which has cost the 22-year-old knockout artist the type of exposure prospects typically receive during the developmental phase of their careers. The junior welterweight has instead performed off TV, on cards promoted by the company owned by his father and trainer, ...
A heavyweight crossroads fight between Dante Stone (14-1, 10 KOs) and Alexander “The Great” Flores (18-3-1, 16 KOs) will take place this Thursday evening at the famed Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. “Nobody knows how this fight will play out in terms of both the result and aesthetics of it. co-promoter Whit Haydon noted. “But the winner will get ...
Middleweight contender Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, is not looking to make money from the crossover boxing scene. Last year, Ali Walsh (9-1, 5 KOs) suffered his first career defeat when he dropped a majority decision to Sona Akale. Less than a month ago, he bounced back with a split decision win over Noel Lafargue ...
More than three dozen retired boxers belatedly received, or are in the processing of receiving, payment from an obscure California boxing pension plan, the most in its 40-year existence, according to The Los Angeles Times Last week, The Times confirmed that the California State Athletic Commission had doled out 33 checks last year for a total of $531,000, the most ...
Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, explains that his fighter is now very motivated to involve himself in major fights in 2024. Joshua saw action three times last year. In April, he secured a twelve round unanimous decision over Jermaine Franklin. Then in August, he knocked out late-replacement Robert Helenius. The third appearance of the year ...
Promoter Frank Warren of Queensberry believes former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder looked like a shot fighter in his last ring appearance. Coming off a 14-month layoff, Wilder lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Joseph Parker as part of last month's 'Day of Reckoning' card in Saudi Arabia. Wilder's timing was off, his balance was bad, and he never ...
Jack Catterall and Richardson Hitchins now have another week to reach a deal for their ordered title eliminator. BoxingScene.com has confirmed the IBF granted a request to reschedule a purse bid hearing to January 11. The session was due to take place Tuesday but both parties asked for additional time to come to terms or at least find common ground ...
Former cruiserweight world champion Krzysztof Glowacki of Poland has been hit with a four-year ban by drug testing agency UKAD [UK Anti-Doping]. The ban comes down in connection with Glowacki failing a drug test in connection with his stoppage loss to top cruiserweight contender Richard Riakporhe. The fight, which took place in January 2023, saw Riakporhe take out Glowacki in four rounds. ...