Promoter Eddie Hearn has attempted to call the bluff of promotional rival Ben Shalom in an effort to make one of Britain's best domestic fights. Earlier this month, the EBU ordered their European super-lightweight champion, Adam Azim, to defend his title against British and Commonwealth champion Dalton Smith, following the former’s successful title defense at the SSE Arena against Enock ...
Roy Jones Jr has described as “very unfair” suggestions that Jared Anderson showed he lacked the heart to fulfil his potential when they were filmed having an emotional conversation. He has also predicted his fellow American will one day reign as a world heavyweight champion. The great Jones Jr established himself, in his prime, as one of the finest fighters ...
Jack Catterall has revealed that it was Josh Taylor who insisted on their rematch taking place at 140lbs. The bitter rivals fight for the second time on April 27 at Leeds’ First Direct Arena, little over two years after Taylor was so controversially awarded victory at the SSE Arena in Glasgow in their fight for the undisputed super lightweight title. Taylor had previously ...
IBF super-featherweight world champion Joe Cordina has indicated that his upcoming title defense against Anthony Cacace will be his last fight at 130lbs if a unification fight can’t be agreed afterwards. Cordina was due to defend his title on February 17 and feature on the bill of the undisputed heavyweight world title clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in ...
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has proposed radical changes ahead of the undisputed heavyweight encounter between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Uysk, hoping to prevent significant controversy. Fury-Usyk, who were supposed to meet in the first undisputed heavyweight encounter in almost 25 years on February 17, will now clash on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after Fury sustained a cut on ...
Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall had to be separated when they came face to face to promote their rematch on April 27. Their first fight, for the undisputed super lightweight title in 2022, being awarded in Taylor’s favour via split decision represented one of boxing’s biggest controversies of the modern era. The bitterness that existed between them at the final bell that night ...
Bitter enemies Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will today come head-to-head for the first time since their controversial February 26 fight in Glasgow. They will meet as part of a two-city media tour to announce their long-awaited rematch, which takes place in Leeds on April 27, kicking off in Edinburgh this afternoon and then following up tomorrow in Manchester. Back ...
Bob Santos sees Conor Benn versus Mario Barrios as a difficult fight, and perhaps just as tough as one against undefeated IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. Barrios, who holds the WBC interim welterweight world title, was called out by Benn after a sub-par performance against Pete Dobson at the start of February. “From this perspective, going overseas is no ...
Fabio Wardley said he is a “massive” jump in class for Frazer Clarke ahead of their March 31 fight at London’s O2 Arena. Clarke and Wardley had been on a collision course last year, but terms could not be agreed, talks collapsed and the bad blood has since manifested between the two. Wardley is the more experienced pro, with more ...
Vasiliy Lomachenko travels to Perth, Australia to challenge George Kambosos Jr for the vacant IBF lightweight world title on May 12. The event is being funded, in part, by the Western Australian Government and continues the good times for Australian boxing. The nation invited Manny Pacquiao to Brisbane to face Jeff Horn in 2017 and the country has since produced ...