Sometimes in life, you find like-minded people. That’s what happened when Tsotne Rogava and Gurgen Hovhannisyan found one another. The fighters first met as amateurs. Rogava represented Ukraine at the 2020 Olympics, while Hovhannisyan was fighting for Armenia. Today, Rogava, 30, and Hovhannisyan, 26, are heavyweights with identical records (5-0, 5 KOs) and training partners in the Los Angeles area. ...
WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith is having to be patient. Having won his title by dropping and outpointing Lawrence Okolie in his hometown of Bournemouth last May, Billam-Smith defended his crown for the first time against Mateusz Masternak, stopping the Polish challenger in front of his South Coast fans in December. It was revealed several weeks ago that Billam-Smith’s next ...
Liam Davies may have started last week as part of an ensemble cast, but when Queensberry’s latest “Magnificent Seven” show was done and dusted, the unbeaten super bantamweight was the undoubted star of the show. Davies turned in a virtuoso display and stopped Mexico’s Erik Robles in two exciting rounds. Within the space of 16 fights, Davies, a 27-year-old from ...
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has trained with Ryan Garcia, befriended him as a mentor and recently watched him from a distance. Alvarez is concerned. In a behind-the-scenes Tuesday conversation with DAZN’s Claudia Trejos before a news conference to promote his own May 4 pay-per-view bout against Mexican countryman Jaime Munguia, Alvarez said he hopes Garcia “has people to help him.” “And ...
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Valdez vs. Wilson/Estrada vs. Valle will be presented live Friday, March 29, at approximately 11 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT exclusively on ESPN+. The event takes place at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. In the 12-round junior lightweight main event, Mexican warrior Oscar Valdez will face Australian former world title challenger ...
Anthony Yarde has described as “unrealistic” some of the demands being made in negotiations for his fight with Joshua Buatsi. The rivals are expected to fight at a venue in London in June, but before they do so not only do two fighters vying to be considered Britain’s finest at light heavyweight need to be satisfied – so, too, do ...
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) arrived in Los Angeles hoping to stay focused on the task at hand, speak at a podium, and fulfil his press commitments. The undisputed super middleweight champion makes a highly-anticipated ring return in an all-Mexican affair against Jaime Munguia (43-0, 34KOs) on May 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, the ...
Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions continues their reign with Hollywood Fight Nights, Boxing’s Best Series, at the Commerce Casino Events Center in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, April 20 headlined by Undefeated Super Lightweight Rising Star, ‘Sugar’ Cain Sandoval, (12-0, 11 KOs), of Sacramento, CA in a ten-round battle against Angel ‘Sharky’ Rebollar, (8-3, 3 KOs). The main event tops the UFC FIGHT PASS worldwide broadcast card. Said Tom Loeffler, ...
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz will be hoping to steal the show and claim Rolly Romero’s WBA super lightweight title on March 30 in Las Vegas. They co-headline a rejigged card at the T-Mobile Arena that has seen Sebastian Fundora elevated into the main event against Tim Tszyu, following Keith Thurman’s arm injury, and Fundora has – in turn – been replaced ...
With one side of one of Britain’s dream fights about to box this weekend, the other is observing Ramadan. Sheffield’s Dalton Smith takes on Jose Zepeda on Saturday at the Sheffield Arena as the British and Commonwealth super lightweight champion looks to make a dent on the international scene for a vacant WBC silver title. He and European champion Adam ...