Anthony Yarde feels his stock rose in the wake of Artur Beterbiev’s vicious beatdown of Callum Smith. Yarde, London, England, arguably gave Beterbiev, the IBF, WBC, WBO light heavyweight champion from Russia, the toughest outing in the ring in recent memory. The two went toe to toe in one of the more entertaining fights of 2023, but Beterbiev pulled away ...
Conor Benn obviously would welcome the fight that’s “personal” to him, a rescheduled domestic clash with Chris Eubank Jr., if Benn receives his British boxing license at the conclusion of the appellate process. There is a lower-profile fight, one within his preferred division, on which Benn has set his sights in the event the more-profitable Eubank bout doesn’t come together ...
Promoter Frank Warren insists that Tyson Fury’s shaky performance against Francis Ngannou hasn’t at all dented his confidence in his ace client ahead of a highly anticipated undisputed heavyweight championship. England’s Fury is set to defend his WBC title against WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The winner of ...
The Shigeoka brothers will once again share the stage with Tomoki Kameda—and one another. Yudai and Ginjiro Shigeoka are set for separate strawweight title defenses on the same show, the same manner in which they won their separate belts. Both will appear on the already announced March 31 ABEMA-TV card from Nagoya International Conference Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Ginjiro ...
Turki Alalshikh apparently has no desire to start begging the biggest American boxing star to come over to Saudi Arabia. Alalshikh, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority in the oil-producing country, recently said in an interview that he hopes Gervonta Davis, the power puncher from Baltimore, Maryland, will fight in Saudi Arabia sometime in 2024. When an annoyed Davis ...
Joshua Buatsi has talked about wanting to be more active, having fought once in each of the last two years after a beginning to a pro career that had some observers declaring him to be the future of the light heavyweight division. Buatsi was so committed to the mission of being more active that he was willing to fight his ...
Austin Williams considered Connor Coyle and the opponent that replaced him on less than one week’s notice, Armel Mbumba-Yassa, steps down in opposition from Steve Rolls, the Canadian contender he soundly defeated on points in the bout before he dropped Mbumba-Yassa twice and beat him by seventh-round technical knockout Saturday in Las Vegas. Now that the unbeaten southpaw stopped Germany’s ...
Eddie Hearn doesn’t understand why Chris Eubank Jr. continues to turn down a much bigger payday for rescheduling his domestic showdown with Conor Benn than Eubank can make for fighting anyone else. Benn bluntly dismissed his rival as “a p-ssy” following his 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over Peter Dobson on Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Putting together another deal ...
Conor Benn defeated Peter Dobson in a workmanlike unanimous decision victory on Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Many expected Benn to score a stoppage win against the little-known underdog, but the 246 punches the Brit landed over 12 rounds didn’t do much damage to Dobson during their 150-pound catchweight clash. Soon after the fight, many notable observers chimed ...
The undisputed heavyweight championship fight billed as the “Ring of Fire” went up in flames Friday when Tyson Fury suffered a cut over his right eye. Fury’s fight against Oleksandr Usyk was supposed to take place on Feb. 17, but over a nearly 24-hour period, a new date was urgently announced for May 18, giving Fury just over three months ...