Of all the surreal stories, situations and images that emanate from a fight week in Saudi Arabia, few revelations have been stranger than that of Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, personally calling Mark Chamberlain to request that he appear on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s brutal second-round knockout of Francis Ngannou. Chamberlain (15-0, 11 KOs), a ...
Undisputed super featherweight world champion Alycia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs) is seemingly no longer suspended by the Association of Boxing Commissions and is now able to resume her career. Last week, Baumgardner took to social media to claim that the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission (UCC) had lifted her suspension and she was free to box again following an almost eight-month ...
Super bantamweight contender Bruno Tarimo is ready to kick-start his career now that he and his family members have received Australian visa approval. Tarimo (28-4-2, 7 KOs) soared into the super featherweight rankings after a string of upset victories over Aussie contenders Billy Dib, Joel Brunker and Nathaniel May in 2019. Tarimo’s link-up with Aussie trainer Angelo Hyder and manager ...
Former two-weight world champion and Hall of Famer Andre Ward believes that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez risks damaging his legacy if he refuses to eventually face David Benavidez. Discussions between Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) and Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) have not been successful thus far. The fighters have been unable to agree on a deal for a lucrative match in recent ...
IBF super lightweight world champion Subriel Matias recently made the switch from PBC to Matchroom. The change in allegiance for Matias, a knockout artist from Puerto Rico, will see him cross over television platforms from Showtime to DAZN. With the likes of Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia joining the fun at super lightweight, the streaming service offers more attractive prospects ...
Jackie Kallen is a boxing pioneer and this year the famous fight manager will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Kallen famously led James Toney to a world title. The journey started in 1988 and the mission was completed in May 1991, when Toney upset Michael Nunn to win the IBF middleweight world title. Moving a fighter ...
Legendary promoter Bob Arum says he now regrets working with Daniel Kinahan Irishman Kinahan remains wanted by the Irish and American authorities for his links to criminality after being named the head of the Kinahan Organized Crime Gang alongside his father, Christy, and brother, Christopher, in 2022 in a joint announcement by Irish and American authorities. Speaking to the Irish ...
“I want my title shot.” Those are the words of 2016 U.S. Olympian Charles Conwell who recently signed with Golden Boy Promotions. Conwell, aged 26, trains out of the Soul City Boxing Gym in Toledo, Ohio. Though he was promoted by DiBella Entertainment to start his career, Conwell has joined forces with Golden Boy Promotions and he believes that is ...
Tim Tszyu considers himself to be cut from an old-school cloth. The son of Hall of Fame fighter Kostya Tszyu has carte blanche to make such statements, especially since the highly active fighter’s actions back up his words in the ring. Tszyu (24-0, 17 KOs) will look to make another statement when he takes on former unified welterweight champion Keith ...
Zach Parker has been the super middleweight division’s forgotten man but the 29-year-old is ready to remind everybody exactly who he is. Parker returned from a 10-month injury lay-off to stop Khalid Gradia last September and next weekend takes his comeback to the another level. He will fight Germany’s former WBA super middleweight champion Tyron Zeuge (27-1-1, 15 KOs) as ...