Producing an explosive performance to beat Francis Ngannou is the most effective way Anthony Joshua can force a future fight with Tyson Fury. Ngannou doing well against Fury in October created an increased demand for him to fight the world’s other leading heavyweights, and with Joshua as marketable as he already is – especially given how good he looked against ...
David Haye has told Anthony Joshua he can’t risk trading with Francis Ngannou on Friday evening. Joshua and Ngannou fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aware that in the event of victory they will secure a future date with the winner of the two fights between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title. The 34-year-old Joshua impressed in ...
Jake Paul’s dreamlike participation in boxing has landed him the most significant living name in the sport with Thursday morning’s announcement that Mike Tyson and Paul will stage a “global live sports event” by boxing on Netflix July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Texas. How much boxing life remains in Tyson, 58, remains to be seen. What remains especially true ...
The IBF has ordered South Africa’s Sivenathi Nontshinga (13-1, 10 KOs) to defend his light flyweight world title in a rematch against his mandatory challenger, Christian Araneta (24-2, 19 KOs), of the Philippines. Nontshinga recaptured the IBF world title on Feb. 16 in an immediate rematch with Adrian Curiel (24-5-1, 5KOs) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Last November, Curiel produced a shocking ...
Sebastian Fundora is aiming for the Fundora family to have two world titles by the end of March. Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) faces Serhii Bohachuk (23-1, 23 KOs) on March 30 as part of the pay-per-view card on the Keith Thurman-Tim Tszyu bill. Fundora-Bohachuk is for the vacant super welterweight world title. Trained by his father, Freddy Fundora, boxing is ...
Darius Fulghum has a passion for boxing. The prospect, new to Golden Boy, has turned down the financial stability of his career in nursing to chase his dream. Fulghum succeeded at the trials for the 2020 Olympic Games as the eighth seed. He fought at heavyweight, but has moved down to super middleweight as a professional. Yet it was his ...
“Big Time Boxing USA,” the new series presented by Salita Promotions, will return for its second installment on March 28 at Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit, with a pair of matchups featuring top contenders in their respective divisions. The card, which will be streamed live on DAZN (8 p.m. ET), is topped by 2016 Colombian Olympian Juan Carrillo putting his ...
When the members of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority set their minds on making the country the new home of boxing, the sole aim seemed to be to tempt the world’s best fighters into taking the biggest fights available. The plan’s reach has expanded rapidly, as unheralded fighters such as Gavin Gwynne and Mark Chamberlain are now being invited out ...
Keith Thurman has at least one last thing to check off before his career is over. Thurman will face Tim Tszyu at a catchweight bout of 155 pounds as the headliner of a March 30 pay-per-view. The event will be broadcast on Amazon Prime. Thurman will be ending yet more inactivity. Since 2017, he has fought only four times. Heading into ...
Being the main event in the greatest city in the world is a big deal, but as super bantamweight prospect Ariel Lopez approaches his headlining gig against Gregorio Lebron at Sony Hall in New York City this Thursday, he’s not feeling any pressure, because to him, each walk up those four steps into the ring is the biggest one of ...