INGLEWOOD, CA (March 6): The pride of Santa Ana, Alexis “Lex” Rocha (23-2, 15 KOs) will co-headline the cruiserweight clash between WBA Cruiserweight Super World Champion Arsen “Feroz” Goulamirian (27-0, 19 KOs) of Yerevan, Armenia against former World Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (45-1, 30 KOs). Rocha will participate in a 10-round welterweight fight against Fredrick “General Okunka” Lawson (30-4, 22 KOs). Rocha will return to YouTube Theater after ...
Tyson Fury revealed Wednesday that plans are in place for the winner of Friday’s Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou heavyweight bout in Saudi Arabia to meet the winner of Fury’s two-bout series with fellow heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. WBC heavyweight Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs), speaking on a Queensberry Promotions stream to help promote both Joshua-Ngannou and his May 18 bout for undisputed ...
There’s some disillusion floating around the mind of David Benavidez’s father and trainer, Jose Benavidez Sr. But the elder Benavidez finds it dissipating the more he talks about his son’s future. “We’re only going to get bigger at 175 [pounds],” Jose said of David’s move up in weight to meet Ukraine’s Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-1, 16 KOs) for the WBC interim ...
Kell Brook [40-3, 28KOs] has again spoken of a possible return to the ring. He last fought in February 2022, when he convincingly stopped his long-time rival Amir Khan in the sixth round at the Manchester Arena. Despite his retirement, swiftly after one of his finest victories, Brook has regularly been linked with potential future fights against Liam Smith, Chris ...
Heavyweight Showdown, Justis Huni vs Kevin Lerena on the Undercard "Knockout Chaos" in Saudi Arabia Riyadh, March 8, 2024 – Riyadh Season is set to witness an electrifying heavyweight boxing match, as two formidable contenders, Justis Huni and Kevin Lerena, prepare to go head-to-head in "Knockout Chaos" event on March 8th, 2024. The highly anticipated event promises to deliver ...
Over the years, Frank Warren has shown a knack for choosing the right fight at the right time. The Hall of Fame promoter’s instincts will be put to the test again this Friday night when Nick Ball challenges Rey Vargas for the WBC featherweight world title. Warren has spent the best part of five years manoeuvring Ball to the fringes ...
Jake Paul continued to call for a fight with undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) following his first-round knockout win over Ryan Bourland (17-3, 6 KOs) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Paul (9-1, 6 KOs), a YouTube phenom/professional boxer, dominated proceedings against Bourland in a one-sided affair which saw Bourland withdrawn by referee Luis Pabon after 2:37 ...
Roy Jones Jr. famously moved up from light heavyweight to heavyweight in 2003, conceded 33 pounds to fight John Ruiz, and still scored a unanimous decision victory to become a titleholder in the sport’s glamor division. In the fight for undisputed heavyweight supremacy on May 18 between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, the matchup between titans will feature a serious ...
Mike Tyson has opened a gym in Saudi Arabia. The training grounds, located in Riyadh, have been a hub for many recent training boxing camps, including that of Francis Ngannou for his March 8 bout with Anthony Joshua. Over the past year, world-class heavyweight boxing has essentially moved to Riyadh. And Saudi Arabia, which has delivered big bucks to the ...
Tyson Fury has said Francis Ngannou should be grateful for the opportunity in which he finds himself ahead of Friday’s fight with Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia. MMA fighters and boxers, as a rule, do not historically cross over into one another’s realms with great success. Ngannou broke that generalization with a valiant and impressive performance against Fury in October, ...