By Tim Royner: Former two-division world champion Michael Moorer is interested in taking over as the new trainer for former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder going into his third clash with Tyson Fury. Moorer has grave doubts about Wilder’s ability to beat Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) in their third fight without dramatic changes to his game. Moorer would like to ...
WBO junior featherweight king Emanuel Navarrete is the world’s busiest world champion, a 25-year-old pressure fighter who is proud to represent his Mexican heritage at the sport’s highest level. From May 2019 to February 2020, when he knocked out Jeo Santisima on the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury II card, he defended his world title five times. The activity kept him sharp ...
Bob Arum counts Vasiliy Lomachenko-Teofimo Lopez among the high-profile fights his promotional company won’t be able to put on if fans aren’t allowed to attend. Arum’s Top Rank Inc. figures to make a significant amount of money from tickets sales to the card headlined by Lomachenko-Lopez. Removing that revenue stream from that equation would make it more difficult to pay ...
By Gav Duthie: An old saying goes ideas are common, what’s uncommon are people who’ll work hard enough to bring them about. The WBSS has brought us some of the best fights over many divisions from cruiserweight down to bantamweight in boxing through the seemingly groundbreaking initiative by promoter Kalle Sauerland. 8 men fight in a knockout competition to be ...
By Kenneth Friedman: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is posting on social media his training for what some fans believe is going to be a comeback against either Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2020 or 2021. Mayweather hasn’t trained with this kind of consistent basis since he beat McGregor in 2017. The effort that the former five-division world champion Mayweather is ...
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Frank Warren, promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, was shocked at some of the recent statements that were made by Deontay Wilder. Back in February, Fury dropped Wilder twice and stopped him in the seventh round to capture the WBC world title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They fought to a controversial twelve round split draw, 14 ...
In a recent interview, former welterweight champion Joshua Clottey revealed that the toughest bout of his career came against Richard Gutierrez. During his career, Clottey fought a who's who of top names - like Manny Pacquiao, Zab Judah, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito and Diego Corrales. But he felt Gutierrez was as tough as his opponents get. Clottey appeared to walk away from ...
By Charles Brun: Heavyweight great Gerry Cooney wants Deontay Wilder to go after the soft belly of Tyson Fury in their rematch, and NOT give up real estate like he did last February in the second fight between them. Cooney says former WBC heavyweight champion Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) made a mistake in backing up against Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) ...
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WBA, IBF junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor regards Manny Pacquiao as his dream match opponent. Pacquiao, an eight division world champion, currently holds the WBA world title at the welterweight limit of 147-pounds. Both boxers are waiting to receive new dates, after having their returns pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Taylor is going to face his mandatory challenger, undefeated ...
By Jim Maltzman: Welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. could be facing Mayweather Promotions fighter Maurice Lee in a tune-up in his next fight. The unranked 2nd tier fighter Lee (12-1-2, 5 KOs) revealed on social media that he has “great news” on him possibly facing IBF/WBC 147-pound champion Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) next. This would be a comeback fight for ...