Beterbiev vs. Smith will be presented live this Saturday, January 13, at 10:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. PT, on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ from Videotron Centre in Quebec, Canada. (photos by Mikey WIlliams, EOTTM) In the main event, WBC/WBO/IBF light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev will defend his crown against former world champion Callum Smith. Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KOs), who ...
The decade-plus Bob Arum’s company spent promoting Jose Ramirez’s career was among the more pleasant experiences of Arum’s almost 60 years in boxing. Arum has no hard feelings for Ramirez, who won the WBC and WBO 140-pound championships, regularly drew large crowds in Fresno, California, and made millions during their time together. The 92-year-old promoter does think, though, that Ramirez ...
Terence Crawford couldn’t help but scoff at what he feels is another excuse from Errol Spence Jr. The unified welterweight champion from Omaha, Nebraska, responded to Spence’s insistence made earlier this week that his vision was impaired during their undisputed 147-pound championship last summer, which Crawford won by dominant ninth-round stoppage to unify all four belts in the division. (Crawford ...
Oscar De La Hoya loves that he is just a stone’s throw away from Bob Arum. De La Hoya, the head of Golden Boy Promotions, moved from his longtime home of Los Angeles to Las Vegas last year, a decision that the Hall of Fame fighter has described as beneficial to his company because of the concentration of boxing events ...
Dan Azeez and Joshua Buatsi don’t have too much longer to wait. On February 3rd the light heavyweight rivals will finally meet in a South London derby, the outcome of which will reverberate on the world scene. Azeez (20-0, 13 KO’s) and Buatsi (17-0, 13 KO’s) are friends. They mix in the same circles, frequent the same places and have ...
Boxing promoter Brendan Gibbons announced the first signing to the roster of his Las Vegas-based Viva! Promotions -- top-10 world-rated junior featherweight contender Elijah Pierce (18-2, 15 KOs) from Midwest City, Oklahoma. Pierce, 27, is currently riding a three-year, nine-bout winning streak and is expected to make his 2024 debut in March. "I’m very excited to be part of Viva ...
Hearn Wants More Info About Atypical Findings In Beterbiev’s VADA Tests; Fight With Smith Will Go On
Eddie Hearn didn’t accuse Artur Beterbiev of using performance-enhancing drugs Thursday. Callum Smith’s promoter made it perfectly clear, however, that his company, Matchroom Boxing, wants more information related to Voluntary Anti-Doping Association tests that revealed in mid-December that Beterbiev had elevated levels of HGH and testosterone in his blood and urine. Hearn discussed the results of Beterbiev’s December 6 tests, ...
USA Boxing will officially bring the first national tournament of 2024 to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 2024 National Open will take place March 9-16 at the Albuquerque Convention Center, bringing USA Boxing back to the city for the first time since the 2017 and 2018 Western Qualifiers. “We are honored to host USA Boxing’s first National Tournament of the year ...
The sport’s reigning lineal heavyweight and cruiserweight champions will not only share a card but a training camp as well. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Jai Opetaia will next appear on the undercard of the February 17 Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A challenger was not immediately identified as this goes to publication. Boxing Scene has learned, ...
Frank Sanchez wants to return to Saudi Arabia as soon as possible to fight “a big name” in the heavyweight division. The 31-year-old Cuban contender stopped New Zealand’s Junior Fa in the seventh round on the Anthony Joshua-Otto Wallin undercard December 23 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. Sanchez (24-0, 17 KOs) hopes that impressive victory over Fa (20-3, 11 KOs) ...