Beterbiev stops Smith in 7th round, retains light-heavyweight titles. Beterbiev controlled the fight from the start, landed precise jabs. Beterbiev seeks unification bout, wants all 4 belts. British fighter Callum Smith’s dream of becoming a two-weight world champion came to an abrupt end in Quebec when he was stopped by the excellent Artur Beterbiev in the seventh round. … Read more
Devin Haney defeated Regis Prograis via a unanimous decision. Haney scored his first knockdown in eight fights. Haney’s father and coach urged him to stick to the game plan. In San Francisco, Devin Haney defeated Regis Prograis by unanimous decision to win the WBC light-welterweight title. American Haney outmatched his countryman and stopped him in … Read more
Amanda Serrano gives up the WBC featherweight title due to fight length inequality. WBC refuses to sanction women’s 12-round, 3-minute fights. Serrano argues for equal treatment and safety of longer format. Amanda Serrano, the WBC featherweight champion, surrendered her title on Wednesday because the organization would not let her compete in fights using the same … Read more
Devin Haney will defend his lightweight world title against George Kambosos. Unbeaten Haney has a 28-0 record with 15 knockouts. Jason Moloney of Australia will fight Nawaphon Kaikanha of Thailand for the title. Sunday in Melbourne, undisputed lightweight world champion Devin Haney will defend his title against George Kambosos in a rematch for the championship. … Read more
Anthony Joshua says he is ravenous and frantic to reclaim his world heavyweight titles from Oleksandr Usyk. The pair met in front of the ‘Fury on the Red Sea’ conflict in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ahead of their fight on August 20. Usyk beat Joshua before a rat swarm at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last September … Read more
English cruiserweight Richard Riakporhe scored a staggering win over Fabio Turchi in an IBF eliminator. He handled a left snare body shot to deck the Italian in the subsequent round and draw nearer to a shot at a world title. Riakporhe, 32, protected his unbeaten record with 15th success of his profession on Saturday, with … Read more
Joshua signs a deal to fight with Usyk later this year. The paperwork has been completed: Joshua’s manager. The rematch was supposed to be held on July 23. Anthony Joshua has signed a deal to face Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia in August, with an official announcement anticipated next week. Usyk defeated Joshua on points … Read more
Oleksandr Usyk will fight Britain’s Anthony Joshua in a rematch on August 20. Promoter: “This date is the most likely,” Oleksandr Krasyuk says of potential date for the bout. Official announcement due next week by boxing organisations whose belts are at stake. Reigning world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will “most likely” face off in a … Read more
Donaire stated he was knocked out by “the hardest punch I’ve ever been hit with.” In Tuesday’s rematch, though, the 39-year-old “Filipino Flash” Donaire was defeated as never before in his illustrious career. In his previous 48 fights, Donaire had only been stopped once. Nonito Donaire stated he was knocked out by “the hardest punch … Read more
Haney defeats Kambosos to retain his lightweight championship title. He defended his title for the fifth consecutive time. The 23-year-old improved his record to 28-0. Undefeated American Devin Haney defeated Australian George Kambosos on points to become the first undisputed lightweight world champion in contemporary boxing history. Haney, the clear favorite and highly regarded WBC … Read more
George Kambosos Jr plans to add Devin Haney’s WBC belt to his WBA Super, IBF and WBO titles. He would become the first of the four belt boss since Pernell Whitaker in 1990. The fight will be streamed live on Sky Sports Box Office. Albeit a split-choice win over the unbeaten Teofimo Lopez in New … Read more
George Kambosos fails to make weight for the world lightweight title bout against Devin Haney. The Australian owner of WBA, IBF, and WBO titles was 0.36 pounds overweight for the 135-pound limit battle. Unbeaten American Haney had his father granted an 11th-hour visa to fight in Melbourne. WBA, IBF, WBO and WBC lightweight belts will … Read more
Alycia Baumgardner and Mikaela Mayer have agreed to meet later this year in a super-featherweight unification bout. WBO, IBF, and Ring magazine champion Mayer is 31, while WBC and IBO champion Baumgardner is 28. Top Rank, Mayer’s promoters, will oversee the event, which is expected to take place in the United States. Top Rank’s Bob … Read more
Canelo Alvarez recently expressed interest in a rematch with WBA light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol. The 31-year-old superstar, however, has opted to adhere to his original plan of battling Gennadiy Golovkin one final time. Canelo recently spoke with the media about his future plans. Canelo signed a deal with Matchroom Boxing and DAZN earlier this year … Read more
Dmitry Bivol of Russia retained his WBA light-heavyweight title in Las Vegas, defeating Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on points. Alvarez, 31, is the undisputed world super-middleweight champion, but he had to step up in weight for the fight and was defeated for the second time in 61 fights. Bivol, who is also 31, won … Read more
Tyson Fury says “no amount of money” will persuade him to return to the ring after his WBC heavyweight title victory over Dillian Whyte. On Saturday, Fury stopped fellow Briton Whyte in the sixth round to keep his perfect record intact. After a successful title defence in front of 94,000 spectators at Wembley, the 33-year-old … Read more
Pakistan’s top professional boxer Muhammad Waseem’s journey has truly been inspirational where he has overcome all sorts of hurdles to shine at the biggest stages of the world. Waseem, who is also known as Falcon, is all set to have another feather in his cap as he is scheduled to take on International Boxing Federation … Read more
TOKYO: Japan’s unbeaten “Monster” Naoya Inoue defended his WBA and IBF bantamweight titles on Tuesday with an eighth-round technical knockout win over unheralded Thai challenger Aran Dipaen in Tokyo. Fighting at Ryogoku Kokugikan — the home of sumo — Inoue wore Dipaen down with a series of punishing shots before dispatching him with a vicious … Read more
Tyson Fury has said that his long-awaited world heavyweight title unification bout against Anthony Joshua would take place in Saudi Arabia on August 14. Saudi Arabia staged the 31-year-old Joshua’s rematch against Andy Ruiz, when the Briton regained his WBA, IBF, and WBO titles in December 2019, putting him on a collision course with Fury, … Read more
