Luis De Cubas Sr, promoter for WBA ‘regular’ super middleweight champion David Morrell, would love to match his boxer against fellow unbeaten David Benavidez. For several months, the two boxers have been trading words in the media. De Cubas is confident his fighter, who has less experience, would prevail in a potential clash. “We have
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Dalton Smith will face Sam O’maison for the vacant British Super Lightweight Title at the Utilita Arena Sheffield on Saturday August 6, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand). Smith (11-0, 9 KOs), one of the hottest prospects in world boxing, claimed his first pro title at Manchester Arena in May 2021 –
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez will defend his WBC super flyweight title against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on Saturday June 25 at the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, live worldwide on DAZN (except Uzbekistan & Thailand) and leading a stacked quadruple header of world title action. (photos by Melina Pizano) Rodriguez (15-0 10 KOs) makes the first
The New York State Athletic Commission is prepared to take a bite out of Edgar Berlanga’s paycheck and career. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a fine and suspension awaits the unbeaten super middleweight prospect due to his in-ring conduct in his most recent bout. Berlanga outpointed Roamer Alexis Angulo over ten rounds this past Saturday at
The heavyweight contender clash between Hughie Fury and Michael Hunter has been postponed from its originally scheduled July 2 date due to illness, it was announced today by BOXXER. Fury, who has staged this training camp in Cannes, France, had been attempting to train through the illness but his father and trainer Peter Fury today
BY BEATING THE champion Trevor Bryan to take ownership of the WBA world championship belt on Saturday night, Daniel Dubois acquired a golden key to the heavyweight kingdom. That is what it was all about. Yes, he does hold a version of the heavyweight world titles but, for Daniel, it is more a ticket to
Thanks to a strong lead-in, more viewers watched the co-feature of ESPN’s boxing broadcast Saturday night than its main event. Nielsen Media Research released numbers Tuesday that showed an average of 632,000 watched unbeaten Puerto Rican prospect Henry Lebron’s unanimous-decision defeat of Luis Lebron in an eight-round junior lightweight fight that opened ESPN’s telecast just
DANIEL DUBOIS IS back in the UK after his successful Stateside mission to take the WBA “regular” championship belt from the champion Trevor Bryan and he now has a couple of big domestic targets firmly in his sights. The 24-year-old, along with his promoter Frank Warren, called into the Talksport studios to reflect on his
(Video by Ryan Burton) – On Monday at the M Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, five division world champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and RIZIN held a press conference to announce Mayweather’s next venture into the ring, an exhibition contest that will take place on a date in September in Japan. Functional Cookies Disabled In
Robert Garcia, the new trainer for Anthony Joshua, was not in agreement with the implemented strategy for last September’s fight with Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Most observers felt Joshua made a huge mistake by trying to outbox a
Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has officially departed from longtime broadcaster Sky Sports. On Monday, the boxer officially announced an exclusive long-term deal with streaming service DAZN. Some reports are suggesting the deal is worth $100 million a year, with two fights per year on DAZN Pay-Per-View. Last year, Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn of
A rematch between Joseph Parker and Dillian Whyte could be in the works after Parker’s surprise decision to sign with BOXXER and Sky Sports. The former WBO heavyweight champion had been expected to face Joe Joyce next, having seemingly agreed a fight for next month only for it then to be pushed back to September
By Sunday afternoon, Edgar Berlanga clearly realized that his attempt to bite Alexis Angulo in their fight the previous night was a more serious infraction than he seemed to recognize in its immediate aftermath. Berlanga took to Twitter to apologize and admitted his actions in the seventh round against Angulo were an embarrassment to him,
Daniel Dubois wiped out Trevor Bryan in the fourth round to take the WBA “regular” heavyweight title over in Miami, Florida. Just 24, Dubois was in charge right from the first bell and the previously unbeaten Bryan offered up little in return fire. The Londoner did not rush his work and Bryan was first obviously
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom is backing Youtuber turned boxer, Jake Paul, to defeat Tommy Fury if a fight comes together in the coming in the coming months. Earlier this week, Paul (5-0, 4 KOs) announced that he was returning to the ring on August 6th at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Showtime
NEW YORK – Edgar Berlanga has drawn plenty of motivation from criticism of his past three performances. The first 16 fights of Berlanga’s professional career resulted in first-round knockouts, which generated a lot of buzz for the strong super middleweight prospect. Now that he has gone the distance in three consecutive contests, the unbeaten Brooklyn
Alexis Angulo made weight Saturday morning to move forward with his 10-round fight against Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night. Colombia’s Angulo weighed 176.2 pounds during a second-day weigh-in that was scheduled after he came in overweight Friday afternoon at Madison Square Garden in New York. Angulo’s maximum allowance for the second-day weigh-in was 178 pounds,
Talk to Daniel Dubois and you get the feeling that most of his formal education was spent watching tapes of old heavyweights. Challenging for a world heavyweight title, albeit the WBA “regular” one, should have a special resonance for any heavyweight. And while the Casino Miami, near the airport where the fight takes place, might