As many had expected, Sunday’s pay-per-view exhibition fight, between five division champion Floyd Mayweather and social media star Logan Paul, did big business. At the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, the 44-year-old Mayweather returned to the ring and went the full eight round distance with Paul, 26-years-old and significantly bigger. While still early, industry sources
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Mandatories are the name of the game, but Eddie Hearn would be lying if he didn’t feel a bit knackered by the sanctioning bodies and their seemingly ceaseless demands. The latest order for Joshua’s next fight comes from the WBO, involving the former undisputed cruiserweight Oleksandr Usyk, a somewhat unproven commodity at heavyweight but
From an early age, Shakur Stevenson craved competition. As the story goes, from the time he was a toddler he and his grandfather Wali Moses watched fight tapes together every morning right after breakfast. As a boxing coach, Wali would critique the fighters on the screen, and Shakur would imitate what he saw, shadowboxing throughout
Talks continue to progress for a heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. Both sides have acknowledged that negotiations are advanced to the point where a purse bid hearing likely won’t be necessary to proceed with the event. The WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO title fight is now being targeted for September, with Sky Sports reporting that
Joseph Diaz has more pressing tasks at hand, but he could not help but think of what he would do to Devin Haney after Jorge Linares buckled him in the 10th round of their lightweight title fight last month. Haney (26-0, 15 KOs) was pitching what looked to be a shutout in his WBC lightweight
Last November, former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson got the ball rolling with unexpected exhibition fights. Tyson, who retired from boxing in 2005, returned to the sport to fight four division champion Roy Jones Jr. to a draw. Their event generated a tremendous buyrate of 1.6 million pay-per-view purchases. Since then, there have been a
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – Logan Paul applauded Floyd Mayweather’s intelligence and skill after their eight-round exhibition Sunday night. Paul was surprised, though, that the 44-year-old Mayweather wasn’t as quick as he expected during their unofficial fight. The bigger, younger Paul felt like Mayweather capitalized on virtually every mistake he made, but the social media and
Miami Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida – Former unified 154-pound champion Jarrett Hurd (24-2, 16 KOs) was shocked when announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. announced Luis Arias (19-2-1, 9 KOs) as the winner of their ten round contest. After an action-packed fight, the scores were 95-94 for Hurd, 97-93 for Arias and 96-93 for Arias. Hurd was
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida - In a sanctioned exhibition fight, former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs as a pro) and Youtube star Logan Paul (0-1 as a pro) went the full eight round distance. Per the exhibition rules, there was no official winner. Paul, 26, had his sole fight as a pro in
Errol Spence Jr. is one of the select few fighters who are currently tasked with leading the sport of boxing in the post-Floyd Mayweather Jr. era. The WBC and IBF welterweight champion has already headlined three pay-per-view events against the likes of Mikey Garcia, Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia over the last two years, and
Josh Taylor (18-0) made history last month in Las Vegas at the Virgin Hotels and Casino. The 30-year-old became the first Scotsman to become an undisputed champion with his unanimous decision victory over Jose Ramírez (26-1). Taylor dropped Ramírez twice and the two extra points proved to be the difference on scorecards as all three
At 38-years-old, Nonito Donaire became the oldest bantamweight champion in boxing history Saturday night with a highlight reel fourth-round knockout of Nordine Oubaali to claim the WBC bantamweight world title. This marks Donaire’s third reign as the bantamweight champion of the world. Don’t talk to Donaire about Father Time. He simply refuses to acknowledge him.
Welterweight Vlad Panin says he was “surprised” by Logan Paul in sparring and does not believe that Floyd Mayweather Jr will knock him out. Mayweather takes on Paul in an eight-round exhibition at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, with the YouTuber fighting for the first time since losing to fellow social media sensation, KSI
WBC, IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev has no problem with Floyd Mayweather, 44-year-old, returning to the ring for a boxing match with 26-year-old Youtube star Logan Paul. The eight round exhibition fight will headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View event on Sunday night, June 6th, in Miami, Florida. Mayweather, a former five division world champion and
LAS VEGAS – Eddie Hearn acknowledged Oleksandr Usyk hasn’t exactly looked great since he moved up to the heavyweight division. The British promoter still thinks the former undisputed cruiserweight champion would give Anthony Joshua a difficult fight. Assuming Hearn, whose company promotes Joshua and co-promotes Usyk, and Alex Krassyuk, Usyk’s other promotional representative, come to
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is taking no blame for the issues with finalizing a high stakes unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. Last month. the fight was nearing an agreement for August 14 in Saudi Arabia. However, an arbitrator ordered Fury to honor a rematch clause that
Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder has continued to drop verbal bombs on WBC world champion Tyson Fury. The two fighters are scheduled to collide for a third time on July 24 in Las Vegas. Fury had planned to move forward with a high stakes unification with Anthony Joshua – but last month an arbitrator ordered him
As Claressa Shields, perhaps the most accomplished female boxer in a generation, gears up for her mixed martial arts debut, she is making it clear that no love has been lost between her and boxing. The 26-year-old Michigander has long been unhappy about the onerous structural problems she has faced in professional boxing, from the