Trainer Bill Haney will not be in his son Devin’s corner when Devin faces George Kambosos Jr on June 4 in Australia for the undisputed lightweight championship, but he told the DAZN Boxing Show that he’s 100 percent confident that their years of preparation will result in a dominant performance. Bill also touched on Yoel
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A quality 122 lb showdown headlines Queensberry’s return to OVO Arena when Jason Cunningham takes on former two-division champ Zolani Tete on July 2, on a card that will also feature the return of heavyweight contender Joe Joyce and more. Yorkshire’s Cunningham (31-6, 7 KO) has won seven straight since a 1-3 skid, including a
“Flint Strong,” an upcoming feature film about the rise of celebrated boxer Claressa Shields, has added Brian Tyree Henry to the cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Henry will play the role of Jason Crutchfield, the coach who first met Shields an eleven year old and helped guide her to two Olympic gold medals as
Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero are just about a day away from their Showtime pay-per-view main event, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the fight live, here’s where you can find out. What time does Davis vs Romero start? The broadcast starts at 9 pm ET on Saturday, May 28, with three undercard
It’s not the Teofimo Lopez tussle we were teased, but Arnold Barboza Jr.’s next fight looks like a good one. Top Rank revealed today that he’ll face fellow unbeaten Danielito Zorrilla atop a July 15th ESPN tripleheader in Temecula. After a 2020 campaign that saw him battle his way past Alex Saucedo in a quality
Gervonta “Tank” Davis will headline on Showtime pay-per-view again this Saturday, facing Rolando Romero in a 12-round lightweight fight from Brooklyn. Davis (26-0, 24 KO) has been somewhat quiet in the build-up for this, but perhaps that’s just compared to how loud Romero has been. There is also a cloud of uncertainty hanging over “Tank”
Saturday night’s Gervonta Davis vs Rolando Romero pay-per-view event will feature, as is usually the case, three undercard fights before the main event, with matchups at middleweight, junior middleweight, and junior lightweight. In the 160 lb fight, veterans Erislandy Lara and Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan will do battle for the secondary paper belt Lara currently holds.
With official confirmation coming that Canelo Alvarez will face Gennadiy Golovkin in a third fight rather than go into an immediate rematch with Dmitry Bivol, Bivol is now left to look at other potential opponents for his next outing between the ropes. Bivol’s manager Andrey Ryabinskiy tells Sky Sports that with Canelo just making his
We’ll have to wait a bit longer to see Joe Joyce lock horns with Joseph Parker. Frank Warren tells SecondsOut that the fight, previously planned for early summer, is now targeted for September. Joyce (13-0, 12 KO), who hasn’t seen action since July of 2021, will take a stay-busy bout in the interim. Thankfully, the
Deontay Wilder, the man known as “The Bronze Bomber” because of his success in the 2008 Olympics, is about to see his nickname become even more literal. On May 25th, the city of Tuscaloosa, Ala., will unveil a bronze statue of the native hero and former heavyweight champion. It’s an honor seven years in the
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum talks to Fight Hype about the plans of Tyson Fury going forward and whether or not he’ll follow through with his retirement plans. Here, Arum says he believes Fury is going to take his time to see how the rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua plays out as that’s
After a lengthy war of words on social media, super featherweight champions Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner have officially signed to meet in “late summer or early fall” on “an ESPN platform.” “Mikaela Mayer’s prodigious talent is only matched by her tremendous ambition,” said Top Rank chairman Bob Arum. “She wants the biggest fights, and
Canelo Alvarez looks like he’s headed for the third fight with Gennadiy Golovkin in September, honoring an agreement that was already in place prior to Canelo’s loss to Dmitry Bivol on May 7. “In the next few days we will announce the September fight. Surely, it will be against GGG because we already had that
Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Cruiserweight: (9) Aleksei Papin vs Dilan Prasovic, May 27 Light Heavyweight: (5) Maxim Vlasov vs Dilmurod Satybaldiev, May 27 Lightweight: (5) Gervonta Davis vs Rolando Romero, May 28 Upcoming Fights: (2) Oleksandr Usyk vs (4) Anthony Joshua, TBA … (5) Andy Ruiz Jr vs (9) Luis
David Benavidez trounced David Lemieux in tonight’s Showtime main event, winning the interim WBC super middleweight title via third round TKO. Benavidez (26-0, 23 KO) hurt Lemieux (43-5, 36 KO) badly late in the opening round, knocking him into the ropes for what could have been called a knockdown by referee Harvey Dock. Dock then
YouTube/Facebook, 2:00 pm ET, Davis vs Romero media workout. There will be a stream on the Showtime social media pages but I’ve never once in my 15 years here seen any real interest in media workouts so probably won’t be bothering. YouTube/Facebook, 1:00 pm ET, Davis vs Romero press conference. We’ll be here with a
Jamel Herring announced his retirement following his Saturday night loss to Jamaine Ortiz on ESPN, a decision he seemed to be making in the ring during his post-fight interview, but made official via social media. “I love this sport, but I owe it to my family to quit putting them through these moments,” Herring wrote
Joshua Buatsi survived a stern test from Craig Richards, earning a close but unanimous decision after twelve very competitive and entertaining rounds. The main event didn’t have the rock’em sock’em chaos of Alen Babic and Adam Balski (much more on that one later), but it was an active, well balanced and lively showcase that likely