After beating down Tommy McCarthy in January, Team GB’s Cheavon Clarke was all set for another step up in class against British cruiserweight champ Isaac Chamberlain. Unfortunately for Clarke, Chamberlain pulled what I’ve termed “The Shalom Maneuver” and vacated his title just hours before the purse bid, allegedly to chase the European belt instead. As
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WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza and former titlist Robeisy Ramirez won’t be running it back after “El Divino’s” massive upset, or at least not yet. ESPN’s Salvador Sanchez brings word that Espinoza will meet no. 2 Sergio Chirino Sanchez in Vegas on the 21st or 22nd of June. The 29-year-old Sanchez (22-1, 13 KO), unbeaten
After nearly a year stuck in career limbo, IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis has signed a “multi-fight promotional deal” ahead of a planned summer return. “I’m excited for this partnership with Eddie Hearn, Matchroom and DAZN,” said Ennis. “I can’t wait to continue making my mark and becoming undisputed World champion. I’ve been out
Tyson Fury has definitely has a task right in front of him as he’s scheduled to unify titles with Oleksandr Usyk on May 18, and with a win in that fight (and a win in a contractual rematch), Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says there’s still one big fight to make for his heavyweight champion.
Following Ryan Garcia’s open media workout he fielded some questions from reporters and gave his reaction to the reports of low ticket sales for his upcoming fight against Devin Haney and the prices for tickets having since been reduced. “Nobody wants to watch a guy that supposedly can’t crack an egg,” Garcia said. “We’re not
PBC and Prime Video have unveiled the full pay-per-view lineup for Canelo Alvarez’s May 4th title defense against Jaime Munguia has been revealed. The co-feature sees interim WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios (28-2, 18 KO) defend his title against unranked Fabian Maidana (22-2, 16 KO) in his first fight since last September’s career-saving beatdown of
George Kambosos will have his next big opportunity next month when he’s scheduled to take on Vasiliy Lomachenko in his home country of Australia. Kambosos is fully aware of all the accolades and the class of his opponent, and believes both will be prepared to make for a memorable night. And while Kambosos credits Lomachenko
Following his unanimous decision win over Gustavo Lemos over the weekend, Richardson Hitchins spoke to media members back in his locker room to give his reaction to a much sterner test than he expected from Lemos. Check out some of what he had to say below. Hitchins on his reaction to his fight with Lemos
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya takes some time to talk to boxing media about Ryan Garcia and his upcoming fight against Devin Haney. De La Hoya says he’s confident Garcia will come into the fight well prepared despite whatever rumors may be going around, and that he loves that Garcia has no problem
In the latest of what’s become a weirdly consistent trend for 2024, Russia’s Bakhram Murtazaliev claimed the vacant IBF super welterweight title earlier today with a dramatic knockout of local favorite Jack Culcay in the championship rounds. Murtazaliev (22-0, 16 KO), who first became mandatory challenger in 2019, ended a nearly 16-month layoff when he
Following last night’s card headlined by Hitchens vs Lemos, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn spent time talking to media members about a number of topics regarding prospective fights going forward, including Devin Haney vs Teofimo Lopez, Canelo vs Benavidez, Claressa Shields vs Alycia Baumgardner, and Subriel Matias vs Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz. Check out Hearns thoughts on
Wednesday, April 10 ProBox TV, 8:00 pm ET, Angelo Leo vs Eduardo Baez BLH might have live updates. Your standard solid ProBox main event of these days, a couple of veteran guys who can still fight a bit trying to, frankly, work their way back to bigger shows. Thursday, April 11 ESPN+, 7:00 pm ET,
Apparently, hugs and shoves are scoring blows in Las Vegas, because that’s the only way you could possibly give Richardson Hitchins a decision victory over Gustavo Lemos. Yet, here we are, with Lemos on the unfortunate end of the worst robbery I’ve seen in quite a while, and Hitchins (18-0, 7 KO) leaving still undefeated
Another notch in the win column for Ernesto “Tito” Mercado tonight in the main event of a Red Owl Boxing show in Houston, Texas, where he earned a TKO-4 victory over Deiner Berrio. Mercado (15-0, 14 KO) came to fight, but did most of his work against the equivalent of a heavy bag with legs.
Richardson Hitchins faces Gustavo Lemos in a DAZN main event tonight, with the show going live from Las Vegas at 8 pm ET. Hitchins vs Lemos is an IBF eliminator at 140 lbs. On the undercard, Diego Pacheco returns against Shawn McCalman, Skye Nicolson faces Sarah Mahfoud for a vacant featherweight title, and we’ll see
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talks to Fight Hype about the outcome of Tszyu vs Fundora on an economic level and expresses his realization that some entities in boxing are just too stubborn to put their egos to the side in order to do business. Hearn also doesn’t miss the opportunity to poke a little fun
Promising young prospect Tito Mercado takes on Deiner Berrio tonight in Houston, Texas. It’s the headliner for a Red Owl Boxing event streaming on DAZN, starting at 9 pm ET. There are a handful of supporting fights, all but one of them four or six rounders. But, Mercado (14-0, 13 KO) is the reason to
Yesterday’s announcement that interim WBA super flyweight champion John “Scrappy” Ramirez will defend his belt against David Jimenez on the April 30th Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia PPV raised some questions, as recent reports claimed Ramirez was due for his mandated shot at full champion Kazuto Ioka. Those questions may now be answered, as ESPN’s
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