Chantelle Cameron (18-0, 8 KOs) retained her undisputed super lightweight championship for the first time when she upset the P4P #1 and female boxing’s biggest star, Katie Taylor (22-0, 6 KOs) in Taylor’s Ireland homecoming this May. Cameron claimed a 95-95, 96-94, 96-94 majority decision win over Taylor. The Irishwoman has since activated her contractual rematch clause. The pair…
In an interview with iFLTV, Eddie Hearn laid out his views on the decisions made by Tyson Fury and his team. Addressing recent comments from Frank Warren, Fury’s promoter, Hearn clarified his position that he believes Tyson Fury deciding to fight Francis Ngannou is “good business” but not the route Anthony Joshua wanted to take….
Veteran boxing promoter, Frank Warren, opened up about the forthcoming Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou fight in a recent interview with iFLTV, claiming it will be the biggest event he’s ever been involved in. Frank Warren Makes Bold Claim About Fury vs Ngannou “This is going to be a massive, massive event and the marketing…
Terence Crawford dominated and knocked out Errol Spence in round nine of their super-fight this Saturday in Las Vegas. Crawford dropped Spence three times, once in round two and twice in round seven before the referee Harvey Dock decided he’d seen enough in the ninth. WBO champion Crawford became the first male fighter to win…
The IBF officially ordered their Cruiserweight champion Australia’s Jai Opetaia to face Britain’s Richard Riakporhe after Poland’s Mateusz Masternak withdrew from the mandatory position. Opetaia, who is widely regarded as the #1 fighter in the division, was signed by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing in July – a deal that had been in the works before…
Alycia Baumgardner tested positive for Mesterolone in a Drug-Free Sports test three days before her fight with Christina Linardatou. Jessica McCaskill went on ‘ThaBoxingVoice’ yesterday night to discuss Baumgardner’s failed test and seemed to suggest that Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing may have played a part in the adverse analytical finding. In comments that have since…
Dana White’s Contender Series Season 7 returns tonight, August 8, 2023. The fan favorite show will air live on UFC Fight Pass and ESPN+ at 7PM EST. DWCS consists of weekly episodes with five fights, where the winners could be offered spots on the UFC roster. The unsigned MMA talent are looking to put on…
Alycia Baumgardner tested positive for Mesterolone in a Drug-Free Sports test three days before her fight with Christina Linardatou. Jessica McCaskill went on ‘ThaBoxingVoice’ yesterday night to discuss Baumgardner’s failed test and seemed to suggest that Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing may have played a part in the adverse analytical finding. “So let’s do the math,…
The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) informed Matchroom Boxing on Saturday, August 5 that Dillian Whyte returned adverse analytical findings as part of a random anti-doping protocol. As a result, his long-awaited DAZN pay-per-view rematch with Anthony Joshua at London’s O2 was cancelled with Robert Helenius stepping in at the 11h-hour to face AJ instead. NoSmokeSport.com has…
Dennis McCann will face a huge test against perennial European level contender Ionut Baluta at the York Hall, London, this Friday, August 18th, live on TNT Sports (formally BT Sport). McCann, who won the Commonwealth title against Joe Ham Jnr last November, was due to be out in April, however, injury prevented his return. He…
Last month, the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) ruled in favour of Welterweight star Conor Benn ending his provisional suspension with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD). Benn was cleared to fight in this country after the independent body ruled that UKAD could no longer suspend the athlete. The exact reason for this ruling is unknown with promoter Eddie…
UFC Dana White’s Contender Series week two is here. Last week, five contracts were awarded to all five winners. Now, five more fights are here with ten fighters all battling for a UFC contract. It was another great night of fights that saw three fast finishes and two decisions with all fights being as good…
Ebanie Bridges and Conor McGregor went viral over the weekend after the pair arrived together at London’s O2 to watch Anthony Joshua’s 7th-round KO of Robert Helenius. Bridges, the IBF world Bantamweight champion from Australia, was helping UFC star McGregor promote his ‘Forged Irish Stout’ drink which was sponsoring the event. Joshua famously drank the…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Galal Yafai (4-0, 3 KOs) defends his WBC International Flyweight Title against Sheffield’s former British champion, Tommy Frank (15-3-1, 3 KOs) this Saturday, August 19, live on DAZN. Yafai-Frank takes place at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, England and is the latest headliner in Matchroom Boxing’s ‘NXT GEN’ series. ‘Golden Galal’ turned professional in January 2022 and…
