After a fight of the year contender with one-time British champion Chris Jenkins in March, WBA #15 Cyrus Pattinson (6-0, 4 KOs) has his next fight date and opponent locked in. The 29-year-old Northumberland prospect will return to action on a Matchroom Boxing “Next Gen” card slated for August 19 in Birmingham live on DAZN. The WBA International champion will face Wolverhampton’s Conah…
Main Card Results Featherweight Main Event: #9 Ilia Topuria Def. #5 Josh Emmett Via UD (50-42 50-44 49-45) Fight Notes: Topuria started the fight patient, while Emmett attempted to push the pace on the younger fighter. Topuria showed an incredible boxing skillset on the feet while mixing in leg kicks. It became clear early on…
In this week’s episode of boxing history, we take a look at former 3 weight world champion Emile Griffith. Emile Griffith was a professional boxer who competed from 1958 to 1977. Born on February 3, 1938, in the Virgin Islands, Griffith’s career spanned several weight classes, and he became one of the most successful and…
Caroline Dubois convincingly decisioned world-ranked Yanina del Carmen Lescano on Friday night at York Hall, winning every round including a fifth-round knockdown. The 2020 Olympian moved to 7-0 in the professional ranks going the distance for the first time since her debut with referee Sean McAvoy scoring the contest 80-71. Lescano was Dubois’s first opponent…
UFC 289 Main Card Results: Charles Oliveira TKOs Beniel Dariush Women’s Bantamweight Main Event: Champ. Amanda Nunes Def. #5 Irene Aldana via UD (50-44 50-44 50-43) Fight Notes: To start the fight Nunes was working the body of Aldana in a conservative round from both women. In round 2, Nunes continued the bodywork and began…
Billy Joe Saunders was due to defend his WBO Middleweight title against Avtandil Khurtsidze back in 2017 after the Georgian upset Tommy Langford earlier that year. But the fight was called off after Khurtsidze was arrested for RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act) charges in relation to a Russian organised crime gang. ‘Mini Mike Tyson’…
Undisputed super middleweight champion, Canelo Alvarez has posted a video on his Instagram story confirming that his next fight is now a done deal. Boxing’s biggest star confirmed that the bout would take place in association with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions after six of his last seven fights have been with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom…
Callum Simpson takes to the ring on the Lawrence Okolie vs David Light undercard at the AO Arena in Manchester. It is Simpsons first fight since signing his long term promotional contract with Boxxer in February. 26-year-old Simpson hails from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and has already making a name for himself in the sport, winning…
Khaleel Majid Adds Sam Jones To His Team, Targets Deal With Big TV Promoter Bolton-based super lightweight prospect Khaleel Majid (10-0, 3 KOs) has added former S-Jam founder Sam Jones to his team as an advisor while he hunts for a major, TV-backed promoter. After his recent departure from Probellum, Jones will be advising fighters in his…
TONIGHT: Fast-rising Super-Lightweight contender Dalton Smith (15-0, 11 KOs) steps up against the USA’s three-time World Title challenger Jose Zepeda ( 37-4, 28 KOs) at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena live on DAZN. Smith sensationally knocked out Sam Maxwell with a vicious one-punch finisher in the seventh round of their meeting last year to add the Commonwealth Super-Lightweight Title to his British Title that he has…
Abass Baraou and Sam Eggington will battle it out for the vacant European Super Welterweight title on Friday, March 1 live on Channel 5 in the UK. Baraou is Germany’s world-ranked former amateur star with designs on global domination, while Eggington is a British boxing cult hero after a barnstorming career packed with memorable blood…
Misfits Boxing New Sanctioning Body After PBA Fallout Misfits Boxing, who were recently suspended by the Professional Boxing Association (PBA) due to serious rule violations according to the PBA, is on the hunt for a new licensing partner. Amidst various speculations, the World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF) is emerging as a potential frontrunner for this…
Ryan Garcia returns at 143 pounds against Mexican puncher Oscar Duarte this Saturday, December 2 in Houston, Texas Live on DAZN. This is Garcia’s first bout since his stoppage defeat to Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis in April at 136 pounds – a fight which drew 1.2m PPV buys in the United States. Garcia doesn’t come back…
After coming off a dominant performance over Luis Nery, Japanese boxer, ‘The Monster’, Naoya Inoue, eyes his next bout, potentially landing on the Wembley card set for September, with AJ the expected headliner. With a run of stoppage wins over Luis Nery, Marlon Tapales, Stephen Fulton, and Paul Butler, Naoya is currently targeting his next…
