In May, Alek Krassyuk (K2 Promotions) won the promotional rights to the WBA mandatory title defence between his fighter Oleksandr Usyk and Queensberry Promotions’ charge Daniel Dubois. Krassyuk successfully outbid the English company headed by Frank Warren with an offer of $8,057,000 which was around $2,400,000 higher than the $5,620,050 bid offered by Dubois’ promoter. Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), the WBA,…
NOV 11 looks to be the new date for Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney. Prograis’ trainer, Bobby Benson, told K.O. Artists Sports in an interview released today that the new date for the fight looks to be Saturday, November 11. “Nov 11…we signed the contract for Nov 11.” The clash between the WBC Super Lightweight…
Internet sensation KSI and boxer Tommy Fury clash in a colossal crossover event on October 14 at Manchester’s AO Arena live on DAZN PPV. KSI-Fury is just two weeks prior to another significant crossover fight in Tommy Fury’s older brother, Tyson Fury, taking on UFC star Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia. The fight will be…
Callum Simpson – A Blossoming Talent Simpson has developed a reputation as one of the fiercest power punchers on the British boxing circuit. He is conscious of this image and has confidence in his ability to uphold it, stating to NoSmokeSport before the Crighton fight that he ‘should be ploughing through the domestic scene.’ He…
Alycia Baumgardner tested positive for Mesterolone in a Drug-Free Sports test taken on July 12, three days before her fight with Christina Linardatou. The result took almost a month to be returned. Undisputed champion Jessica McCaskill went on ‘ThaBoxingVoice’ on Thursday to discuss Baumgardner’s failed test and seemed to suggest that Matchroom may have played…
World-renowned boxing trainer and Cutman, Russ Anber, voiced his frustration about the current state of the heavyweight boxing scene in a recent interview with Seconds Out. Anber took issue with Tyson Fury’s decision to take on UFC fighter Francis Ngannou instead of facing fellow Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to unify the belts. Russ Anber Slams…
Chris Eubank Jr (32-3, 23 KOs) and Liam Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs) have officially announced their rematch. Smith sensationally stopped Eubank Jr in the fourth round when they met in January at a sold-out AO Arena in Manchester. It was the first stoppage defeat for the man from Brighton, with the Liverpudlian an underdog going in. The first fight…
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…
Bolton Super-Lightweight prospect Khaleel Majid (10-0, 3 KOs) makes his Matchroom debut against Italy’s Alessandro Fersula (9-4) over eight rounds. Majid has never faced a fighter with a winning record or boxed over six rounds making this a significant step in the right direction for ‘Major’. Fersula has gone the distance in all four of his professional defeats and…
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…
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…
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,…
Frank Smith of Matchroom Sports, has responded to allegations that his company is intentionally disrupting fights organized by rival promotion company BOXXER. Speaking with Seconds Out, Smith rejected claims made by BOXXER’s Ben Shalom that Matchroom is causing problems in the world of boxing. Frank Smith refuted the idea that Matchroom tried to disrupt the…
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…
