WBA Featherweight champion, Leigh Wood and British rival Josh Warrington are targeting an October 7 date for their domestic showdown, a source has told NoSmokeSport. The clash between Britain’s #1 and #2 Featherweights is planned to take place at Sheffield‘s 12,500-capacity Utilita Arena, live on DAZN. Wood regained his title with a dominant 12-round decision win over Mexican dangerman Mauricio…
Newly-crowned IBF Super Featherweight champion, Joe Cordina, is frustrated that his desired unification fight with O’Shaquie Foster will not come to fruition next due to boxing economics. Hearn told reporters at the post-fight press conference after Cordina regained his world title in April that the focus would be on trying to get a unification fight…
NoSmokeSport.com has learnt that a move up to Cruiserweight is the likely next step for the former WBO Super Middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez (44-1, 30 KOs). The Mexican could take part in a bout with Poland’s former world title challenger Michal Cieslak (24-2, 18 KOs) in what would be a WBC title eliminator for the…
Pacheco vs Gallegos Result: Super-Middleweight sensation Diego Pacheco delivers message to 168lb division and returns in LA in the fall Diego Pacheco underlined his intentions to become a major player at Super-Middleweight, putting Manuel Gallegos away inside four rounds in Monterrey – to set up a first headline bout in Los Angeles later in the year….
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…
Kingpyn Boxing reportedly went bankrupt causing their next show in Dublin to be cancelled, but they have been saved last-minute by worldwide sports streaming platform DAZN After a turbulent few days for Kingpyn Boxing behind the scenes, with long-standing rumours of serious issues of funding becoming a reality, Kingpyn Boxing has been saved by streaming…
Eddie Hearn has revealed the latest updates for some of his fighters/cards in Friday’s interview with iFL’s Colm McGuigan. Full Interview Joshua vs Whyte 2 Undercard Fillip Hrgovic and Demsey McKean could clash for the IBF Interim Heavyweight title on the Anthony Joshua-Dillian Whyte 2 undercard. The fight is agreed upon but not 100% decided…
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. Taylor immediately activated her rematch clause and Cameron has told numerous media outlets that she feels the first…
One of the world’s leading prospects, 22-year-old American Diego Pacheco (18-0, 15 KOs) headlines for the second time this Friday, July 7 at the Cintermex in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico live on DAZN. WBO #3 Pacheco will defend his WBO International and USWBC titles against Mexico’s world-ranked puncher Manuel Gallegos (19-1-1, 16 KOs) after penning a new multi-fight deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing in May. Pacheco had a…
Uzbekistan’s Otabek Kholmatov (11-0, 10 KOs) scored three knockdowns in his fifth-round TKO win over the undefeated Thomas Patrick Ward in March at the Utlita Arena, Newcastle to become the mandatory challenger for the WBA Featherweight title. When Leigh Wood widely decisioned Mauricio Lara in May to win back the world title, the Brit immediately…
In a recent interview with Eddie Hearn on Talksport, important revelations regarding the future of heavyweight boxing were made. Hearn confirmed that a fight between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder is locked in for December. However, this highly anticipated matchup is contingent on Joshua’s performance against Dillian Whyte on August 12th. Anthony Joshua vs Deontay…
Joshua vs Whyte 2 PPV Price Set As £26.99 British Heavyweight rivals Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte will meet in an explosive rematch at The O2 in London on Saturday August 12, shown exclusively live on DAZN around the world and on DAZN PPV in the UK and Ireland. Two-time unified Heavyweight World Champion Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs) and former World Title challenger Whyte (29-3,…
Kingpyn Boxing, who had their first show in London on April 22nd has gone bankrupt, HappyPunch Promo has reported. Their next event was planned for July 15th in Dublin In a surprise to some, but not to others, Kingpyn Boxing has gone bankrupt (according to HappyPunch Promotions on Twitter). Some fans suspected that Kingpyn had…
Team Regie Suganob of the Philippines experienced a disheartening defeat at the hands of South African boxer Sivenathi Nontshinga in a UD-12 IBF World Light Flyweight title fight on Sunday. The Filipino team expressed grave dissatisfaction with the events leading up to and during the match, which took place in East London, South Africa. Sivenathi…
