Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo will play host to a trio of world title showdowns on Saturday, Feb. 24, with Alexandro Santiago defending his WBC bantamweight world title against Japan’s pound-for-pound star Junto Nakatani in the main event. Santiago (28-3-5, 14 KOs) won the vacant WBC world title in July with a unanimous decision over future…
Dmitry Salita’s Salita Promotions has teamed up with streaming service DAZN to launch a “Big Time Boxing USA” series. The deal between Salita and DAZN promises to present ‘a combination of talent development and championship cards’. The inaugural edition is this Tuesday, February 20 at the Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit and is headlined by a 10-round all-Michigan showdown between Flint’s Ardreal…
Edgar Berlanga will kick off the new year slate stateside for Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The undefeated super middleweight headlines a DAZN show at the Caribe Royal in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, February 24. Berlanga (21-0, 16 KOs) is a big draw in New York but Matchroom will instead pocket a six-digit site fee from the venue which hosted…
Sugar Nunez is the mandatory challenger for Joe Cordina. The Mexican scored the biggest win of his career in Tajikistan as the bookie’s underdog stopped the former world champion, Shavkat Rakhimov, in the eleventh round of their IBF final eliminator contest. Rakhimov vs Nunez Result And Recap Rakhimov (17-2-1, 14 KOs) started the fight well…
Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will finally end their bitter feud which was ignited by Taylor’s controversial split decision win over Catterall in their first encounter in Feb 2022. The pair will reportedly meet at a 140-pound in a clash that will take place on Saturday, April 27 in Leeds, England, per ESPN. NoSmokeSport.com understands…
Richardson Hitchins is one win away from a shot at Subriel Matias’ world title but he might not be taking it. With a victory over the dangerous, undefeated Argentine Gustavo Lemos (29-0, 19 KOs) in their IBF final eliminator, Hitchins would be Matias’s mandatory challenger. Puerto Rico’s 140-pound champion is in advanced talks with Eddie…
Shields vs Marshall 2 looks destined to happen BUT in an entirely different sport. 2x undisputed champion Claressa Shields will return to MMA on February, 24 on the PFL vs Bellator champions card. Shields, who is 1-1, faces Kelsey Desatnis (1-2) on the DAZN prelims. The American has struggled to land meaningful fights in boxing…
Former champion Shavkat Rakhimov (17-1-1, 14 KOs) battles Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez (26-1, 26 KOs) in a final eliminator for Joe Cordina’s IBF super featherweight title. Rakhimov hasn’t fought since a split decision loss to Cordina in April which won NoSmokeSport’s fight of the year. In a brutal war, Rakhimov was dropped early but pushed Cordina…
WBC junior lightweight world champion O’Shaquie Foster will make his second world title defence against Abraham Nova on Friday, Feb. 16 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Foster (21-2, 10 KOs) won the WBC title in February of last year with a one-sided decision over Rey Vargas. Eight months later, he salvaged his title…
Mexico plays host to another must-watch rematch as Adrien Curiel and Sivenathi Nontshinga run it back for the IBF Light-Flyweight World Title on Friday, February 16 live on DAZN. Mexico’s Curiel (24-4-1, 5 KOs) ripped up the script by scoring a shocking one-punch knockout of South Africa’s defending champion Nontshiunga (12-1, 9 KOs) in the second round of their…
Hamzah Sheeraz, will face the most severe test of his career to date when he takes on former world title challenger Liam Williams at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday, 10 February, live on TNT Sports. Sheeraz (18-0, 4 KOs), the WBC Silver champion, comes into the fight off the back of two hugely impressive…
Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia will meet in a 140-pound title clash that will headline a DAZN pay-per-view event in Las Vegas on April 20. Haney will defend his WBC super lightweight title, which he won with a dominant decision over Regis Prograis, for the first time. Garcia lost in the biggest fight of 2023…
Liam Dillon and Reece Bellotti will clash for the British and Commonwealth Super-Featherweight Titles at Indigo at The O2 in London on Saturday, February 10, shown live worldwide on DAZN. Watford’s Bellotti (17-5, 14 KOs) is enjoying a three-fight winning streak across 2022 and 2023, with the ‘Bomber’ picking up the vacant Commonwealth Super-Featherweight Title last time out at the M&S…
Abdullah Mason impressed the boxing world with a devastating KO on Thursday’s Teofimo Lopez-Jamaine Ortiz undercard. The 19-year-old finished unbeaten Benjamin Gurment (8-0) in the second round with an overhand left that put Gurment down heavily on the canvas, forcing the referee to wave off the fight immediately. Mason has been described by boxing fans…
