NoSmokeSport.com has learnt that Junior Anthony Wright has pulled out of Saturday’s fight with Jermaine Franklin. Matchroom is now finalizing a deal with the undefeated Mexican, Isaac Munoz Gutierrez (17-0-1) to step in to face Franklin on the Alycia Baumgardner-Christina Linardatou undercard this Saturday, July 15th at the Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The card topped by…
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. Facing Taylor in Ireland was a major challenge for Cameron and she has now, exclusively, spoken to NoSmokeSport about her experience of…
Alex Krassyuk Exclusive On Fury-Usyk/Joshua-Wilder Dates Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua will take part in separate fights next month against Daniel Dubois and Dillian Whyte. Usyk, who is officially signed to Saudi Arabia’s Skills Challenge Entertainment, defends his WBA, IBF and WBO Heavyweight titles against his mandatory challenger Engalnd’s Dubois on August 26 at the…
Eddie Hearn revealed to iFL TV that the newly-crowned IBF Super Featherweight world champion Joe Cordina will return to the ring on September 30 at the 5,000-capacity Cardiff International Arena, live on DAZN. An opponent hasn’t been decided but a unification fight looks unlikely due to financial reasons and there isn’t a mandatory challenger, so…
Boxing trainer Don Charles has confirmed that Daniel Dubois is “injury-free” and in top form ahead of his fight against the reigning heavyweight world champion, Oleksandr Usyk. The much-anticipated bout for the unified IBF, IBO, WBA, and WBO Heavyweight World Championships is set to take place on August 26th in Wroclaw, Poland. Daniel Dubois Injuries…
Sunderland’s British Super Welterweight champion Josh Kelly (13-1-1, 7 KOs) takes on the undefeated, world-ranked, Argentine Gabriel Corzo (18-0, 3 KOs) for the WBO International title this Saturday, July 15 at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle, England live on DAZN. Kelly dominated Troy Williamson last December on points to win the British title in a career-best performance; a display which…
BOXXER look to be planning a Chris Eubank Jr (32-3, 23 KOs) vs Liam Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs) rematch for Saturday, September 2. Joe McNally, the trainer of Smith, has confirmed to Boxing News that Liam Smith is in training for a fight in the ‘first week of September’ but the Smith camp is unsure as of…
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…
