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…
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…
Super Middleweight sensation Edgar Berlanga (20-0 16 KOs) makes his much-anticipated Matchroom debut against Ireland’s former world title challenger Jason Quigley (20-2 14 KOs) this Saturday, June 24 at what will be a sold-out Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden, New York live worldwide on DAZN. Puerto Rico’s Berlanga inked a three-fight deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom in the hopes of landing a dream Mexico…
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…
