In a recent tease on social media, Golden Boy promoter, Oscar De La Hoya has hinted at the potential of a Golden Boy vs Top Rank ‘5 vs 5’ event in September in Las Vegas, after the success of the recent Matchroom vs Queensberry event with the same concept. The June 1st event saw Frank…
Inoue vs Nery: Undisputed junior featherweight world champion Naoya Inoue will defend all the belts against Mexican puncher Luis Nery. Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) won his first world title in April 2014 and has been flawless ever since. He sports an astounding 21-0 record in world title fights, including 19 knockouts. He was named 2023…
The featherweight division will take centre stage in a high-octane world title doubleheader on Saturday, March 2 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. In the main event, Uzbek phenom Otabek Kholmatov will fight Raymond Ford for the vacant WBA featherweight world title. This duel of unbeaten southpaws will see the WBA’s No.1 and No. 2 contenders making…
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…
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…
Teofimo Lopez defends his WBO and Ring Magazine titles against Jamaine Ortiz this Thursday, Feb. 8 from Michelob ULTRA Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada. Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) moved up to junior welterweight in August 2022 with a seventh-round TKO against Pedro Campa and a split decision over Spanish southpaw Sandor Martin that December. In his latest…
Liverpool’s WBC mandatory challenger Callum Smith (29-1, 21 KOs) challenges the reigning unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs) for his WBC, IBF and WBO championship this Saturday, January 13 at the Centre Videotron in Quebec, Canada. Former super middleweight champ Smith hasn’t fought since he stopped France’s WBC #2 Mathieu Bauderlique in a final eliminator on…
HEISMAN NIGHT – Robeisy Ramirez (13-1, 8 KOs) puts his WBO Featherweight world championship on the line against Mexico’s unbeaten Rafael Espinoza (21-0, 18 KOs). Ramirez won the strap with a wide decision over England’s Isaac Dogboe and has made the one defence since, a fifth-round TKO on the Stephen Fulton-Naoya Inoue undercard against Japan’s Satoshi Shimizu. Ramirez…
Luis Alberto Lopez (28-2, 16 KOs) will defend his IBF featherweight world title against former two-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez (26-3, 15 KOs) Lopez won the IBF title in 2022, dethroning Josh Warrington in his hometown of Leeds. In his first defence, the 30-year-old travelled to Belfast and beat Michael Conlan via fifth-round TKO with a dazzling right…
Olympic Silver Medalist Keyshawn Davis is back in the ring Saturday night on the undercard of George Kambosos Jr vs Maxi Hughes. Davis will be looking to build on his success in the Pro game so far as he looks to secure a World Title shot! Keyshawn Davis was born on February 28, 1999 in…
Yorkshire’s Maxi Hughes (26-5-2, 5 KOs) and former unified lightweight champion Australia’s George Kambosos (20-2, 10 KOs) meet for Hughes’ IBO Lightweight title this Saturday, July 22 at the Firelake Arena, Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA. NoSmokeSport.com was the first to break the development of the two fighters agreeing to terms on March 2. The bout doubles up as an official eliminator for the IBF world title…
In a recent TalkSport interview, Todd Duboef, President of Top Rank Boxing, shed light on the forthcoming Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou showdown, a clash set to merge the worlds of boxing and MMA. Top Rank President Talks About Why Fury vs Ngannou Is Happening Duboef confirmed the match between heavyweight boxer Fury and former…
– Luis Alberto Lopez Decisioned Josh Warrington To Win World Title – Top Rank Stablemate Michael Conlan Gets First Dibs At Home – Lopez vs Conlan Headlines BT Sport Fight Night Mexico’s Luis Alberto Lopez makes the first defence of his IBF featherweight world title against Michael Conlan this Saturday, May 27, at The SSE…
As the NoSmokeSport team reported earlier, Bob Arum and Top Rank, outbid Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing to secure promotional rights for the next WBC Light-Heavyweight title defense of Artur Beterbiev. The bout sees the former Super-Middleweight world champion from Liverpool, Callum Smith (29-1, 21 KOs), pitted against the reigning unified Light-Heavyweight champion, Artur Beterbiev (18-0,…
