At the Banc of California Stadium arena in Los Angeles, California, the co-main fight of the boxing evening from the Golden Boy Promotions promotion company ended, in which the Dominican Javier Fortuna and the American Joseph “JoJo” Diaz played the vacant title of the interim WBC lightweight champion. The boxers started the fight cautiously. Diaz,…
WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo made it clear on Wednesday to all that he has no interest in talking about a future fight with Canelo Alvarez because his entire concentration is on his next challenger Juan Macias Montiel on June 19th on Showtime. Charlo (31-0, 22 KOs) is taking the little-known #4 WBC ranked Montiel…
A quick preview and prediction for the upcoming heavyweight championship boxing contest on July 24 in the 3rd fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. With bated breath, the entire boxing world had been waiting on the official announcement of a megabout showdown for undisputed heavyweight supremacy. Tyson Fury is the reigning WBC and lineal…
Former WBC light-heavyweight champion John Conteh celebrates his 70th birthday . The ever-popular scouser enjoyed a fine career, at both amateur and pro level, and Conteh faced plenty of big names. At age 19, Conteh won Commonwealth gold at middleweight, this in 1970. Going pro in October of the following year, as a heavyweight, the…
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn expect his fighter Devin Haney can handle the first big test of his career on Saturday night when he defends his WBC lightweight title against the highly experienced Jorge Linares on DAZN. Haney is a big -1200 favorite with BetMGM to win, but the fight is considered a 50-50 affair in…
Tyson Fury will fight Deontay Wilder for a third time this summer after the latter won the rights in court. WBC Champion Tyson Fury finally looked set to take on Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia this year, but after Wilder’s team won an arbitration hearing, the American waved his rights to a third fight against…
Nothing is known yet, but it seems increasingly likely that Tyson Fury will next fight Deontay Wilder for a third time, rather than Anthony Joshua. Promoter Frank Warren told Talk Sport that the Fury-Joshua fight is “further away than ever” and Joshua is now taking care of his WBO mandatory challenger, Alexander Usyk. If that’s…
In these torturous days of waiting for the first bell, waiting to feel the exhilaration of a punch and waiting to finally see if the opponent grows or shrinks at the crucial moment, a number of things go nonstop the minds of elite fighters. “I will always say: ‘Let me go out and fight’,” says…
Luis Nery and Brandon Figueroa are ready to deliver on a promised Fight of the Year contender. The pair of unbeaten junior featherweight titlists both made weight for their WBA “World” and WBC title unification clash, which headlines a Showtime tripleheader Saturday evening from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Figueroa (21-0-1, 16KOs) weighed…
Interim WBC Lightweight Champion Ryan “Kingree” Garcia posted a short clip on Instagram of him training with a bag, showing off his incredible hand speed. Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) has been dealing with mental issues recently, but he seems to be dealing with them, including with the help of his support team to help…
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