Sports Journalist · 141 articles
Former world champions Guillermo Rigondeaux and Liborio Solis will battle for the vacant WBA Bantamweight World title Saturday, December 21 in the FOX PBC Fight Night co-main event and on FOX Deportes live in primetime from Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. Televised coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will see rising […]
Former world champion Rocky Fielding (27-2, 15 KOs) returns as he faces Abdallah Paziwapazi (26-6-1, 23 KOs), while his gym-mate Martin Murray (38-5-1, 17 KOs) is also on the bill, going up against Sladan Janjanin (27-4, 21 KOs). Ex-lightweight king Terry Flanagan (35-2, 14 KOs) has another quick turnaround too, facing Jayro Duran (14-6, 13 […]
Richard Riakporhe and Jack Massey will clash for the vacant British Cruiserweight title at the top of a JD NXTGEN show at the famous York Hall in East London on Thursday December 19, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. Big-hitting Riakporhe (10-0, 8 KOs) went the distance for only the second time of his career in […]
Ohara Davies is full of renewed vigour after returning to trainer Tony Cesay. Cesay – a famous amateur who won the 1999 national senior championships – worked with Davies in his youth and has returned to guide the powerful ‘Two Tanks’ ahead of the #GoldenContract tournament. As he prepares to enter the draw for next […]
Daniel Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will clash in a Super-Middleweight showdown at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday December 20, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. Jacobs (35-3 29 KOs) makes the move up to 168lbs following his Middleweight unification showdown with […]
The WBC is happy to acknowledge the new standard set by WADA with a higher threshold with regards to Clenbuterol. This is a confirmation of the innocence of fighters like Saul Canelo Alvarez and Francisco Vargas who once were in the middle of controversy, when Clean Boxing Program tests performed by VADA found Clenbuterol in […]
Nikita Ababiy fights under the bright lights of the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Saturday night, live on DAZN in the US, Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and distributed globally on FITE – but in the latest episode of ‘Born Fighter’, the rising star emotionally opened up on his humble beginnings. TICKETS […]
Voluntary Anti Doping Agency/World Boxing Council random tests have revealed minute trace elements of Clenbuterol in the systems of WBC super Bantamweight Champion Rey Vargas, and WBC number one flyweight contender Julio Cesar Martinez, but the amounts are so small that no further action is being taken. The two boxers attended the WBC’s weekly press […]
Terri Harper says she is expecting a “wild” fight with Viviane Obenauf in the first defence of her IBO Super-Featherweight World title at Manchester Arena on Saturday November 2, shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. The undefeated Denaby talent (8-0, 5 KOs) stopped South Africa’s Nozipho Bell in […]
Felix Cash believes that he is “levels above” Jack Cullen and is determined to prove it when they meet for the Commonwealth Middleweight crown at Manchester Arena on Saturday November 2, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. The unbeaten Wokingham talent (11-0, 7 KOs) landed the Commonwealth title in style […]
Middleweight star Chris Eubank Jr. and top contender Matt Korobov will square off in the co-main event on Saturday, December 7 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, in a Premier Boxing Champions event. Eubank and Korobov will meet for the Interim WBA Middleweight Title. The middleweight division will take […]
Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and the Casino de Monte-Carlo are delighted to confirm further details of The Monte-Carlo Showdown – an unmissable evening of World Championship boxing taking place in the stunning and unique Monaco setting on Saturday November 30, shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. At the top of […]