On Saturday night, the boxing world saw Tyson Fury defeat Deontay Wilder by 7th round stoppage to win the WBC and Ring Magazine heavyweight titles. It was a fight where Fury dominated after the knockdown that he scored in the 3rd round. After the fight, Wilder responded by stating that he will most likely ask for a rematch. In the video below, we go through … Continue reading Wilder is in danger
VIA PRESS RELEASE Murodjon Akhmadaliev is chasing history as he prepares to challenge WBA and IBF World Super-Bantamweight champion Daniel Roman at the Meridian at Island Gardens in Miami on Thursday January 30, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. Akhmadaliev (7-0 6 KOs) can equal Leon Spinks’ record of becoming a men’s unified World champion in just his eighth pro fight … Continue reading Akhmadaliev hoping to make history in Miami
VIA PRESS RELEASE Mikey Garcia has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing USA. Former four-weight World king Garcia (39-1 30 KOs) will return to action on February 29, exclusively live on DAZN, as the California favorite looks to regain his World champion status and continue his glittering career at the elite level. Garcia, who turned 32 today (December 15) will step back into the ring … Continue reading Mikey Garcia signs with Matchroom
Six months ago, the boxing world witnessed one of the biggest upsets in history. Tonight, the person that lost that fight made sure that it would not happen again. In Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia, Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) defeated Andy Ruiz, Jr. (33-2, 22 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the IBF, WBA, WBO, and IBO titles that he lost on June 1st … Continue reading Joshua regains titles with easy win
Today an announcement was made through Matchroom Boxing that heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte (26-1, 18 KOs) will be added to the fight card in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia on December 7th headlined by the heavyweight title fight between Andy Ruiz, Jr. and Anthony Joshua. Whyte will take on Mariusz Wach (35-5, 19 KOs) in the undercard of an event that has multiple heavyweight fights on it … Continue reading Dillian Whyte returns December 7th
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was in a close fight with Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev for a while, but made sure that it would not be decided by the judges. A left hand followed by a right hook put Kovalev down to the canvas by the ropes, and Russell Mora stopped his count at the 2:15 mark of Round 11 to give Canelo the victory. He is now … Continue reading Canelo becomes 4 weight world champion
Before Saturday night, many people expected Tyson Fury to have a duplicate performance of what happened on June 15th where he had a quick night against Tom Schwarz getting a 2nd round stoppage. That was far from what people witnessed at the T-Mobile Arena. Fury got through 12 rounds against previously unbeaten Otto Wallin to get a unanimous decision victory with scores of 116-112, 117-111, … Continue reading Fury survives a scare for a unanimous decision
The rematch for the unified heavyweight championship of the world between Andy Ruiz, Jr. and Anthony Joshua has been announced that it will take place in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia on December 7th. On June 1st, Ruiz pulled what many call is the biggest upset of the year when he stopped Joshua in Madison Square Garden to give him the first loss of his pro career. … Continue reading Ruiz-Joshua II set for December 7th
Back in January, there was an event in New York announcing the schedule of boxing fights that would be televised by Showtime and one fight caught my eye: the WBC light heavyweight title fight between Adonis Stevenson and Badou Jack. Stevenson served as the long reigning champion and Jack came off a KO victory to win the WBA “regular” title, only to give it up … Continue reading Stevenson and Jack fight ends in a draw
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