It has been a while, but boxing in the US will be back. Starting on Tuesday June 9th, Top Rank will have live fights at the MGM Grand Conference Center Grand Ballroom that will be broadcast live on the ESPN family of networks. The main event will feature the WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) against […]
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VIA PRESS RELEASE Demetrius Andrade hopes to finally get to face bitter rival Billy Joe Saunders when boxing returns. Andrade (29-0, 18 KOs) was due to face Saunders in October 2018 for the Londoner’s WBO crown but the Briton failed a drugs test and subsequently relinquished the title. Andrade would win the vacant belt against Walter Kautondokwa in […]
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VIA PRESS RELEASE WBO junior featherweight king Emanuel Navarrete is the world’s busiest world champion, a 25-year-old pressure fighter who is proud to represent his Mexican heritage at the sport’s highest level. From May 2019 to February 2020, when he knocked out Jeo Santisima on the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury II card, he defended his world title five […]
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VIA PRESS RELEASE Daniel Jacobs is targeting Super-Middleweight champions Callum Smith and Billy Joe Saunders as he told the latest episode of Matchroom Boxing’s Podcast ‘The Lockdown Tapes’ the steps he needs to take to reach the hall of fame. Jacobs (36-3 30 KOs) took his first step on the path to two-weight World glory in […]
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VIA PRESS RELEASE Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez are hunting a blockbuster unification rematch – and Estrada told Gonzalez in the first ever episode of ‘Peleamundo’, premiering this Sunday on Matchroom Boxing’s YouTube channel, that he is confident of settling the score if the pair can meet again. Estrada (40-3 27 KOs) and Gonzalez (49-2 41 […]
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VIA PRESS RELEASE Devin Haney says he would love to renew his rivalry with amateur foe Ryan Garcia in the paid ranks, as Haney joins Matchroom Boxing’s new podcast, ‘The Lockdown Tapes’. Haney is itching to get back into the ring and resume his reign as WBC Lightweight champion having been made champion in recess after suffering […]
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VIA PRESS RELEASE Unified lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko is riding out the COVID-19 pandemic in his native Ukraine, but the three-weight kingpin is chomping at the bit to get his hands on the division’s leading names, including IBF world champion Teofimo Lopez, WBC world champion Devin Haney and Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) has not fought […]
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