Oddsmakers have set unbeaten cruiserweight Mairis Briedis (21-0, 18 KOs) as nearly a 2:1 favorite to defeat two-time world champion Marco Huck (40-3-1, 27 KOs) in their WBC cruiserweight championship bout tonight in Dortmund, Germany. Briedis, who hails from Riga, Latvia, is a -190 pick. Backers of Huck, ...
Former world heavyweight champion David Haye has welcomed the possibility of facing UFC star Jimi Manuwa on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather's prospective bout with Conor McGregor. Haye (28-3, 26 KOs) is currently recovering from the Achilles surgery he underwent in the wake of the 11th-round stoppage ...
WBO#2 heavyweight Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) is confident that he has the skills and experience training in boxing camps with his cousin Tyson Fury, to take the WBO heavyweight title from champion Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) on May 6 at the Vector Arena in Auckland, ...
Unbeaten heavyweight contender Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (27-0, 23 KOs) will return to the ring to take on Long Island’s Derric Rossy (31-12, 15 KOs) in a 10-round showdown Saturday, April 22 in a Premier Boxing Champions event live from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN ...
The stakes for Mairis Briedis and Marco Huck are even greater now. The cruiserweight contenders are scheduled to fight Saturday at Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany, but instead of boxing for a vacant interim world title the real thing will be at stake.
A date of April 22 and then May 19 were put forward for the Manny Pacquiao vs Amir Khan encounter in the UAE, although the money promised by the backers failed to come to fruition. Arab money men had waved a possible $38m payment for Pacquiao v Khan ...
Several long-term ailments have meant time out of action for the 28 year-old British middleweight Anthony Ogogo, stalling a highly-promising talent tipped for future world honours. Ogogo fought through pain many times in reaching 11-0 last summer, but it was his latest fight against Craig Cunningham that almost ended ...
Cuban heavyweight contender Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (27-0, 23 KOs) has been added to the April 22 Andre Berto vs. Shawn Porter card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Ortiz will be facing an opponent to be named. Also competing on the April 22 undercard will ...
Cinemas across the U.S. will play host to a Cinco de Mayo weekend mega-fight “Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio César Chávez, Jr.” Presented by Fathom Events and Golden Boy Promotions, those attending the one-day cinema broadcast will receive an exclusive commemorative fight mini-poster. Tickets for “Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio ...
WBA world super-featherweight champion Jason Sosa has lifted the lid on his former life as a pizza chef -- just days before facing superstar Vasyl Lomachenko in a unification fight on April 8.
