Leo Santa Cruz has cast doubt over a third fight with Carl Frampton in Belfast after admitting his father has warned him about making the trip. The Californian regained his WBA 'super' featherweight belt with a points victory in last month's rematch in Las Vegas and Frampton immediately ...
Former two-weight world champion David Haye says he’s hopeful Tony Bellew can reinvent himself at heavyweight as the fighter who claimed the WBC title at cruiserweight will be no challenge for him. Haye, 36, locks horns with Bellew on March 4 at London’s O2 Arena and is supremely ...
Rising junior welterweight contender Regis “Rougarou” Prograis (19-0, 16 KOs) defended his NABF title for the first time with a one-round TKO over Wilfrido Buelvas (18-6, 12 KOs) at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Prograis, who is ranked number eight by the WBC, has now stopped ...
WBO cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk, (11-0, 10 KO’s) has issued the following statement today in regards to his future training and the parting with his trainer James Ali Bashir.
Herman Caicedo of Caicedo Sports Training Center in Miami, Florida is adamant Deontay Wilder is trying to avoid Luis Ortiz and using his 2014 failed positive test against him. Ortiz recently offered to step in and replace Andrzej Wawrzyk for Wilder’s upcoming February 25 defense of the ...
Replacement Gerald Washington is planning a massive shock on February 25 when the heavyweight contender challenges WBC title holder Deontay Wilder in Alabama. The undefeated 34 year-old was drafted in when Andrzej Wawrzyk tested positive for a banned substance and has every intention of taking advantage of the ...
With less than a month until the colossal welterweight unification bout between Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman the fighting talk between the pair is well underway. Unbeaten WBA ‘Super’ World Champion Thurman described his next opponent as “limited” and also discussed Angel Garcia’s heated verbal tirade at last ...
British legend and former world champion Ricky Hatton celebrating guiding his first fighter to world title status on Friday night as Zhanat Zhakiyanov won the world bantamweight crown. The tenacious Kazakh saw off Rau’shee Warren over twelve rounds in Toleda, Ohio as Zhakiyanov put Hatton back on ...
Anthony Yigit (19-0-1, 7 KOs) scored a unanimous points decision over Lenny Daws (30-5-2, 11 KOs) to claim the European Super Lightweight Championship tonight at the Westcroft Leisure Centre in Carshalton London.
Eddie Hearn has questioned the nature of David Haye's preparation ahead of Haye's eagerly-anticipated heavyweight showdown with Tony Bellew. The British pair fight at London's O2 Arena on March 4. While Hearn claimed his fighter Bellew had been obsessively focused throughout the build-up, the promoter seemed less than ...