Chris Billam-Smith commented on his victory over Lawrence Okoli this weekend in his native Bournemouth: “I was in bed all week. I didn't eat anything from Tuesday to Thursday. I didn't have the strength. I want to dedicate this victory to my mother, who now has breast cancer. ...
To the ageless 52-year-old former world heavyweight champion Firat Arslan (54-9-3, 39 KOs), still No. 5 in the WBA rankings, took just 70 seconds to stop 21-year-old Ibrahim Yildirim (11-4, 10 KOs) in Saturday night's main event at the Helios Arena in Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Arslan landed an inconspicuous ...
In his first fight after the scandalous defeat from Josh Taylor 15 months ago super lightweight Jack Catterall (27-1, 13 KOs) won by unanimous decision in a 10-round fight over Darragom Foley (22-5-1, 10 KOs) as part of the Lara Wood boxing evening at the AO Arena ...
In the main event of the Matchroom Boxing evening in Manchester Lee Wood (27-3, 16 KOs) in a very one-sided and unspectacular fight won by unanimous decision Mauricio Laru (26-3-1, 19 KOs) and regained the WBA featherweight title. After twelve rounds, the judges gave the victory to the ...
IBF Featherweight Champion Luis Alberto "El Venado" Lopez (28-2, 16 KOs) hard knocked out Michael "Mick" Conlan (18-2, 9 KOs) in the fifth round, thus defending his IBF featherweight title at a boxing evening in Belfast, Conlan's hometown, Northern Ireland.
In the main event of the boxing evening at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, England, Chris Billam-Smith (18-1, 12 KOs) won by a majority vote over the previously undefeated Lawrence Okoli (19-1, 14 KOs) and took away the WBO belt in the first heavyweight from him.
Devin Haney (30-0, 17 KOs) is considering the possibility of changing the weight category and holding a fight with the WBC world champion in super lightweight Regis Prograis (28-1, 24 KOs). The 24-year-old boxer is also expected to announce a partnership with Matchroom Boxing in the near future.
Eddie Hearn said that he was considering the possibility of participating in a tender to organize a fight for the WBA, WBO and IBF world heavyweight titles between Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) and Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs). Ultimately, the head of Matchroom Boxing decided not to ...
Eddie Hearn confirmed the information that preliminary negotiations have begun on the organization of the fight between Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs) and Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs), however, he denied the information provided by Fury that Joshua allegedly received a fight contract from him a few days ...
Vasily Lomachenko couldn't win Devina Haney in the fight for the title of absolute lightweight champion. The young American won by unanimous decision. After the fight, a video became viral, in which the Ukrainian could not hold back his tears in the locker room. Thor Rank later released ...
