Originally scheduled to turn professional on March 23, Baltimore native Hasim Rahman Jr. will now have his first four-rounder in front of a huge contingent of hometown family and friends on Friday, April 14, at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Rahman will face Kansas City’s Brian Imes (1-4, 1 KO) on the non-televised undercard portion of a Showtime’s live telecast of undefeated Dmitry Bivol defending his interim WBA Light Heavyweight title against Samuel Clarkson on ShoBox. The 25-year-old Rahman Jr. is son of former heavyweight champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman.
The much anticipated rematch between cruiserweight contenders Dmitry Kudryashov (20-1, 20 KOs) and Olanrewaju Durodola (25-3, 23 KOs) will take place in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on May 20th. In November 2015, Durodola scored a massive upset by stopping the then-unbeaten and highly rated Kudryashov in round two of a clash in Kazan, Russia. Kudryashov is currently rated WBC #3. IBF #5 and WBO #11. Durodola is rated WBC #5 and WBO #6.
Billy Joe Saunders, the WBO champion, has been linked to fighting the holder of the four other straps Gennady Golovkin on June 10 in Kazakhstan and the Londoner wants to finalize an agreed deal after the dust recently settled on Golovkin’s mandatory clash with Daniel Jacobs.
Canadian knockout artist David Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs) will return in a 10-round fight against Marco “Dorado” Reyes (34-4, 25 KOs) as the chief support to the highly anticipated battle between Canelo Álvarez and Julio Cesar Chávez, Jr. on Saturday, May 6. The mega-event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.
On May 20th at the Copperbox Arena in London, Floyd Mayweather's protege and IBF World Super Featherweight Champion Gervonta Davis defends his crown against number one contender, Britain's Liam Walsh.
Undefeated Gennady Golovkin made heavy weather of his mandatory challenger Danny Jacobs. There's certainly cause for a rematch with Jacobs as Mayweather feels similar in that Golovkin could have put on more of a show than he did at Madison Square Garden.
Tony Bellew has laughed off Dillian Whyte's description of him as a "fake heavyweight" by admitting he is "fat," but has no interest in fighting the Brixton man. The Merseysider is considering his future plans after a stunning victory over David Haye this month and has suggested he will stay at heavyweight.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., a former middleweight world champion, has gone years without enjoying his previous successes and now faces the formidable Canelo Alvarez in a Pay-Per-View bout at the T-Mobile Arena. A look at the best free bets for boxing betting tells you Chavez is highly unfancied for the win, whilst SkyBet (1/10) and Bet365 (1/7) have Canelo far and away as the favourite and at a completely unbackable price into the bargain.
A teenage boxer from Ripley, Derbyshire collapsed and died after an amateur bout at the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton on Friday night.
Jorge Linares defended his WBA Lightweight World Championship with a unanimous decision victory over Anthony Crolla Saturday evening from Manchester, England. The win sets Linares up for a possible unification fight with WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia, a matchup that would be considered one of the best that can be made in any weight class.
