Smith and Jeffrard weigh in
Jan. 15, 2022, 3:58 a.m.

WBO World Light Heavyweight Champion Joe Smith Jr. (27-3, 21 KOs) and Steve Jeffrard (18-2, 12 KOs) went through the official weigh-in procedure on the eve of their fight in Verona. The 31-year-old boxer from Florida replaced Callum Johnson, who tested positive for COVID-19 the day before. Smith ...

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Hearn: Joshua will name a new coach when he starts training
Jan. 14, 2022, 5:01 a.m.

Eddie Hearn, promoter of former two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, said his boxer will announce his new coach in the next few weeks. Last September the former king of the first heavyweight division Oleksandr Usyk outboxed Joshua on points and took the WBO, WBA and IBF titles ...

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Dubois to face Bryan-Guidry winner
Jan. 14, 2022, 4:48 a.m.

The WBA has officially confirmed that Jonathan Guidry (17-0-2, 10 KOs) will become an opponent Trevor Bryan (21-0, 15 KOs) in his defense of the regular heavyweight championship belt. The fight will take place on January 29 in Warren, Ohio.

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Hearn: "Fury returns on March 26th? Only if he vacates the belt"
Jan. 14, 2022, 3:44 a.m.

Eddie Hearn argues that if Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) will fight in March with another opponent, except for Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs), he will have to leave the WBC heavyweight title vacant.

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Golovkin-Murata in April in Japan
Jan. 13, 2022, 1:34 p.m.

Unification fight for the WBA and IBF middleweight belts between Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) and Ryota Murata (16-2, 3 KOs) will probably take place in April in Saitama, Japan. The fight was supposed to take place in December, but the evening was postponed due to the closure ...

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Kambosos: I'm interested in meeting both Haney and Lomachenko
Jan. 13, 2022, 8:03 a.m.

IBF, WBC, WBO and WBA Lightweight Champion George Kambosos evaluates options for his first defense of the united crown. Last November, 28-year-old Kambosos made one of the biggest upsets of the year when he outboxed a clear favorite Teofimo Lopez and won four championship belts. Kambosos now hopes ...

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Klitschko and Fury exchange comments on doping
Jan. 13, 2022, 7:03 a.m.

There is an exchange of verbal attacks between the great heavyweights and former rivals: the reigning champion Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) and ex-champion Wladimir Klitschko who retired in 2017. Today the Ukrainian stood up for his compatriot - another reigning champion Oleksandr Usyk - and was ...

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DAZN close to buying BT Sport
Jan. 13, 2022, 6:01 a.m.

The DAZN platform, which is investing heavily in professional boxing, is close to completing its purchase of the British TV channel BT Sport, which has the rights to broadcast the most important football matches in the UK.

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Yoka accepts Hrgovic's challenge?
Jan. 13, 2022, 5:07 a.m.

It seems that Filip Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs) will eventually get an opponent to cross gloves with in the final IBF heavyweight eliminator. According to Eddie Hearn, Tony Yoka (11-0, 9 KOs) is ready to fight the Croat.

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Crawford sues Arum, accuses him of racism
Jan. 12, 2022, 2:16 p.m.

Terence Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) is suing his longtime promoter Bob Arum. The reigning WBO welterweight world champion has accused Top Rank of racial bias.

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