Kostya Tszyu, former undisputed boxing champion admitted that he had never represented Russia when he was in the professional ring.
The box office bout between Tommy Fury (7-0, 4 KOs), cousin of world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, and extremely popular blogger Jake Paul (4-0, 3 KOs) is officially confirmed. Fury-Paul will take place on December 18 in Tampa, Florida.
Alen Babic (8-0, 8 KOs) was much lighter than Eric Molina (28-7, 20 KOs) at the official weigh-in ceremony before the Matchroom Boxing evening in London. The Croatian weighed 97.2 kg, while the American weighed 116.6 kg. This is the second heaviest weight for Babic in the professional ...
Eddie Hearn is already considering a fight next year between WBC champion Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KO) and interim titleholder Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KO). The British promoter says the most likely scenario for negotiations between the two camps could end up being a bid tender.
The presidents of the four major boxing sanctioning bodies met. It was attended by Mauricio Suleiman (WBC), Gilberto Jesus Mendoza (WBA), Daryl Peoples (IBF) and Francisco Valcarcel (WBO). The topics of talks included unification bouts, among others.
Saul Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) said he will fight four professional fights next year. The fighter had a similar plan this year but a protracted negotiations with Caleb Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) led to the postponement of the fights from early September to November 6.
WBC, WBA and WBO super middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) serves as a mentor of Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs), one of the best and most popular prospect in the boxing world. Canelo and Garcia train under the same trainer, Eddie Reynoso, but the work ethic ...
Jose Uzcategui (31-4, 26 KOs) was caught doping and will now be unable to step in the ring with David Benavides (24-0, 21 KOs) in a bout scheduled for November 13. Their fight was supposed to be the main event of the evening at the Premier Boxing Champions ...
Nov. 27 Azinga Fuzile (15-1, 9 KOs) and Kenichi Ogawa (25-1-1, 18 KOs) will challenge for the vacant IBF super featherweight world title at a boxing night in New York City. The bout will be part of an event hosted by Matchroom Boxing.
Claressa Shields suffered her first professional mixed martial arts loss. The American lost by split decision to Abigail Montes as part of the Professional Fighters League's MMA night. After three rounds, the judges tallied 29-28 in favor of Shields and 29-28 twice in favor of Montes.
