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Edgar Berlanga Targeting A Fight With Canelo
Edgar Berlanga is confident that a fight with Canelo Alvarez can be made. Berlanga’s intentions of facing Canelo were not clear following his unanimous-decision win over Jason Quigley. Instead, the star called out Jaime Munguia and Gennady Golovkin. While that may have been the case, the target has now changed. And yet, Canelo’s three-fight deal […]
Callum Smith Backed To Beat Beterbiev, Bivol Praises Yarde And Much More
Callum Smith has chosen to fight Artur Beterbiev at the right time. That is according to Smith’s brother, Paul Smith. The duo are set to face each other on August 19th, 2023, from the Centre Videotron, Quebec City. Beterbiev is seen as the heavy favorite given that he has a 100 percent knockout rate in […]
Fury Could Retire – Says Carl Froch
Carl Froch has predicted that Tyson Fury could end up retiring as the WBC heavyweight champion has not had a fight since his win over Derek Chisora in December. The ‘Gypsy King’ has long been linked with an undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk. However, talks broke down over a fight in April at Wembley despite […]
Julio Cesar Martinez Wants To Be Undisputed Champion
Julio Cesar Martinez has revealed that his ambition is to become undisputed at flyweight. Martinez is the WBC flyweight champion. Meanwhile, the WBO title is held by Jesse Rodriguez. The latter will face the IBF champion Sunny Edwards for a unification, while Artem Dalakian holds the WBA title. As of now, Martinez is targeting a […]
Joshua Beats Dillian Whyte, AJ-Wilder Is Off If Joshua Loses
Anthony Joshua will beat Dillian Whyte in their rematch. That is according to Michael Hunter. Both fighters are rebuilding themselves following their recent setbacks. Joshua followed up his consecutive losses against Oleksandr Usyk with a unanimous-decision win over Jermaine Franklin. Meanwhile, Whyte did the same following his sixth-round-stoppage loss to Tyson Fury with a win […]
Tyson Fury Mocks Anthony Joshua For Punching A Mattress
Tyson Fury has mocked Anthony Joshua for punching a mattress in a social-media clip of the boxer training. Joshua is certainly known for pushing the boundaries when it comes to his training methods. After hiring his new trainer, Derrick James, AJ has gone back to some old-school methods. The boxer first posted a clip of […]
Should Fury Be Stripped, Will Dubois Beat Usyk?
Tyson Fury’s failure to defend his WBC heavyweight title in over 15 months has raised suggestions that he should be stripped. The ‘Gypsy King’ has failed to satisfy the boxing community of late with claims that he was responsible for the breakdown in talks for the undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk. This was on the […]
Boxing Community Reacts Following Vergil Ortiz Jr.'s Hospitalisation
Vergil Ortiz Jr.’s withdrawal from his fight with Eimantas Stanionis has raised a strong reaction. The unbeaten American with 19 wins and 19 KOs was set to face Stanionis for his WBA ‘regular’ welterweight title on July 8th, 2023. While that may have been the case, the fighter pulled out as they were scheduled to […]
Teofimo Lopez Hits Out At ESPN For Disrespecting Him – ‘My Own Network Doesn’t Want To Support Me'
Teofimo Lopez has slammed ESPN for their failure to invite the star to the ‘Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards’ (EPSNY). Lopez has not hidden his disdain for ESPN of late. The two-division and two-time lineal champion was very vocal about how he had not been compensated by the network to reflect his true […]
Jared Anderson To Face Zhan Kossobutskiy on August 26th
Jared Anderson’s next opponent has already been confirmed with the news that he will face Zhan Kossobutskiy on August 26th, 2023. Anderson had been scheduled to fight the Khazak prior to facing Charles Martin. However, Kossobutskiy was unable to get a visa to the US which is why the former world champion, Martin, stepped in. […]
Wilder And Joshua – Where Do They Go Next?
Deontay Wilder has blasted Andy Ruiz Jr.’s 50-50 demands as talks over a fight continue to stall. Reports indicated that Wilder’s team had offered a 70-30 split, which was knocked back by Ruiz Jr’s father, Ruiz Sr. This was due to the fact that both fighters were not champions as of this moment. As such, […]
Eddie Hearn Recalls Being Confronted By AJ's Father – ‘Never Been So Scared'
Eddie Hearn has recalled Anthony Joshua’s father, Robert Joshua, accosting him in the aftermath of the Brit’s loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. In what was Joshua’s American debut at Madison Square Garden, New York, the boxing community witnessed a huge upset as Joshua suffered a seventh-round TKO loss. And in doing so, Ruiz became the […]
Andre Ward Praises Spence And Crawford For Fighting Each Other
Andre Ward has praised Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford for finally agreeing to fight each other. The undisputed championship of the world will go ahead live from the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, on July 29th, 2023. While that may have been the case, the negotiations were not so straightforward. Crawford initially expressed how both […]
KSI Slams Tommy Fury Over Their Fight Negotiations – ‘Simply Being Difficult'
KSI has blamed Tommy Fury for the failure of the pair to agree to a boxing bout. Following Fury’s split-decision win over Jake Paul, the former called out KSI as it became clear that the professional boxer was targeting the Youtube scene. This has been part of the wider misfits movement which has captured the […]
KSI And Tommy Fury Agree The Weight Limit As The Fight Edges Closer
A mega crossover fight between KSI and Tommy Fury could finally happen as both fighters have now agreed the weight class after a period of turbulent negotiations between the pair. Reports indicated that the fight was being held up by the failure to set a suitable catchweight, given the difference in weight that they usually […]
Shakur Stevenson Wants All The ‘Smoke' At Lightweight – ‘Reach Out'
Shakur Stevenson has put the whole 135 lb division on notice by publicly calling for his next opponent. Stevenson may be a two-division champion, but he is very green when it comes to the lightweight division. His only fight at the weight class was against Shuichiro Yoshino, but a sixth-round stoppage captivated the boxing community. […]
WBO To Decide Jermell Charlo And Teofimo Lopez’s Future Soon
The WBO will soon make a decision on Jermell Charlo and Teofimo Lopez’s status as champions moving forward. Charlo has been the champion at 154 lbs since his win over Brian Castano in 2022. While that may have been the case, the attempts at a defence have been far from simple. Tim Tszyu is the […]
Terence Crawford’s Coach Predicts Excuses Will Follow For Spence
Terence Crawford’s coach, Bomac, has predicted that a number of excuses will follow if his fighter beats Errol Spence Jr. on July 29th, 2023. The duo are set to fight each other for the biggest fight in boxing, as the winner will become the undisputed welterweight champion of the world in the four-belt era for […]
George Kambosos Jr. Wants A ‘Statement Win' Against Maxi Hughes
George Kambosos Jr. is looking to bounce back from his recent defeats against Devin Haney when he faces Maxi Hughes on July 22nd, 2023. The former unified-lightweight champion had the biggest win of his career when he beat Teofimo Lopez to become the unified champion. However, consecutive losses to Haney saw the Australian relinquish his […]
Deontay Wilder Controversially Calls Andy Ruiz A ‘Sex Slave'
Deontay Wilder has controversially called Andy Ruiz Jr. a ‘sex slave’ as talks over a fight continue to stall. The former world champions have been in discussion over a summer bout. However, the purse splits have been causing quite a stir. Wilder’s side had offered Ruiz Jr. a 70-30 split in order to reflect the […]