Ekow Essuman (22-1, 8 KOs) stunned former undisputed super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor (19-3), defeating him on Saturday night in Glasgow, UK via unanimous decision. Fight was for vacant WBO Global welterweight title. All three judges scored the fight in favor of Essuman (116:112, 116:113 and 115:113). “I remember a lot of stuff from when we […]
IBF World cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia (27-0, 21 KOs) will defend his title on June 8 in Queensland, Australia. He will face Italy’s Claudio Squeo (17-0, 9 KOs). Opetaia was supposed to fight Squeo on May 13, but the fight was postponed for few weeks because of minor injury that Australian suffered in training camp. […]
WBC World bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (30-0, 23 KOs) would welcome a potential clash with Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs), who is WBC champion in super-flyweight division. Nakatani will face Ryosuke Nishida on June 8 in Tokyo, Japan in a unification fight against IBF champion Ryosuke Nishida (10-0, 2 KOs). Nakatani is a three-division […]
Former world super-lightweight champion Liam Paro (25-1, 15 KOs) will fight for the first time at home since October 2022. Paro will face Jonathan Navarro (18-1, 9 KOs) in Cairns, Australia on June 25. Will be a 10 rounder. For Paro will be first fight since he lost the IBF World super-lightweight title to Richardson […]
Manny Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) announced his return to the ring at age 46. Pacquiao will face WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios (29-2-1, 18 KOs) on July 19 in Las Vegas. He is aiming to become the boxing oldest welterweight champion. “I’m back. On July 19, I return to the ring to face WBC Welterweight […]
Serhii Bohachuk (26-2, 24 KOs) outpointed Mykal Fox (24-5, 5 KOs) on Saturday night in California, USA, securing so his second victory in a row. After ten rounds judges scored the fight 97-93, 97-93 and 98-92 in favor of Bohachuk. “I’m ready [to fight again] tomorrow,” Bohachuk said with a smile in the ring afterward. […]
David Allen (24-7-2, 19 KOs) stopped Johny Fisher (13-1, 11 KOs) on Saturday night in UK in round five to avenge the loss he suffered from Fisher last year. Allen stopped fisher in an explosive fashion in round five, with what could be a knockout of the year contender. In the first fight between them […]
Osleys Iglesias (13-0, 12 KOs) is set to face Vladimir Shishkin (16-1, 10 KOs) in an IBF eliminator in super-middleweight division. Iglesias was supposed to fight Kevin Lele Sadjo for IBF eliminator. But Sadjo engaged in a bout for interim title. Shishkin is now set to face Iglesias, and winner will have chance to fight […]
World Boxing Association has ordered a purse bid for secondary WBA “World” heavyweight title fight between Kubrat Pulev (32-3, 14 KOs) and Michael Hunter (24-1-2, 17 KOs). Purse bid will be held on May 27. “After granting both camps a negotiation period that failed to produce a deal, the WBA has moved to the next […]
Gervonta “Tank” Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) is set to fight Lamont Roach Jr. (25-1-2, 10 KOs) in a rematch on August 16 in Las Vegas. First fight between them, for WBA World lightweight title which Davis holds, ended in a majority draw (114:114, 115:113 and 114:114). “BoxingScene” reports that the fight is already confirmed and […]
