Denys Berinchyk (19-0) will defend his WBO lightweight title on February 14 in Madison Square Garden, New York. He will face Keyshawn Davis (12-0). Will be main event of the show promoted by Top Rank. In co-main event Xander Zayas (20-0) will face Slawa Spomer (20-0) in a 10-rounder. Jared Anderson (17-1) will be up […]
Jai Opetaia (27-0, 21 KO) defended his IBF World cruiserweight title in impressive fashion on Wednesday in Broadbeach, Australia, stopping David Nyika (10-1, 9 KOs) in round four. Nyika agreed the fight in three weeks’ notice, after Huseyin Cinkara withdrew because of injury. Opetaia dropped Nyika twice in round four. After the fight he had […]
Former world champion Felix Sturm (44-6-3, 19 KOs) will return to the ring on February 15 in Bayern, Germany. 45-year-old will be up against Benjamin Blindert (14-1-2, 10 KOs). For Sturm will be first fight since December 2023, when he stopped Sukru Altay. In co-main event Vincenzo Gualtieri (23-1-1) will fight Alexander Pavlov (22-4) for […]
Former world champion Demetrius Andrade believes that two-division undisputed champion Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) can’t beat Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) in supermiddleweight division. A potential fight between Crawford and Alvarez is expected in May or September this year. Crawford recently moved up in superwelterweight division. “I love Crawford. He’s a good friend,” […]
Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) is aiming to fight Tyson Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) this year. Speaking while on visit in Nigeria to meet President Bola Tinubu, Joshua said that his last loss to Daniel Dubois on September made him even hungrier. Joshua lost via KO in round five from Dubois, in […]
Tanzania’s boxer Hassan Mgaya (3-4-2) has died at age of 29, after sustaining injuries in the ring. Mgaya was knocked out during a match against Paul Elias (4-2) in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on December 27. He was rushed to hospital and succumbed to his injures three days later, on December 30. The World Boxing Council (WBC) […]
Teofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs is expected to fight Subriel Matias (21-2, 21 KOs) on March 15 for WBO super-lightweight title which Lopez holds, “ESPN” reports. It will be the third title defense for Lopez and will headline the card of Top Rank Boxing. Location still not decided, but is expected to be held in […]
Unbeaten Hayato Tsutsumi (6-0, 3 KOs) stopped former world champion Rene Alvarado (34-15) on December 31 in Tokyo and thus earned the right to fight for a world super-featherweight title. Tsutsumi stopped Alvarado in round eight in the fight for WBA super-featherweight eliminator. It was the main fight of the card held in New Year’s […]
Lukas Dekys (15-0) continued his unbeaten run beating Kosovan living in Czech Republic, Edmond Zefi (16-3) on December 30 in Prague. Fight was stopped in round fight, when referee Pavel Hynek decided to disqualify Zefi. Referee had separated both fighters and after some word exchange Zefi hit Dekys. Referee stopped the fight and there were […]
Kevin Lele Sadjo (24-0, 21 KOs) has decided to relinquish EBU European title in super-middleweight in order to go ahead with IBF eliminator fight against Christian Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs). Lele Sadjo was supposed to fight Italian, Ivan Zucco (21-0, 18 KOs) in a mandatory defense, but he decided to relinquish title. Zucco will now […]
