Moses Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) will fight Jermaine Franklin (24-2, 15 KOs) on January 24 in Manchester, UK. 20-year-old Itauma is one of most exciting young fighters in the world, but has had difficulties finding opponents. He stopped former world title contender Dillian Whyte in just one round in August this year. “We are thrilled […]
Abass Baraou (17-1, 9 KOs) will fight against Xander Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs) for WBO World and WBA World super-welterweight titles on January 31 in Puerto Rico. Baraou said during press conference on Wednesday that accepting the fight against Zayas was easy decision. “I’m the man for the job. I’m not doing this for the […]
Vergil Ortiz Jr. (24-0, 22 KO) stopped Erickson Lubin (27-3) in round two on Saturday night and defended his WBC Interim World super-welterweight title. For Ortiz Jr. was second title defense of WBC Interim title. In the same show Darius Fulghum (14-1-1) fought to a majority draw against David Stevens (15-2-1) in 10 round super-middleweight […]
Xander Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs) could defend hs WBO World super-welterweight title on January 31 in Puerto Rico against WBA Interim World champion Abass Baraou (17-1, 9 KOs), “Boxen1” reports. Baraou was supposed to fight in Oberhausen, German on January 10 but now he has to wait for fight at home. Zayas wants for his […]
Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) could return in ring on December 20 and fight in Ghana, “BoxingScene” reports. Joshua and Matchroom Boxing will co-promote show in Ghana on December 20 and the heavyweight could be on card. The event will be held at “Legon Sports Stadium” and will be topped by light-heavyweight fight between Craig […]
Agit Kabayel (26-0, 18 KOs) will fight Damian Knyba (17-0, 11 KOs) on January 10 for WBC Interim World heavyweight title. Fight will be held in Oberhausen, Germany and will be streamed by DAZN. Kabayel last fought in Germany in March 2023, when he defended EBU European title against Agron Smakici. Kabayel won the WBC […]
Joshua Buatsi (20-1) won the WBA International light-heavyweight title on Saturday night in Manchester, defeating Zach Parker (26-2) in a very close fight. Buatsi won via majority decision. Two judges scored the fight 96:94 in his favor and one scored as draw (95:95). “It wasn’t my best performance but what do champions do? They win,” […]
IBF World lightweight champion Raymond Murtalla (23-0, 17 KOs) is set to defend his blet against Cuba’s Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz (6-0, 3 KOs). Fight will be held on January 24 in Las Vegas, “BoxingScene” reports. Card promoted by Matchroom will be streamed on DAZN. The 28-year-old Muratalla, 23-0 (17 KOs), of Fontana, California, […]
Mikaela Mayer (22-2, 5 KOs) defeated Mary Spencer (10-3, 6 KOs) on Thursday night in Montreal, Canada and became three-division world champion. Mayer won clear via unanimous decision (100-90, 98:92, 98:92) and became unified champion in super-welterweight division winning WBA, WBC and WBO World titles. Mayer was world champion also in welterweight division and super-featherweight […]
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (17-0, 12 KOs) is set to face Cuban Erislandy Lara (31-3-3, 18 KOs) in a unification bout for three middleweight world titles, “Boxing Scene” reports. Alimkhanuly holds WBO and IBF World title belts, and Lara holds WBA World title belt. The three-belt unification at 160lbs “is going to happen,” an official connected to […]
