Boxing

With Oleksandr Usyk currently expected to contend for Anthony Joshua’s world titles on September 25 in London, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum tells Sky Sports that the Ukrainian has re-enlisted the services of Anatoly Lomachenko, the father/trainer of Vasiliy Lomachencko, to prepare him for the battle. Usyk was previously trained by Yuri Tkachenko for his…

Sky Sports reports that, having avenged his knockout loss to Alexander Povetkin and claimed the WBC interim heavyweight title, Dillian Whyte “could head to America for his next fight against unbeaten US contender Jermaine Franklin.” The fight would mark Whyte’s second stateside appearance, having stopped Malcolm Tann on the August 2017 Crawford-Indongo undercard. Franklin (20-0,…

 Gervonta “Tank” Davis, one of the biggest stars in all of boxing, put on a career-defining performance Saturday night live on SHOWTIME PPV from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta, scoring a scintillating 11th round TKO over the previously-undefeated Mario Barrios to capture the WBA Super Lightweight Championship in the action-packed Premier Boxing Champions event. Watch the…

Vasiliy Lomachenko 134.6 vs Masayoshi Nakatani 134.4 Rob Brant 159.6 vs Janibek Alimkhanuly 159.6 Giovani Santillan 147.6 vs Cecil McCalla 147.4 Robert Rodriguez 118.8 vs Luis Fernando Saavedra 118.8 Floyd Diaz 117.8 vs Jaime Jasso 116.2 Guido Vianello 244 vs Marlon Williams 217.5 Subaru Murata 121.6 vs Keven Monroy 119.8 DeMichael Harris 134.2 vs Jonathan…

By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr took over Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’ post-fight press conference last Saturday night, letting the media know what he told him to get the eleventh round knockout victory over WBA ‘regular’ light welterweight champion Mario Barrios (26-1, 17 KOs) at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Davis’ promoter Mayweather said he…

By Jim Maltzman: Vasily Lomachenko sent a message to Teofimo Lopez with his methodical beat down of Masayoshi Nakatani last Saturday night at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. After the impressive boxing display, the former three-division world champion Lomachenko told ESPN that he’d be waiting to fight IBF/WBA/WBC Franchise/WBO lightweight champion Teofimo (16-0, 12 KOs)…

By Eric Flaherty: Regis Prograis tore into Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis following his eleventh round TKO win over WBA ‘regular’ light welterweight champion Mario Barrios last Saturday night. The former WBA 140-lb champion Prograis (26-1, 22 KOs) warned Tank (25-0, 24 KOs) to “never” mention his name again because he’ll “smash” him in the mouth if…

Vasiliy Lomachenko and Masayoshi Nakatani made weight for tomorrow night’s ESPN+ main event, as did the rest of the fighters on the Top Rank card. Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KO) and Nakatani (19-1, 13 KO) are set for a 12-round fight in the lightweight division, and both came in under the 135 lb limit. Lomachenko was…

By Sean Jones: Teofimo Lopez Sr. discredited Vasily Lomachenko’s ninth round knockout victory over Masayoshi Nakatani (19-2, 13 KOs) last Saturday night by saying that the Japanese fighter isn’t the same guy that Teo beat in July 2019 due to the wear & tear that he got from that fight. Teofimo struggled throughout his 12…

By Ken Hissner: Brazil’s unbeaten South American Cruiserweight champion William “Thompson” Bezerra ended his career with a 41-0 record with 40 knockouts in March of 2016. (Photo credit: Boxrec) In May of 2010, Bezerra, in his debut, fought for the interim Brazilian Cruiser title scoring a second round knockout over Leonardo De Moura, 3-1, who…