Boxing
Update: Jermell Charlo vs
By Matt Lieberman: Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castano undisputed 154-lb championship will be taking place on Saturday, July 17th at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The arena seats over 18,000, so it should be interesting to see how many fans will be in attendance. If Charlo was facing Tony Harrison in a trilogy,…
Nonito Donaire reportedly set to unify titles with John Riel
In a sudden turn of events Mike Coppinger cites a source indicating that WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (41-6, 27 KO) will replace Guillermo Rigondeaux against WBO titleholder John Riel Casimero (30-4, 21 KO) on August 14, now making the previously scheduled bout a bantamweight unification match. According to Coppinger’s source PBC saw this as…
Fury vs Wilder 3: Live streaming press conference, official fight
Today, starting at 4pm ET, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former titleholder Deontay Wilder make their impending rematch official, formally announcing their July 24 PPV fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After much talk about a potential undisputed heavyweight title unification between Fury and Anthony Joshua, Wilder ultimately won his arbitration case,…
Eddie Hearn says “forget about” Joshua
By William Lloyd: Eddie Hearn wants fans to forget about the Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury fight for now because AJ and Matchroom’s focus is now on Oleksandr Usyk. WBC heavyweight champion Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) also has a potential banana skin in the form of former WBC champion Deontay Wilder, who he’s facing on…
Matchroom Fight Camp returns with 3 back to back weekends
Matchroom and DAZN are delighted to announce the full schedule for the second installment of Fight Camp – an unmissable summer of boxing based at the stunning Matchroom HQ in Brentwood, Essex – with all of the action broadcast live worldwide on DAZN for the initial monthly price of just £1.99 in the UK and…
Tyson Fury predicts he’ll knock out Deontay Wilder quicker than
Tyson Fury had to take up talking for two at today’s press conference to officially announce, as Deontay Wilder sat silent in a chair on stage after making a brief opening comment, refusing to take questions from the media or expand on anything else. “Enough said. Time to cut off his head,” Wilder said. “Come…
Kambosos on Teofimo Lopez: ‘He’s overhyped’ and a quitter ⋆
By Sean Jones: George Kambosos Jr says he’s going to expose the “fake” Teofimo Lopez this Saturday and knock him out within three rounds in their headliner on June 19th on Triller pay-per-view. To listen to the 27-year-old Aussie Kambosos Jr brag about himself, one would think he’s the champion rather than the other way…
Inoue vs. Dasmarinas undercard: Lindolfo Delgado
One of Mexico’s standout young talents, 2016 Olympian Lindolfo Delgado, is ready for a pair of significant firsts. Delgado will make his Las Vegas and Top Rank debuts this Saturday, June 19 against Salvador Briceno in an eight-round junior welterweight bout at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Delgado-Briceno will be among the undercard…
Bob Arum: Teofimo Lopez only has himself to blame for
During this conversation with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, Arum responds to the news of Teofimo Lopez testing positive for COVID and explains why it’s really nobody else’s fault other than Lopez that this fight is having to be pushed back. Check out some of what Arum had to say on the topic below. On…
Joe Joyce set to face Carlos Takam in London, July
British heavyweight Joe Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) will make his ring return next month as he’s been officially scheduled to take on rugged veteran Carlos Takam (39-5-1, 28 KOs) at the SSE Arena in Wembley on July 24th. Joyce had previously been lined up to face Oleksandr Usyk but when the Anthony Joshua vs Tyson…