Junto Nakatani might not be a household name in the US, but that could be for now. He fights Alexandro Santiago on February 24 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, in Tokyo, Japan. Already a two-division world champion, he won the vacant WBO flyweight title over Giemel Magramo and defended it four times. Three of those four defenses were by stoppage. In ...
Padraig McCrory believes Edgar Berlanga and his team have made a mistake in picking him to fight this Saturday and that he’s one punch away from changing his life when the unbeaten Super-Middleweights clash at Caribe Royale in Orlando, live worldwide on DAZN. McCrory (18-0 9 KOs) faces-off with Berlanga (21-0 16 KOs) for the first time today (Tuesday) in Orlando as they ...
Chantelle Cameron has appointed Grant Smith as her new trainer after her split from Jamie Moore. Moore spoke of their parting of ways at Monday’s press conference for the fight between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall. Cameron had recruited him in 2019 following her split from Shane McGuigan and Cyclone Promotions. “A new chapter with Grant Smith,” the 32-year-old Cameron ...
During a lively press conference in Manchester, Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall completed their two-city press tour and it didn’t take long for tempers to flare. The fighters almost got physical before they even took their seats, with Chorley’s Catterall being cheered and Scotland’s Taylor the protagonist and the villain being booed by the Manchester crowd. Catterall said he felt ...
Former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew admits there have been discussions for him to make a return at bridgerweight. Bellew has been in talks to return and fight the WBC bridgerweight champion, Poland’s 15-0 (14 KOs), Lukasz Rozanski, who won the vacant belt by blitzing Alen Babic in a round. That was last April, in Poland, and Rozanski has not ...
LONDON, UK (February 20, 2024) – Viddal Riley has signed a long-term contract extension to commit his future to BOXXER and Sky Sports. The rising cruiserweight star joined BOXXER in 2021 and has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting talents in a thriving domestic division. The 26-year-old captured the English Cruiserweight Title with a shut-out points victory over Nathan Quarless ...
It is less than three weeks until Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou meet in the ring, but they have already come face-to-face on camera. In a Face Off interview for DAZN, the two heavyweights, 34-year-old Joshua, who is 27-3 with 24 KOs, and Ngannou, 0-1 as a professional boxer, talked about how the March 8 fight in Saudi Arabia came ...
With the City Ground out of the running, a rematch between Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington has been placed on hold for the foreseeable future. The news was disappointing for all involved. Wood had been denied the chance to fulfil a lifelong ambition and box at the home of his beloved Nottingham Forest, Matchroom had lost one of the crown ...
The Winter Wallop, Integrity Fighter Management’s annual late winter club pro boxing show at the Grand Hall at The Priory in Pittsburgh continued the Integrity legacy of gritty fights in Western Pennsylvania. The show featured both local and regional talent from the Pittsburgh, New York, and Indiana areas as well as from as far as the Congo and Ukraine. In ...
The highly unlikely clash between Conor Benn and Gervonta Davis has officially fallen through the cracks. Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn informed the boxing public on Monday that Davis punted on an offer that was presented. In recent weeks, Tank has teased a tilt with the second-generation British star. With Davis now out of the picture, former two-division champion Danny Garcia ...