By Chris Williams: Devin Haney says he received death threats and a lot of hate in the aftermath of an interview he made last week. Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) wants to make it clear that he’s NOT a racist, and he wants to put this whole episode behind him now and learn from it. In a recent interview, Haney said, ...
By Chris Williams: Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn had the highly popular WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo on his Instagram live on Wednesday. Hearn asked Charlo if he wants to face one of the talented 160 and 168-pound fighters. Charlo (33-1, 17 KOs) showed interest and told Hearn to contact his adviser Al Haymon to discuss the particulars. Jermell Charlo ...
Saturday night was supposed to be make or break for Sullivan Barrera. The former world title challenger was supposed to face Sergey Kovalev on April 25th in a DAZN streamed main event that would have been contested at a catchweight of 180 pounds. Of course the coronavirus halted all professional sports in the United States from the middle of March ...
Zanfer Promotions head Fernando Beltran’s post pandemic wish list of fights he’d like to make immediately after the coronavirus crisis is over is highlighted by a rematch between 115-pound champions Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman” Chocolatito” Gonzalez. But can he take it to the bank? The former pound-for-pound stalwart Gonzalez supplanted himself back into the elite category with a one-sided ...
By Sean Jones: Canelo Alvarez will be retiring from boxing at 36 or 37 rather than staying around the sport as long as Gennadiy Golovkin, who just turned 38 on April 8. Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) wants to retire and play golf. The popular Canelo will be turning 30 on July 18 next year and is already talking retirement. For ...
By Joe Koizumi The hard-working liaison conference of the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) and the JPBA (Japan Professional Boxing Association, the union of 282 club owners including newly licensed) has decided today (Wednesday) that all shows scheduled through June will be completely canceled due to the still growing coronavirus outbreak here. The conference previously called off all cards through May, ...
By Mauricio SulaimánSon of José Sulaimán / President WBC Last week was great, and I would like to share a summary of the most interesting of our WBC Talks. These video conferences we do every day, in English and Spanish, help to keep the boxing community interacting, engaged, learning and having fun, with the many anecdotes, laughter and wonderful stories. ...
By Jim Maltzman: Shawn Porter is cautioning IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. to stay away from him and Terence Crawford for his comeback fight in 2020. Porter is uneasy about Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) coming back too soon against an elite level 147-pound fighter after his car accident from last October. Porter isn’t the only one that has warned ...
A rough week for Devin Haney just became much brighter. The 21-year old lightweight was successful in his filed appeal to have his World Boxing Council (WBC) title reign restored. The news was confirmed by the sanctioning body, whose Board of Governors voted in favor to reinstate Haney as its champion. “The WBC Rules & Regulations give the WBC the ...
By Jim Maltzman: Danny Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs) is targeting Errol Spence, Manny Pacquiao, Mikey Garcia, Keith Thurman, and Shawn Porter when the sport starts up again. The former two-division world champion Danny, 31, wants the biggest names at this point in his career. Danny believes he’s got the style to defeat all the top 147-pound big names on his ...