Carl Froch believes that the one-sided nature of Anthony Joshua’s victory over Francis Ngannou shows the extent of Tyson Fury‘s decline. Joshua, 34, on Friday evening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, stopped Ngannou in two rounds that demonstrated how ill-suited the former UFC heavyweight champion is to professional boxing. Ngannou, 37, earned his fight with the world’s second-highest-profile heavyweight off the ...
Oscar Valdez is on the hunt for another world title shot. The former two division world champion will take on Australian puncher Liam Wilson in a special 12-round junior lightweight attraction on Friday, March 29 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. In the co-feature, WBC/WBA/Ring Magazine champion Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada and WBO/IBF ruler Yokasta Valle will collide in ...
Carl Froch has accused Jake Paul and Mike Tyson of “disrespecting” boxing by agreeing to fight – and hopes that Tyson “sees sense” before they do. The apparently endlessly attention-seeking Paul and Tyson, 57, have agreed terms to fight on July 20 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where whether they will fight in an exhibition or sanctioned professional ...
For a big man, Joseph Parker is known for being quite light on his feet – if not in the ring then in his brilliantly choreographed COVID-lockdown viral videos. But on Friday, in his interim world heavyweight title match with Zhilei Zhang, the star performer turned out to be Parker’s chin. On the undercard of the Anthony Joshua–Francis Ngannou heavyweight ...
Mairis Briedis has the chance to reclaim his cruiserweight crown when he rematches Jai Opetaia on the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk undercard on May 18. Briedis (28-2, 20 KOs) lost his IBF world title in a 12-round bloodbath with Opetaia in Australia on July 2, 2022. The pair will now fight for the same vacant title after Opetaia was stripped at ...
Australian heavyweight prospect Justis Huni is now 9-0 (4 KOs) but he survived a tough test and a 10th round crisis to get by Kevin Lerena. Huni was hurt early in the fight and in real danger of falling apart in the 10th and final round, but he managed to ride out the storm, stay on his feet and snare ...
Of all the surreal stories, situations and images that emanate from a fight week in Saudi Arabia, few revelations have been stranger than that of Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, personally calling Mark Chamberlain to request that he appear on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s brutal second-round knockout of Francis Ngannou. Chamberlain (15-0, 11 KOs), a ...
Undisputed super featherweight world champion Alycia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs) is seemingly no longer suspended by the Association of Boxing Commissions and is now able to resume her career. Last week, Baumgardner took to social media to claim that the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission (UCC) had lifted her suspension and she was free to box again following an almost eight-month ...
Super bantamweight contender Bruno Tarimo is ready to kick-start his career now that he and his family members have received Australian visa approval. Tarimo (28-4-2, 7 KOs) soared into the super featherweight rankings after a string of upset victories over Aussie contenders Billy Dib, Joel Brunker and Nathaniel May in 2019. Tarimo’s link-up with Aussie trainer Angelo Hyder and manager ...
Former two-weight world champion and Hall of Famer Andre Ward believes that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez risks damaging his legacy if he refuses to eventually face David Benavidez. Discussions between Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) and Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) have not been successful thus far. The fighters have been unable to agree on a deal for a lucrative match in recent ...