IBF super lightweight world champion Subriel Matias recently made the switch from PBC to Matchroom. The change in allegiance for Matias, a knockout artist from Puerto Rico, will see him cross over television platforms from Showtime to DAZN. With the likes of Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia joining the fun at super lightweight, the streaming service offers more attractive prospects ...
Jackie Kallen is a boxing pioneer and this year the famous fight manager will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Kallen famously led James Toney to a world title. The journey started in 1988 and the mission was completed in May 1991, when Toney upset Michael Nunn to win the IBF middleweight world title. Moving a fighter ...
Legendary promoter Bob Arum says he now regrets working with Daniel Kinahan Irishman Kinahan remains wanted by the Irish and American authorities for his links to criminality after being named the head of the Kinahan Organized Crime Gang alongside his father, Christy, and brother, Christopher, in 2022 in a joint announcement by Irish and American authorities. Speaking to the Irish ...
“I want my title shot.” Those are the words of 2016 U.S. Olympian Charles Conwell who recently signed with Golden Boy Promotions. Conwell, aged 26, trains out of the Soul City Boxing Gym in Toledo, Ohio. Though he was promoted by DiBella Entertainment to start his career, Conwell has joined forces with Golden Boy Promotions and he believes that is ...
Tim Tszyu considers himself to be cut from an old-school cloth. The son of Hall of Fame fighter Kostya Tszyu has carte blanche to make such statements, especially since the highly active fighter’s actions back up his words in the ring. Tszyu (24-0, 17 KOs) will look to make another statement when he takes on former unified welterweight champion Keith ...
Zach Parker has been the super middleweight division’s forgotten man but the 29-year-old is ready to remind everybody exactly who he is. Parker returned from a 10-month injury lay-off to stop Khalid Gradia last September and next weekend takes his comeback to the another level. He will fight Germany’s former WBA super middleweight champion Tyron Zeuge (27-1-1, 15 KOs) as ...
Tommy Hyde wants to be the next Irish super middleweight champion. If that happens, he’d be following in the footsteps of Irish legend Steve Collins. Hyde returns March 16 at Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California against Craig McCarthy for the Celtic super middleweight title. The bout, promoted by Westside Promotions, will be televised on DAZN. Hyde, the son of ...
Trainer Ben Davison has downplayed his influence on Anthony Joshua in his return to form following the former unified world heavyweight champion’s clinical knockout win against Francis Ngannou on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) produced one of his most destructive performances in recent years, knocking down the former UFC titleholder twice before detonating an overhand right ...
WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has praised Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) following the former two-time unified world heavyweight champion’s stunning second-round knockout win over Francis Ngannou (0-2) on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Joshua proved his doubters wrong following the showcase encounter with Ngannou, the former UFC champion, whom some believed could prove a difficult night’s work for ...
Super welterweight Louis Greene (17-4, 11 KOs) achieved a career-defining moment on the most prominent of stages, delivering a resounding first-round stoppage victory over the highly regarded Jack McGann (9-1-1, 6 KOs) at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A fight between the pair would have been a staple of any British boxing event. However, with the added glitz ...