Tag: Boxing

Carl Frampton could be dealt a blow before he gets the opportunity to become a three-weight world champion. The Belfast boxer has agreed to terms to challenge Jamel Herring for the WBO super-featherweight world title before the coronavirus pandemic hit, with his promoter Frank Warren stating that a date and venue for the fight to be revealed soon. Frampton, who ...

Danny Garcia wants to add another welterweight title to his resume as soon as possible. The two-division champion from Philadelphia is willing to fight any elite welterweight whenever the COVID-19 pandemic ends, and the boxing business returns to normal. Eventually, however, Garcia will move up to the junior middleweight division. It always was part of Garcia’s plan to compete at ...

Last week, the UFC announced plans of running a bumper fight card from an undisclosed location on 9 May. Said fight card included three title bouts: one for the interim UFC lightweight championship between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz for the UFC bantamweight strap, and the UFC women’s featherweight title being fought over by champion ...

Finally! Bufalo Boxing Promotions, headed by former two-division world champion Rosendo “Bufalo” Alvarez, has announced a live boxing card scheduled for Saturday at the Alexis Arguello Sports Center in Managua, Nicaragua. The main event will feature super featherweight Robin Zamora (15-7, 8 KOs) against Ramiro Blanco (18-7-3, 10 KOs). They previously fought last October with Zamora winning by TKO2. ESPN ...

Josh Warrington is the latest guest on Matchroom Boxing’s new podcast, ‘The Lockdown Tapes’, and he said he is still ticking over as he hopes to meet WBA Featherweight king Can Xu in a unification clash when boxing returns.  IBF champion Warrington (30-0 7 KOs) recently reunited with promoter Eddie Hearn, who revealed on a recent Instagram live session that a ...

Marcos René Maidana had an excellent chat with the president of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, through Instagram Live, in which he spoke about his career, different anecdotes and his still keen intention to return to boxing and retire as a champion. “Chino” talked about his fight against the kickboxer Acero Cali, that he will take as ...

By Allan Fox: Paulie Malignaggi has serious doubts about whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. will pan out as a trainer. Malignaggi says Mayweather doesn’t have the patience and he won’t be consistent. Mayweather starts traveling for months on end, what happens to the fighters he’s training? Does Mayweather take them with him on his travels or does he leave them with ...

For the second time in less than a month, the Mendez Boxing Gym lost a family member to the coronavirus disease. Francisco Mendez, founder and owner of the famed New York City training facility died Tuesday morning due to complications from COVID-19. He was 61 years old at the time of his unfortunate passing. “We are devastated to announce the ...

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is making the best of his current situation. Back in February, the unbeaten boxer picked up one of the biggest wins of his pro career when he dropped and stopped Deontay Wilder to capture the WBC title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the majority of the world is ...

By Barry Holbrook: Trainer Johnathon Banks revealed this week that Gennadiy Golovkin will be facing his IBF mandatory Kamil Szeremeta next instead of facing Canelo Alvarez. It’s believed that one of the MAJOR reasons DAZN signed Canelo and Golovkin was for them to fight each other. For them still not have to have done that, it’s sad. Canelo has had ...