Joe Joyce takes the first step on the long road back to a heavyweight title shot this on Saturday. After suffering back to back defeats by Zhilei Zhang, Joyce (15-2, 14 KOs) fights his former sparring partner Kash Ali (21-2, 12 KOs), 32, on Saturday’s “Magnificent Seven” in Birmingham, and knows that every fight has become a must-win. “I’ve shared ...
The preeminent heavyweight prospect for Team USA now has a professional home. Ali Feliz, a Dominican-American dynamo from Danbury, Connecticut, who won gold at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in December, has signed a multi-year promotional pact with Top Rank. Feliz, who is managed by James Prince and co-promoted by Antonio Leonard, will make his pro debut in a four-round ...
The rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall has reportedly been postponed. Taylor, 33, and his long-term rival were scheduled to fight on April 27 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, but according to ESPN, an injury suffered by Taylor means that the rematch that has been on course for over two years will be delayed again. It was ...
Conor Benn and Manny Pacquiao met face-to-face in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last week, with initial reports that the pair and their representatives were in talks for a proposed fight. Despite the 45-year-old Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) not having fought since August 2021, the possibility of a fight with Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) gained traction on social media. In an interview ...
Brad Pauls believes that he is being overlooked ahead of his British middleweight title fight with Nathan Heaney. A boxer is only as good as their past appearance and in September 2023, Pauls (18-1, 10 KOs) stopped Mitchell Frearson in the final round to win the English title. His display is regardless of being overshadowed by the brilliant performance Heaney ...
In the generation that he has presided over the Klitschko era of heavyweight dominance and Gennadiy Golovkin’s powerful middleweight title reign that featured 23 consecutive knockouts, promoter Tom Loeffler never missed any part of fight week. That all changed this week in New York, where Southern California’s Loeffler is guiding a Madison Square Garden Theater card Friday headlined by his ...
Two world title fights featuring Australian challengers have been added to the super card headlined by the vacant IBF lightweight world title showdown between Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr. on Sunday, May 12 at RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia. Mexican standout Carlos Cuadras will defend his WBC Interim junior bantamweight world title against former world champion Andrew Moloney. ...
Pedro, who competed in the UFC from 2016 until earlier this month for seven years, left the UFC with a record of 10 wins and five defeats, with five wins coming by knockout and five wins by submission. Danny Green, the founder of Green Machine Promotions and a former WBA light-heavyweight champion, unveiled the former UFC contender at a press ...
Ukraine’s Tsotne Rogava believes he is the future of the heavyweight division. Rogava returns on March 23 against Antonio Brown (8-4, 8 KOs) at the LumColor Phoenix Center in Ontario, California. Despite a resume that features just five professional boxing fights, Rogava’s achievements are vast. He carved out distinguished Muay Thai and kickboxing careers before prioritizing boxing, winning all five ...
Anthony Yarde and Joshua Buatsi remain on course for an eagerly awaited light heavyweight showdown. On consecutive weekends last month, Buatsi first regained the British title by outfighting South London rival Dan Azeez on Sky Sports and then took his seat at ringside to watch Yarde dispatch the overmatched Marko Nikilic inside three one-sided rounds. Two-time world-title challenger Yarde (25-3, ...