Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora has emerged as the replacement for injured Keith Thurman to meet WBO 154-pound champion Tim Tszyu March 30 in the debut Amazon Prime Video pay-per-view card in Las Vegas, BoxingScene has learned. Two officials with knowledge of the negotiations said Premier Boxing Champions product Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) will move up from his spot opening ...
Jimmy Joe Flint believes that fans could be in for a “barnstormer” when he defends his central area super lightweight title against Campbell Hatton on March 23. They will meet in Sheffield on the undercard of Dalton Smith’s intriguing 140lbs fight with Californian puncher Jose Zepeda, but Flint (13-1-2, 3 KOs) believes that his fight with Hatton (14-0, 5 KOs) ...
“The Towering Inferno” Sebastian Fundora promises to reignite his flame when he steps back in the ring for a firefight against Serhii Bohachuk on March 30 for the vacant WBC super welterweight title. Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs) was on the wrong end of the 2023 Knockout of the Year, in which Brian Mendoza shocked him in the seventh round of ...
When to watch: Saturday, March 23. The preliminary bouts begin at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (4:30 p.m. GMT). The main broadcast begins at 3 p.m. Eastern Time (7 p.m. GMT). How to watch: DAZN Why to watch: This is the kind of crossroads fight that is worth tuning in for — even if it weren’t the only notable boxing broadcast ...
Heavyweight Dillian Whyte returned to the ring for the first time since his narrow win over Jermaine Franklin in November 2022 to stop Christian Hammer after three rounds in Castlebar, Ireland on Sunday night. Whyte is now 30-3 (20 KOs), while German Hammer dropped to 27-11 (17 KOs) and Whyte was relieved to get back into action following his spell ...
Home favourite Ray Moylette brought the curtain down on his boxing career by earning a hard-fought decision over Argentina’s Requiem Arce in Castlebar on Sunday night. Moylette, who was awarded a score of 76-75, recognised afterwards that the verdict could have gone either way after he climbed off the canvas in the second round and survived a savage onslaught at ...
There was disappointment for Irish boxing favourite Gary Spike O’Sullivan on Sunday night when he was outpointed by French puncher Sophiane Khati in a hugely entertaining middleweight contest in Castlebar. The Cork fighter hadn’t fought since losing a WBA middleweight title fight to Erislandy Lara in New York in May 2022, and never hit the high spots against his impressive, ...
Heavyweight Joe Joyce (16-2, 15KOs) bounced back from consecutive early defeats in 2023 to Zhilei Zhang (26-2-1, 21KOs) with a 10th-round stoppage of Kash Ali (21-2, 12KOs) in Birmingham. Joyce toiled for several rounds before finishing the contest strongly. The former Olympic silver medalist upped his workrate and began throwing and landing combinations to enforce his will on Ali. Joyce ...
Few American fighters are as decorated as Ruben Villa was in the amateurs. Villa (21-1, 7 KOs) returns April 13 in Corpus Christi, Texas, against Cristian Cruz Chacon (22-6-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-round fight. The featherweight Villa, a proud Salinas, California native is hoping to achieve his dream this year, and that is to win a world title. Raymond ...
Callum Walsh has only been a professional prizefighter for two-and-a-quarter years, enough time to log 10 wins from 10 fights. A quick glance at his boxing record reveals something else apart from the victories and KOs: he means to make St. Patrick’s Day his, in the same way that Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo Alvarez sought to capture the ...