Ireland’s Kellie Harrington advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s lightweight (60kg) in the Paris Olympics and she is on the best way to defend her title. Jose Quiles claimed a silver medal in the last European Games but he was not the favourite against Kazakhstan’s World Champion Makhmud Sabyrkhan in their featherweight (57kg) meeting. […]
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has ordered the IBF #1 super middleweight William Scull (22-0, 9 KOs) to face Russia’s, Vladimir Shishkin (16-0, 10 KOs) for the vacant IBF world title, previously held by Canelo Alvarez. Scull’s promoter, AGON Sports, and Shishkin’s promoter, Salita Promotions, have been given until August 27 to reach an agreement; […]
Cape Verde’s David Pina caused one of the main sensations in the fourth competition day at the Paris Olympics but Billal Bennama and Croatia’s Gabrijel Veocic also won their tough meetings. France’s European Champion Billal Bennama had an early final against United States’ Roscoe Hill in the Round of 16 at the men’s flyweight (51kg) […]
Former unified heavyweight world champion Andy Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) is aiming for a significant rematch with Joseph Parker, provided he overcomes Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs) in his much-anticipated comeback fight at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 3 “My immediate focus is on Jarrell Miller; God willing, we secure […]
Serbia’s Natalia Shadrina, Australia’s Teremoana Junior Teremoana, Canada’s Wyatt Sanford and Hungary’s Richard Kovacs all succeeded in the busy third competition day at the Paris Olympics. Natalia Shadrina switched from Russia to Serbia and since then she claimed a silver at the European Games and a gold at the European Women’s Championships. The veteran lightweight […]
Claressa Shields (15-0) knocked out WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse early in second round on Saturday night, earning titles in fourth and fifth division. Shields, two-time Olympic champion, moved up two weight classes as a light-heavyweight and the fight was for WBC World light-heavy and heavyweight titles. Also for WBF heavyweight title. Shields prior held […]
A longer competition day was held in the Paris Olympics where the heavyweight (92kg) delivered the main surprises. United States’ Roscoe Hill claimed a silver medal at the World Boxing Championships in Belgrade and the experienced flyweight (51kg) boxer used his excellent technical skills to beat another veteran, the Boxing Refugee Team’s Omid Ahmadisafa. There […]
Derek Chisora (35-13) beat Joye Joyce (16-13) on Saturday night in London in a great upset following 10 gruelling rounds between two British heavyweights. Chisora won via unanimous decision (96:94, 96:94 and 97:92). He dropped Joyce once in round nine. 40-year-old said after the fight that he isn’t thinking of retiring yet. He said Joyce […]
WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (28-0, 21 KOs) has signed a co-promotional deal with Top Rank, partnering with Teiken Promotions and M.T Boxing Gym for his upcoming fights. “Junto Nakatani is a unique and exceptional talent,” said Top Rank president Bob Arum. “He is a force of nature and one of the fiercest punchers in […]
The Paris Olympic Games opened with eighteen contests in the French capital and the Day1 delivered exciting preliminary challenges Bulgaria’s Radoslav Rosenov won several European titles during his career and he looked highly confident against Tajikistan’s former Asian Champion Bakhodur Usmonov on their meeting. The Bulgarian light welterweight (63.5kg) boxer controlled this preliminary bout with […]
