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 […]
Australia’s Justis Huni (10-0) defended his WBO Global heavyweight title on Thursday (July 25) in Queensland. Huni stopped Troy Pilcher (9-1-1) in second round. Huni is continuing to impress and could soon fight for a world title. In undercard Clay Waterman (13-1-0) defeated Lucas Miller (12-7-2) for Australian light-heavyweight title.
The Technical Meeting and the Official Draw concluded in the Paris Olympics where eighteen bouts will be held in the first competition day from 15:30 local time on July 27. Thirteen weight categories, 248 top boxers, 124 female and 124 male athletes from 69 nations will compete in the boxing event of the Paris Olympics. […]
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) will defend his WBC, WBA and WBO world super-middleweight titles on September 14 against Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) at “T-Mobile Arena” in Las Vegas. Canelo informed via social media on Thursday about this next opponent. But it’s been reported that he will be tripped of his IBF title […]
David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) will continue his career in light-heavyweight division. Promotion of Benavidez, Sampson Boxing, informed World Boxing Council that Benavidez will continue to fight in light-heavyweight division. Benavidez will be mandatory challenger of the winner of the fight for undisputed title between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitrii Bivol. Beterbiev will face Bivol on […]
Zanzibar is part of Tanzania where boxing’s popularity is very high in all of the generations and the local communities support each other as a perfect example for many countries. The picturesque island of Zanzibar is famous for its tourism, resorts, spices, old towns, and the wildlife but boxing is also part of their daily […]
Former world unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz (35-2) will return in ring after almost two years pause. Ruiz will face Jarrell Miller (26-1-1) on August 3 in Los Angeles. It will be on the card headlined by Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov, which will fight for WBA World and WBO Interim World super-welterweight titles. Ruiz […]
