Unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) wants to fight next the former WBC World champion Deontay Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs). Usyk described Wilder as his “first option”. Ukrainian made history stopping Daniel Dubois in Wembley in July, becoming two-time undisputed champion in heavyweight division. He was undisputed also in cruiserweight division. Usyk […]
Per–Ake Persson German former EBU light-heavy champ Conny Velensek has passed away at the age of 82. Velensek won the EBU title in 1971 with a split decision over Piero Del Papa and retained it later the same year with a draw against Chris Finnegan in Berlin but lost the rematch in Nottingham in 1972. […]
All of the semi-finals of the Bolivarian Games have concluded in Peru where Venezuela and Colombia were the bests in the recent four competition days. Peru’s Ayacucho is the host of the multisport event where boxing is one of the sports in the agenda. Barbados, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El […]
Teofimo Lopez (22-1, 13 KOs) is set to face Shakur Stevenson (24-0, 11 KO) on January 31. Fight will be for WBO World super-lightweight title, which Lopez holds. Fight will be in New York and will be livestreamed in DAZN. The announcement was made by Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority […]
Bulgaria’s Radoslav Rosenov defended his throne at the European U23 Boxing Championships in Budapest with amazing performance. Radoslav Rosenov achieved a silver medal at the 2017 European Schoolboys Boxing Championships, which he followed with two titles among the juniors, and same double among the youth boxers. He claimed gold medals in the European U23 Championships […]
Unified middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly (17-0, 12 KO) has been pulled from Saturday scheduled unification fight against WBA champion Erislandy Lara, after he tested positive for a banned substance. The WBO and IBF World champion tested positive for banned substance meldonium in test taken on November 15 by VADA. Alimkhanuly proclaimed his innocence. “I have […]
Norway’s Paris Olympian and Youth World Champion Sunniva Hofstad not only claimed the title of the women’s 75kg weight class at the European U23 Boxing Championships in Budapest but she was announced as the Best Female Boxer of the competition. Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad was too strong for her final opponent, Ukraine’s Olha Pylypchuk and she […]
Olympic gold medal winner Erislandy Alvarez (6-0, 2 KO) survived a shock moment and defeated via unanimous decision Mexican, Rogelio Osvaldo Jimenez Laguna, in the main fight of event held in Varadero, Cuba on Saturday night. In round nine Alvarez was dropped by Jimenez, but he controlled the fight and in end judges saw him […]
The management of the European Boxing announced Bulgaria’s capital city, Sofia as the host of the 2026 edition of the European Elite Boxing Championships. The President of the Bulgarian Boxing Federation, Mr. Krasimir Ininski issued a statement three weeks ago about his plans to host the next European Championships in Bulgaria on September 2026. The […]
Big champions from Uzbekistan will be competing at the upcoming IBA Men’s Elite World Boxing Championships which will be held at the Dubai on December 2-13. Shodiyorjon Melikuziev is the defending Asian Champion at the minimumweight (48kg) and he will return in Dubai to the squad. One of the living legends, Hasanboy Dusmatov won all […]
