IBF mandatory light-heavyweight title fight between Dmitrii Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) and Michael Eifert (13-1, 5 KOs) is expected to be held on May 23 in The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, “Boxen1.com” reports. Teams have reached an agreement and fight will be in undercard of clash between Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) and Rico […]
Jai Opetaia (30-0, 23 KOs) defeated Brandon Glanton (21-4, 18 KOs) via unanimous decision on Sunday night in Las Vegas, in the fight for inaugural Zuffa World cruiserweight title. All three judges scored the fight 119:106 in favor of Opetaia. “It was all right,” Opetaia said. “I knew Brandon was going to be tough as […]
Juanfe Gomez (16-2-1) defeated Francesco Paparo (12-2-1) on Saturday night in Milan, and captured EBU Silver super-featherweight title. Paparo and Gomez were fighting for vacant title. Gomez won a close fight via split decision. Two judges scored the fight 115:113 in his favour, and one saw Paparo as winner (115:113). In co-main event Christian Mazzon […]
Denmark’s Oliver Zaren (19-0, 8 KOs) will face Spain’s Jose Luis Navarro Jr. (17-12, 12 KOs) for EBU supermiddleweight title. “Primetime Boxing) announced that Navarro’s team won the purse bid and the fight will likely be held in Madrid, Spain. Date of the fight is yet to be announced. Navarro’s team offered 117,113 euro and […]
Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) will face Junto Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs) on May 2 in Tokyo Dome. The fight between the two superstars of Japan will be for undisputed super-bantamweight title, which Inoue holds. “Naoya Inoue is set to defend his UNDISPUTED junior featherweight world titles against Junto Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome on […]
Emanuel Navarrete (40-2-1, 33 KOs) has unified WBO World and IBF World super-featherweight titles, defeating on Saturday night in Glendale, USA, Eduardo Nunez (29-2, 27 KO) via stoppage in round eleven. Navarrete was clearly leading on points on cards of three judges. Nunez was unable to continue in round eleven because of swollen eye. Navarrete […]
Katie Taylor (25-1, 6 KOs) plans to retire from boxing this year, after one more fight in Dublin. Two-weight undisputed champion, said she plans to fight in “Croke Park” stadium in Dublin this summer. Opponent and date hasn’t been yet confirmed. “I just want to fight in Dublin to end my career,” Taylor told RTE […]
Conor Benn (24-1, 14 KOs) will fight former world champion Regis Prograis (30-3, 24 KOs) on April 11 in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Fight will be in event headlined by Tyson Fury (34-2-1) vs Arslanbek Makhmudov (21-2). Benn last week left Matchroom and signed one-fight deal with Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing. The event on April 11 […]
Two-time undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) will defend his WBC World heavyweight title on May 23 against kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven (1-0, 1 KOs). Fight will be held in Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. The fight will headline an event dubbed “Glory of Giza: Undefeated Icons” and stream live and exclusively on DAZN. […]
Claressa Shields (18-0, 3 KOs) defeated Franchon Crews Dezurn (10-3) via unanimous decision on Saturday night in Detriot and kept her undisputed heavyweight title. Shields dominated the fight and in the end all judges scored the fight 100:90 in her favor. “I felt like I had to take my time. Franchon hits hard and she’s […]
