Per–Ake Persson Newly crowned WBO European heavyweight champion Viktor Faust (17-1) will defend the title against 46-year old Polish veteran Mariusz Wach (39-12) on March 25 in Budapest (Hungary). Faust won the title January 17 in Flensburg, Germany by knockout in 18 seconds over Macedonian Todorche Cvetkov (14-4) in a joke of a fight. Wach […]
Per-Ake Persson Spanish Heredia Promotions won purse bid in Rome on Wednesday for the fight for the vacant EBU welterweight title between ex-champ Samuel Molina (32-4-1) and Belgian Anes Messaoudi (17-0-1). Tundra Promotions, also from Spain, and Belgian promoter Yassine Maatala also bid on the fight. The numbers were not disclosed. Molina vs Messaoudi fought […]
Per-Ake Persson There’s been a late change of opponents for Danish super-middle Oliver Zaren (18-0) and Swedish light-heavy Costas Nanga (13-0) ahead of Saturday’s show in Kolding (Denmark). Zaren will now face Argentinian David Benitez (13-10) who step in for Mikalai Vesialou, who was unable to get a visa to leave Belarus. Vesialou is a […]
The IBF eliminator fight in heavyweight division between Frank Sanchez (25-1, 18 KOs) and Richard Torrez Jr. (14-0, 12 KOs) is expected to be held on March 28 in Las Vegas. Dan Rafael reports that the deal between teams was agreed and purse bid was canceled. Bout will be in undercard of Sebastian Fundora vs […]
Former two-time heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury (34-2-1, 24 KO) will return to the ring on April 11 in United Kingdom. He will face Russia’s Arslanbek Makhmudov (21-2, 19 KOs). Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority announced the fight on Wednesday. It will be streamed on Netflix and promoted by The Ring […]
Derek Chisora (36-13, 23 KOs) is expected to fight Deontay Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) on April 4 in London. The deal is close to being agreed, confirmed Wilder’s manager, Shelly Finkel. “We are in negotiations and it’s close”, Shinkel told “Skyy Sports”. A fight between Wilder and Chisora came as surprise, considering that two-time undisputed […]
Raymond Muratalla (24-0, 17 KOs) defended his IBF World lightweight title on Saturday night in Las Vegas. He defeated Andy Cruz of Cuba (6-1, 3 KOs), the Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo 2020, via majority decision. Two judges saw Muratalla as winner, scoring the fight 116:112 and 118:110, and one judge scored the fight as […]
Per-Ake Persson Former WBO cruiserweight champ Marco Huck (43-5-1) will return to action against an opponent to be announced February 14 at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle / Westfalen (Germany). Huck confirmed his return in his Facebook profile. In his announcement he said the training was hard and he asked fans to support him […]
Osleys Iglesias (14-0, 13 KOs) is expected to fight Pavel Silyagin (16-0-1, 7 KOs) for vacant IBF World super-middleweight title, “Ring Magazine” reports. Silyagin team have accepted the challenge and negotiations are underway between “Eye of The Tiger”, which represents Iglesias, and RCC Promotions, which represents Silyagin. IBF title became vacant after Terence Crawford retired […]
Cuba’s heavyweight prodigy Dainier Pero (12-0, 9 KOs) stopped Mario Aguilar (23-11, 19 KOs) in round two in Philadelphia on Saturday night. Aguilar retired after two rounds and didn’t come up to fight in round three. Pero is number 7 in WBA ranking and is aiming for bigger challenges. 26-year-old had a tough fight in […]
