Luis Ortiz has all the respect in the world for Deontay Wilder, as the two prepare to clash over the WBC heavyweight title next week. The two originally clashed in March 2018, and Ortiz had Wilder rocked during the seventh round of the original encounter. Wilder, however, managed to fight back and drop Ortiz twice […]
Jason Knight scored revenge on his fellow former UFC fighter-turned-bare-knuckle fighter Artem Lobov, finishing him in the fifth round of their main event fight at BKFC 9, which took place at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Knight opted to fight technically right from the get-go and not make things a brawl, and it […]
The build-up to, and aftermath of, the KSI vs. Logan Paul rematch has caused Eddie Hearn to change his stance on promoting other fights between celebrities from the video site. In the lead-up to the fight, Hearn stated that the fight between the two YouTube stars, marking their professional boxing debuts, would be the only […]
A new trainer and a new weight class seem to be a bigger challenge for Daniel Jacobs, as he makes his super middleweight debut on December 20th against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. While Chavez Jr’s status is a huge issue, Jacobs is only focused on getting back in the ring after his May loss to […]
Three months after they were initially set to fight, it seems Claressa Shields and Ivana Habazin’s battle for the vacant WBC and WBO junior middleweight championship seems to be set for this January. Initially reported by ESPN, Shields and Habazin will face off on Showtime with the location alleged to be in Atlantic City, the […]
On Thursday, WBC super welterweight champion Tony Harrison and Jermell Charlo almost didn’t wait until December 21st, as they nearly came to blows at a press conference. “Every time I see Jermell I just feel like he’s pretending,” Harrison said of the man he defeated by a controversial decision win in December of last year. […]
As reported earlier today, undisputed middleweight champion of the world Claressa Shields and former world champion Ivana Habazin will finally square off on January 10th in Atlantic City. The fight initially scheduled for October 5th in Shields’s hometown of Flint, Michigan has been moved to Atlantic City, NJ and will take place inside the Ocean […]
1. NSAC Claims Hearn Violated Ali Act Bob Bennett of the Nevada State Athletic Commission is furious at Matchroom Boxing Chairman Eddie Hearn following the actions of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Bennett accused Hearn of ‘potential violations of federal law’ and ‘violating the Ali Act’ in his dealings with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, who avoided […]
Co-Promoter of Deontay Wilder’s November 23rd WBC world heavyweight title against Luis Ortiz, Leonard Ellerbe felt the need to congratulate the current champion. “I told Deontay Wilder this when I saw him last week. I congratulated him and applauded him for not taking the DAZN deal. That was the smartest move he has made in […]
Oleksandr Usyk has been considered the next in line to face the winner of December 7th’s Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua rematch for the unified world heavyweight title. Now, it seems the WBO’s mandatory challenger may be pushed back as the IBF’s mandatory challenger seems to be next. “Kubrat Pulev’s next fight will be […]