Less than a week after his first defense of the WBC lightweight title, Devin Haney has been ordered to face his first mandatory defense against Javier Fortuna, Haney, who was granted the undisputed crown after the WBC anointed Vasyl Lomachenko as the “Franchise” champion of the division, earned a unanimous decision win over Alfredo Santiago […]
The power of YouTube was fully on display Saturday night, as KSI’s controversial win over Logan Paul drew millions of eyes. Eddie Hearn, who promoted the card from Los Angeles’ Staples Center, told Sirius-XM’s Fight Nation that the “mind-blowing” numbers were more than June 1st’s unified world title upset when Andy Ruiz knocked out Anthony […]
Less than a month away from the biggest fight of his career, former unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is doing all the right things according to David Haye. Haye, who retired in 2018, is currently managing popular heavyweight Dereck Chisora, who is sparring with Joshua to prepare him for current champion Andy Ruiz Jr […]
Canelo Alvarez’s return to Las Vegas can be considered a successful venture, but not as successful as his first foray into Sin City this year. Alvarez returned to action on November 2nd in his first attempt to become a four-division world champion, knocking out Sergey Kovalev in the 11th round of their DAZN broadcasted main […]
Following Tyson Fury’s successful WWE debut, footage came out of the former unified world heavyweight champion training with UFC middleweight Darren Till. Fury also made it clear that he’s gunning for current UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, who may be down for it. “Tyson Fury is coming in the mix now, I hear,” Stipe Miocic […]
While KSI celebrated, Logan Paul stood confused and his brother calling the sport rigged after the two made their pro boxing debuts on November 9th. KSI walked out of Staples Center with a majority decision win over the Ohio native on Saturday over a year removed from their 2018 draw in the United Kingdom. While […]
Eddie Hearn believes Deontay Wilder would take the opportunity to become WBC franchise champion to duck fights with Anthony Joshua or Dillian Whyte. “You can’t take anything Wilder says seriously,” The Matchroom Boxing boss told Sky Sports of Wilder’s insistence that he’d never take the Franchise label. “First of all he says ‘one face, one […]
Canelo Alvarez is a world champion in three separate weight classes and opens up a world of possibilities for promoters like Eddie Hearn. Hearn, who runs Matchroom Boxing and is one of the leads for DAZN’s boxing programming, envisions at least five different opponents who can stand across from Alvarez this May. “We’ve got five […]
Title or no title, Oleksandr Usyk is interested in making Dereck Chisora the next man he faces on the road to heavyweight glory. The former undisputed cruiserweight champion’s manager Egis Klimas confirmed as much as the WBO’s mandatory challenger awaits the winner of Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz’s battle for the unified world heavyweight title […]
Jorge Masvidal wants a crack at Canelo Alvarez, and one coach believes the BMF champion can give Canelo a run for his money. “I think he can be very competitive, and he can shock some people,” Masvidal’s head coach Mike Brown told MMA Fighting on Tuesday. “This is what he’s best at,” Brown said of […]