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Most Valuable Promotions has announced a “multiyear deal with ESPN,” which will host its newly created MVPW “global platform for women’s boxing” through 2028. Things kick off on April 5th with a previously announced lightweight unification between Caroline Dubois (12-0-1, 5 KO) and Terri Harper (16-2-2, 6 KO). Elif Nur Turhan made a strong case […]
News just recently broke that in a surprise move MMA fighter Tom Aspinall has inked a deal with Eddie Hearn’s new talent agency he’s embarked on with Anthony Joshua. Of course, after Hearn just lost one of his star fighters to Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing, many will naturally believe this signing was in the spirit […]
As revealed by Brunch Boxing earlier this week, Takuma Inoue will lead the undercard for brother Naoya’s May 2nd superfight against Junto Nakatani, battling four-division titlist Kazuto Ioka in the first defense of his second title reign. Inoue (21-2, 5 KO) briefly held the interim WBC bantamweight title in 2018 before falling to Nordine Oubaali […]
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya took to social media to sound off on his recent legal victory over Vergil Ortiz and explains why the poor advice Ortiz has been receiving could lead him to becoming the next Mikey Garcia (with respect to missing out on many of his prime years). “The verdict is […]
Unified super featherweight champ Alycia Baumgardner may have her first MVP main event slot, as Dan Rafael reports that she’ll headline an April 17th show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden opposite former lightweight title challenger Bo Mi Re Shin. Baumgardner (17-1, 7 KO) signed with Jake Paul’s outfit last March and stands at […]
Zuffa Boxing promoter Dana White recently joined iFL TV to discuss this weekend’s boxing card headlined by Jai Opetaia, while giving some cryptic insight into why he likes his company being a mysterious new force in the industry. Check out some of what he had to say below with the full video in the link […]
As unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is currently set to defend his WBC belt against kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in his next outing, the rest of the heavyweight division is looking for the rest of the dominoes to fall as some anticipate that Usyk’s other belts could be stripped of him. Promoter Kalle Sauerland, who is […]
Devin Haney appeared on Ring Magazine’s show and talked a bit about where his career stands, what fights he’s looking to make next, and how he feels about a potential rematch with Ryan Garcia at this particular point in time. Here are some excerpts of what Haney had to say below. Haney on trading words […]
Various outlets report that the WBC has ordered William Zepeda to face Lamont Roach Jr for the vacant lightweight title they stripped from Shakur Stevenson earlier this year. This is despite having an interim champion in Jadier Herrera, but as it’s a day that ends in “y,” the WBC playing Calvinball with its rankings is […]
As heavyweight titleholder Fabio Wardley gets set to defend his strap against Daniel Dubois on May 9, he talks to iFL TV about going straight into a tough voluntary world title defense and the big fight he’s hoping will come his way afterwards with a win. Here’s some of what he had to say below. […]
Heavyweight (Limit: None) Last Rank Name Record 1 1 Oleksandr Usyk 24-0-0 (15) 2 2 Tyson Fury 34-2-1 (24) 3 3 Fabio Wardley 20-0-1 (19) 4 4 Agit Kabayel 27-0-0 (19) 5 5 Joseph Parker 36-3-0 (24) 6 6 Daniel Dubois 22-3-0 (21) 7 7 Anthony Joshua 29-4-0 (26) 8 8 Derek Chisora 36-13-0 (23) […]
Per Darshan Desai and Jake Donovan, Golden Boy Promotions scored an early win in its legal battle with Vergil Ortiz Jr yesterday when Judge Cristina Silva blocked Ortiz from negotiating with other promoters and sent the case to arbitration. Ortiz (24-0, 22 KO) filed suit this past January, claiming that GBP was violating a Professional […]
British heavyweight Dave Allen joined talkSPORT and shared some of his perspective on the recently announced fight between Oleksandr Usyk and kickboxer Rico Verhoeven, which has recently been confirmed as a world title fight by the WBC. “I know Rico Verhoeven. I actually met him in Bolton,” Allen said. “Lovely fella, did a bit of […]
As Keith Thurman prepares to make his return to the ring in a super welterweight title fight against WBC champion Sebastian Fundora on March 28, PBC takes fans behind the scenes of both fighters as they get ready for the ocassion. “One can reflect and say ‘you were the unified welterweight champion, you packed out […]
A pair of heavyweight scraps will join Conor Benn vs Regis Prograis on TKO’s April 11th Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov show, as organizers announced that Jeamie “TKV” Tshikeva will defend his British title against Richard Riakporhe and Frazer Clarke will meet Justis Huni. TKV (9-2, 5 KO) is riding high off an upset of […]
Floyd Mayweather will end his retirement from boxing later this year when he’ll rematch Manny Pacquiao this September, but it looks like he’ll be looking to shake some rust off before then as Sky Sports reports that he’s due to first take part in a exhibition bout against former kickboxer Mike Zambidis this June in […]
Tuesday, March 3rd CountryBox247, 7:00 pm ET, CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing. Still in Nashville, but NOT FROM THE TEXAS TROUBADOUR THEATRE! Every serious boxing fan knows two things about CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing. First, it’s Where Music Meets Boxing. Second, it happens at THE TEXAS TROUBADOUR THEATRE. But, not anymore, as they’ve changed […]
The WBC have decided, after what they call “careful consideration,” to sanction the fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven, meaning Usyk’s WBC heavyweight title will be on the line. Usyk will face Verhoeven — a 36-year-old kickboxing legend — on May 23 in Giza, Egypt. Verhoeven, 36, does have a single sanctioned boxing bout […]
Emanuel Navarrete unified a pair of super featherweight titles with his best performance in years, dominating Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez en route to an 11th round TKO victory. Navarrete (40-2-1, 31 KO) forced the doctor to recommend stoppage just after the opening bell of the penultimate round. Nunez (29-2, 27 KO) had a badly damaged right […]
Emanuel Navarrete and Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez meet tonight in a super featherweight unification fight that promises action and drama. We’ll be here this evening with live results and updates, plus round-by-round scoring and community discussion down in the comments section. Wil Esco is on the round-by-round call, and I’ll be scoring along with him, so […]
Not many people had a firm idea on who Oleksandr Usyk would face in his next scheduled fight, but I don’t think anyone had him pegged to be taking on former kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven. Today it was announced through Turki Alalshikh and Ring Magazine that ‘Glory in Giza’ will be headlined by the fight […]
Regis Prograis officially has his next fight set as he’ll take on Conor Benn, and speaking to Ring Magazine about this next outing he explains why he’s feeling good about the matchup and his expectations for the fight. Check out some excerpts of what Prograis had to said below. Prograis on the opportunity to fight […]
Frank Warren and company are hitting the road this spring, putting on an April 2th doubleheader at Paris’ Le Double. The heavyweight featured attraction pits former cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie (23-1, 17 KO) against Olympic gold medalist and local favorite Tony Yoka (15-3, 12 KO). Following his ungainly defeat to Chris Billam-Smith “The Sauce” , […]
Conor Benn’s first fight under the Zuffa banner will pit him against former super lightweight champion Regis Prograis on the April 11th Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov undercard. “April 11 can’t come soon enough, returning to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium again, where I made history against Eubank Jr. means everything to me. My last fight there […]
Yesterday was the formal kick off press conference for the May 9 WBO heavyweight title fight between Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois in London. To be fair, most of the talking in this particular one was done by the promoters and trainers, so I’ll just highlight some of what the fighters themselves had to say […]