Unbeaten five-time world champion and boxing’s hottest attraction Gervonta “Tank” Davis will defend his WBA Lightweight Championship against hard-hitting Isaac “Pitbull’’ Cruz on Sunday, December 5 live on SHOWTIME PPV from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Unbeaten superstar Devin Haney (26-0 15 KOs) puts his crown on the line for the fourth time and the second in a row in his Las Vegas backyard, having seen off the challenge of former three weight world ruler Jorge “El Niño De Oro” Linares in a thrilling clash in May at Mandalay Bay.
Zimbabwean boxer Taurai Zimunya has died after being knocked out in a fight in Harare.
The second part of the semi-finals took place in Belgrade during the evening session at the AIBA World Boxing Championships. Young boxers Jahmal Harvey from the USA, Turkey’s Kerem Oezmen, and Ukraine’s Yurii Zakharieiev were the heroes of the session, all of these 19-year-old talents proceeded to the finals.
Fans were permitted into a weigh-in Nevada for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and they turned out in force to see Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant both make weight on Friday ahead of their historic showdown.
Mexican superstar and unified WBA/WBC/WBO Super Middleweight World Champion Canelo Álvarez and undefeated IBF Super Middleweight World Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant previewed their historic showdown at the final press conference Wednesday before they meet in the SHOWTIME PPV main event this Saturday, November 6 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from the MGM Grand Garden…
India’s Akash Kumar (54kg) stunned Rio Olympic silver medallist Yoel Finol of Venezuela 5-0 in the quarter-finals to secure at least a bronze medal for the nation at the Men’s world Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Tuesday.