Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell are once again forced to play the waiting game. A planned interim title fight between two of the leading lightweight contenders is officially on hold after England’s Campbell (20-3, 16KOs) tested positive for COVID-19. Representatives from Golden Boy Promotions—Garcia’s promoter and the lead for the event—and Campbell’s career-long promoter…
Kenya’s Fatuma ‘Iron Fist’ Zarika is set to make a comeback in nearly 12 months since losing the World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title in a unanimous decision to homegirl Yamileth Mercado in Mexico. Zarika, whose record stands at 32 wins (17KOs), 13 loses and two draws and who had a training stint…
Contrary to reports that jailed Nigerian heavyweight boxer Ike Ibeabuchi has regained his freedom, Stan, his younger brother said his brother is far from becoming a free man.
Mikael Lawal once lived on the streets in Nigeria but now he is eyeing up glory in the cruiserweight division after winning Ultimate Boxxer. Lawal has survived living on the streets in Nigeria and being beaten by his father. But fighting through the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns was still not easy for the ambitious…
President of the Ghana Amateur Boxing Federation, George Lamptey is hoping the Black Bombers can secure more Olympic slots at the upcoming Olympic qualifying event in France.
Top heavyweight contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (32-2, 27 KOs) impressed in his ring return Saturday night, knocking out Alexander “The Great” Flores (18-3-1, 16 KOs) in the first round of their FOX PBC Fight Night main event and on FOX Deportes from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Devin Haney has returned, though whether he has truly arrived is all in the eye of the beholder. The unbeaten lightweight titlist made his second successful defense in a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Miami’s Yuriorkis Gamboa in their DAZN-streamed main event Saturday evening at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.…
In a bombshell announcement, pound-for-pound and box office king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez revealed that he will move forward with the rest of his career without the services of Golden Boy Promotions, his longtime promoter. Eddy Reynoso, Alvarez’s head trainer has assumed full control of his career and alerted the boxing world of the news.
Top heavyweight contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz will headline a stacked night of heavyweight action when he takes on Alexander “The Great” Flores in the 10-round main event of FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes Saturday, November 7 from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The broadcast begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.…
Lightweight contender Emmanuel “Gameboy” Tagoe will take on America’s Mason Menard Saturday, November 27, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida.