PARKER PULLS OUT OF CHISORA BOUT WITH ILLNESS
Make no mistake, having to withdraw from his scheduled clash versus Derek Chisora is merely prolonging the inevitable as far as Joseph Parker is concerned.
VIDEO: AZINGA FUZILE TO PROTEST RAKHIMOV STOPPAGE OVER USE OF SMELLING SALTS
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov’s bailout knockout of Azinga Fuzile made for an instant highlight reel, though the drama surrounding the bout is hardly limited to its shock ending.
DON KING SIGNS ILUNGA MAKUBU, PLANS FIVE TITLE BOUTS IN CONGO
The world’s greatest boxing promoter, Don King, may soon be returning to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Zaire. King signed the Congo’s Ilunga Makabu (26-2), who is the WBC’s number one contender for the vacant cruiserweight championship.
VIDEO: WILDER-ORTIZ 2 SET FOR NOV. 23 ON PAY-PER-VIEW
WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and hard-hitting Cuban slugger Luis “King Kong” Ortiz went face to face on Saturday at a press conference to officially announce their highly anticipated rematch that headlines a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Saturday, November 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Also…
AYANDA NKOSI SCORES HUGE UPSET OVER EMANUEL LOPEZ
In an outstanding performance and against the odds, South African lightweight champion Ayanda “Greyhound” Nkosi won the vacant World Boxing Federation lightweight belt when he stopped the vastly more experienced former WBA interim junior lightweight champion Emanuel “Polo” Lopez from Mexico in the seventh round at the Portuguese Hall on Saturday night. Nkosi became…
DANNY GARCIA TO ERROL SPENCE JR: I WANT YOU NEXT!
Former two division world champion Danny Garcia was a very interested observer on Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
DUBOIS DEMOLISHES TETTEH IN ONE ROUND
Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois continues to be a handful for any heavyweight in his path. The unbeaten prospect-turned-contender picked up his fourth knockout in as many fights on the year, the latest coming in a one-round blitzing of Ghana’s Ebenezer Tetteh in their main event Friday evening at Royal Albert Hall in the Kensington section of…
SIBUSISO BANDLA OUTPOINTS XOLISHA MAGUSHA TO WIN SOUTH AFRICA TITLE
In a battle of southpaws, Sibusiso Bandla won the South African flyweight title with a unanimous 12-round points decision over defending champion Xolisa Magusha at the International Convention Centre in East London on Saturday night.
VIDEO: SPENCE UNIFIES VERSUS PORTER IN A WAR FOR THE AGES!
Forget Fight of the Year (it’s a lock right now) Errol Spence Jr vs. Shawn Porter may have been the greatest welterweight unification in boxing history. Sure, it wasn’t a scheduled 15-rounder like Leonard-Hearns. But the see-saw action never stopped. And when it was all over, the 16,702 in attendance at Staples Center in…
RICHARD COMMEY “MORE THAN READY” FOR TEOFIMO LOPEZ
On December 14, Madison Square Garden, the Mecca of Boxing, will once again play host to one of the most highly anticipated fights in boxing as IBF Lightweight World Champion Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KOs), of Brooklyn, NY, makes the second defense of his title against #1-ranked mandatory challenger Teofimo Lopez (14-0, 11 KOs), also…