RAYTON OKWIRI RETURNS SATURDAY NIGHT
Kenya’s Rayton ‘Boom Boom’ Okwiri is ready to defend his Africa Boxing Union (ABU) middleweight title on Saturday starting 6pm at Charter Hall, Nairobi.
COMMEY, LOPEZ FACE OFF AT FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE
IBF World Lightweight Champion Richard Commey of Ghana and mandatory challenger Teofimo Lopez faced off at Wednesday’s final press conference ahead of their showdown Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. The bout is the co-feature to a main event featuring WBO World Welterweight titlist defending his belt against Egidijus Kavaliauskas. The…
LASISI SET TO RETURN DEC. 16 IN KAZAKHSTAN
WBC international super flyweight silver and gold champion Aliu Bamidele Lasisi returns December 16 as he looks toward big things in 2020.
CRAWFORD-KAVALIAUSKAS FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
The fighters were all business on the press conference dais. The best triple-header of the 2019 boxing calendar didn’t need any pomp and circumstance. Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET), Terence “Bud” Crawford (35-0, 26 KOs) will defend his WBO welterweight world title against Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas (21-0-1, 17…
U.S.A. AMATEUR BOXERS BEGIN PREPARATION FOR 2020 OLYMPICS
America’s best amateur boxers will compete for spots on the USA Olympic Team at the Lake Charles Civic Center beginning today at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
DILLIAN WHYTE REINSTATED AS WBC INTERIM CHAMP
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has officially had his status with the WBC reinstated. The heavyweight, who outpointed Oscar Rivas back in July to claim the sanctioning body’s interim title, was provisionally suspended of his status after an adverse finding in one of his June drug tests with UK Anti-Doping. Last Friday, Whyte was…
ANDY RUIZ: PARTYING, CELEBRATING GOT THE BEST OF ME!
For all 15 minutes of his post-fight press conference, Andy Ruiz was saying sorry. He apologised to his father, his apologised to trainer, Manny Robles, he apologised for being overweight. This was not the time to try to pull the wool over anyone’s eyes, this was the time to admit you were wrong.
TEAM USYK DEMANDS THE WBO ENFORCE MANDATORY SHOT VS. JOSHUA
With the belts now back in Anthony Joshua’s possession following his win in the ring, comes the fights beyond the ropes to get next in line for the two-time heavyweight titlist. England’s Joshua (23-1, 21KOs) was able to avenge the lone loss of his pro career in style, cleanly outboxing California’s Andy Ruiz (33-2,…
VIDEO: CHARLO REMAINS UNDEFEATED, RETAINS TITLE WITH KO OF HOGAN
Undefeated WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo (30-0, 22 KOs) successfully defended his title for the second time, stopping highly-ranked Irish contender Dennis Hogan (28-3-1, 7 KOs) with a showstopping one-punch knockout in the seventh round Saturday night live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, in an event presented by Premier…
HUNTER-POVETKIN ENDS IN DRAW, WHYTE VICTORIOUS IN RETURN
Heavyweights Alexander Povetkin and Michael Hunter battled to a fierce draw in a world title elimination bout in the co-feature of the Andy Ruiz Jr.-Anthony Joshua rematch on Saturday at Diriyah Stadium in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. They were fighting to become one of the mandatory challengers for the winner of Saturday’s main event, but…