George Kambosos Jr will be headlining on March 22nd against a still-to-be-determined opponent in Sydney, Australia. This will be the first fight with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing for the former unified lightweight champion Kambosos Jr. (21-3, 10 KOs). Skye Nicolson will be on the card. Hearn hasn’t revealed his plans for Kambosos. He had wanted … Read more
Andy Cruz vs. Omar Salido & Diego Pacheo vs. Steven Nelson weighed in successfully at Friday’s weigh-in for their card this Saturday, January 25th, at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, in Las Vegas. The Eddie Hearn Matchroom-promoted event will be shown live on DAZN. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom) Weights Diego Pacheo 166.4 vs. Steven … Read more
Joseph Parker’s coach, Andy Lee, was trying to create self-doubt in Daniel Dubois’ mind ahead of the title defense of his IBF heavyweight belt in their co-feature battle on February 22nd in Riyadh. Lee reminded Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) that he’d been stopped by a jab from Oleksandr Usyk in the ninth round of their … Read more
Former Naoya Inoue knockout victim TJ Doheny says Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis would be too much for the Japanese star if the two fought at 135. Boxing fans have been pushing for Inoue to move up to super featherweight [130] or lightweight [135] to face Tank Davis in a blockbuster mega-fight to prove who is the … Read more
Matchroom head honcho Eddie Hearn has labeled the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford bout as a “freak fight,” viewing it as just for “a lot of money” when they potentially meet in September. Hearn says that Crawford, 37, doesn’t need to prove himself at 168 first because he’s just going up for one “money” fight … Read more
Unbeaten Middleweight Eric Priest gave Tyler ‘Herc’ Howard a boxing lesson in winning all ten rounds for the vacant WBA Continental North American title on Thursday night at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California. (Credit: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda) Priest, 15-0 (8) defeated ‘Herc’ Tyler Howard, 20-3 (11) over 10 rounds. In the first … Read more
Former WBO Junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu could face Joey Spencer in April in Australia. This would be a confidence booster for the 29-year-old Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs), who has lost his last two fights, going 0-2 in 2024. Spencer would be a comeback fight for Tszyu to get him ready for a possible clash … Read more
Promoter Bob Arum says Naoya Inoue will be back fighting in the spring in Las Vegas following his fourth-round blowout of little-known Ye Joon Kim on Friday night at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. IBF, WBC, and WBO super bantamweight champion Inoue (29-0, 26 KOs) dropped the hapless Kim (21-3-2, 13 KOs) in the … Read more
Naoya Inoue knocks out Kim in round 4 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, live on ESPN+ Inoue vs. Kim: Round 4: Well, that didn’t take long. Inoue, as sharp as ever, dominated the fourth round with clinical precision. He backed Kim into a corner, cutting off every angle, and the South Korean simply … Read more
The long-delayed Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn fight has finally found a date: April 26th at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, live on DAZN. Eubank Jr., with his so-called strategic techniques, is set to face Benn, whose overly aggressive style some might say lacks finesse. This all-British fight is hyped up as a resolution to a … Read more