Oleksandr Usyk says he wants to face Daniel Dubois next after ‘DDD’ pulled out of his fight against Joseph Parker for this Saturday. WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight champion Usyk don’t say what made him suddenly turn his attention to fighting IBF champ Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs). It could be the challenge he made to … Read more
David Benavidez is flying out on a small jet today to be ringside at Turki Alalshikh’s invitation to attend Saturday’s rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in their undisputed light heavyweight clash in Riyadh. Benavidez could fight the winner of the contest. Fans are eager to see Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) be the next … Read more
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya wants his fighter, Vergil Ortiz Jr., to use nonstop pressure to defeat Israil Madrimov this Saturday, February 22nd. De La Hoya believes the best approach to beating former WBA junior middleweight champion Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) is to “back him up” and attack his body. That approach worked for the … Read more
Martin Bakole says he’s “going to shock the world” as Joseph Parker’s replacement opponent on Turki Alalshikh’s giant card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A Soldier’s Mentality Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) acknowledges that he didn’t have a training camp, but he views himself as a “soldier” and will be ready to go … Read more
Terence Crawford is still denying that the sole purpose of him going up to 168 to Canelo Alvarez to get a big unearned payday on September 13th. He says he’s going up two weight classes from 154 for his “legacy fight,” which sounds like gibberish. Legacy Doubletalk This is just a one-off for Crawford and … Read more
Joseph Parker is pretty upbeat upon learning that Martin Bakole is his new opponent for Saturday after IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois took ill and had to be pulled from the card in Riyadh. Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) says he wants to “challenge” himself, and he views #2 WBA, #2 WBO, #3 IBF, and #4 … Read more
Unbeaten Avious Griffin stopping Jose ‘El Guero’ Luis Sanchez in the eighth round for the vacant WBC USA Welterweight title on Thursday night at the Sony Hall, New York. In the main event, welterweight Griffin, 17-0 (16), stopped Sanchez, 14-5-1 (4), at 2:46 of the eighth round of a scheduled 10 rounds for the vacant … Read more
Undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev says he will “do something different” for his rematch with Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night. Knocking Bivol out will shut everyone up to where they can’t say anything. It would finish the rivalry between them once and for all. Fans want to see Beterbiev fight David Benavidez already, and they don’t … Read more
Promoter Eddie Hearn believes Turki Alalshikh will want to make the fight between Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis next after Shakur disposes of his replacement opponent, Josh Padley, on Saturday night. In an interview today, Hearn said fans want to see the “Biggest fight in boxing” between Shakur and Tank Davis next. Hearn is going … Read more
Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed how he presented Josh Padley’s name to Turki Alalshikh as a replacement option for Shakur Stevenson to fight this Saturday, February 22nd, in Riyadh, live on DAZN. Hearn says that when he pointed out to Turki that Padley (15-0, 4 KOs) had beaten his “favorite” Mark Chamberlain last September at Wembley … Read more