Shakur Stevenson says he’s ready to push for a fight against Gervonta Davis next if he’s victorious in the title defense of his WBA lightweight belt against Lamont Roach in their bout this Saturday, March 1st at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. (Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) The Smell of Desperation It might be … Read more
Martin Bakole questions why Eddie Hearn changed his tune about the wisdom of him taking the fight with Joseph Parker as the replacement opponent on two days’ notice after initially saying he was an upgrade over Daniel Dubois for last Saturday night. Hearn’s Flip-Flop Bakole says Hearn still backed his fighter Anthony Joshua to come … Read more
Israil Madrimov revealed that he was coming off a bad sickness and wasn’t 100% in his 12-round unanimous decision defeat to WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. last Saturday night at The Venue in Riyadh. Madrimov, 29, says he’ll be “stronger” in a rematch. Vergil Jr. isn’t going to give him a rematch because … Read more
Turki Alalshikh says Martin Bakole will still be fighting in May on one of his cards despite his second-round knockout defeat against Joseph Parker last Saturday night in Riyadh. Hopefully, Bakole comes into his next fight in better condition because he looked unfit at 310 lbs in his loss to Parker. The sad part is … Read more
Shakur Stevenson is proud of his performance last Saturday night, stopping Josh Padley in the ninth round in a successful defense of his WBC lightweight title at The Venue in Riyadh. Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) boasts that he displayed the “art of hit and don’t get hit” in his victory over Padley (15-1, 4 KOs), … Read more
Turki Alalshikh reiterated his hopes last Saturday night to make a trilogy fight between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol following Beterbiev’s 12-round majority decision defeat at The Venue in Riyadh. After the fight, Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) already said that he wants the trilogy match. Beterbiev was understandably unhappy with the results of his rematch … Read more
Joseph Parker and his team want a title shot against unified three-belt heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk next after their second-round knockout win over grossly out-of-shape 315-lb Martin Bakole last Saturday at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Boxing fans on social media are NOT interested in seeing Parker challenge WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight champion … Read more
Lonnie B Thompson says he views Dmitry Bivol’s win as a “Fake victory” over undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev on Saturday night in Riyadh. Thompson feels the judges gave Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) for “Making it to the finish line” and feels that the judges gave it to him “out of sympathy.” Ageism Against … Read more
WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames (24-1-1, 18 KOs) and #1 Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KOs) battled to a highly questionable 12-round split draw on Saturday night that has fans angry over what they witnessed in this fight at The Venue in Riyadh. Adames dominated Hamzah from start to finish in a one-sided fight. It was … Read more
On Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a thrilling rematch for the undisputed light-heavyweight crown took place as Dmitry Bivol defeated Artur Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) by way of majority decision. This fight had all the elements you expect to see in an elite level championship match. This fight had strategical … Read more