Terence Crawford claims he’ll be “doing some Henry Armstrong stuff” by moving up two divisions to defeat Canelo Alvarez at 168 for his titles in September. “Henry Armstrong?” Crawford, comparing himself to the great former three-division world champion Henry Armstrong (149-21-10, 99 KOs), comes across as delusional and 100% ignorant about the type of fighter … Read more
Canelo Alvarez takes on Cuban William Scull on Saturday, May 3rd live on DAZN – Mexico’s biggest boxing icon, is fighting on Cinco de Mayo weekend, right? Classic. Tradition. Viva Mexico and all that. But where’s the fight? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and guess what? Once again, the UK gets treated like the side chick — … Read more
Terence Crawford says he wants Gervonta Davis vs. Shakur Stevenson to be the co-feature bout on his undercard for his September 13th fight against Canelo Alvarez. In other words, Crawford wants the ‘Face of Boxing,’ Tank Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs), to help him sell his fight against Canelo on the DAZN PPV. Tank’s Pride Terence … Read more
Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz says WBO mandatory Xander Zayas could be next for WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora unless he takes a unification fight against the IBF or WBA champ. Undisputed Dreams Fundora’s goal is to become undisputed at 154. So, if he can fight one of the other two belt-holders, he’ll take … Read more
WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda defends against Tevin Farmer this Saturday, March 29th, in a 12-round rematch, live on DAZN in Cancun, Mexico. Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs) already beat Farmer (33-7-1,8 KOs) on Latino Night on November 16th in Riyadh last year, but Golden Boy Promotions decided to run it back due to the … Read more
Terence Crawford says he’s not trying to knock out Canelo Alvarez when he challenges him for his three or four super middleweight titles in September. His goal is to just “beat him.” However, he says he’s been sparring with bigger guys his entire career, and he feels he’s got the power to potentially knock out … Read more
Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz says David Benavidez will fight for the full WBC light heavyweight title in September, possibly against Callum Smith, after the belt is vacated or stripped from current champion Dmitry Bivol. Surrender! Lewkowicz stated he wants Bivol to bring the WBC title back and turn it in on Monday because he’s not going … Read more
Promoter Eddie Hearn was furious on Saturday after being told that a critic has said Anthony Joshua isn’t credible to be fighting for a heavyweight world title next after his last disastrous showing. Rules for Joshua Hearn pointed out that Joshua (28-5, 24 KOs) is the “biggest commercial draw” in the division, which means he … Read more
Super featherweight Maliek Montgomery (20-1, 18 KOs) was upset by Jeremy Hill (22-3-1, 13 KOs), losing a ten-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Sycuan Resort & Casino in El Cajon, California. In the first three rounds, Montgomery outworked Hill mainly to the body. In the fourth round’s final seconds, Montgomery hurt Hill with … Read more
IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev called out WBC and WBO 154-lb champion Sebastian Fundora for a unification fight following his fourth-round technical knockout victory over Chordale Booker last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Murtzaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) posted on X, congratulating ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) for his victory over Booker (23-2, … Read more