Новости за 21.08.2019

Gennadiy Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko will clash for the vacant IBF World Middleweight title on Saturday October 5 at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN, in a fight brought to you by GGG Promotions and Matchroom Boxing USA in association with DiBella Entertainment. Former unified Middleweight king Golovkin (39-1-1 35 KOs) is […]

Add Blair Cobbs to the list of eccentric and unique personalities that make up boxing. While his personality could rival that of professional wrestlers, especially Ric Flair, Cobbs is making a name for himself for his improving skill-set in a competitive welterweight division. Cobbs will face Steve Villalobos in a clash of unbeaten fighters Thursday […]

Former WBC flyweight beltholder Cristofer Rosales returns for the first time since losing the title when he meets grizzled veteran Eliecer Quezada at the Nuevo Gimnasio Nicarao, in Managua, Nicaragua, on Saturday. After having his five-fight win streak snapped, Rosales (28-4, 19 knockouts) is anxious to get back in the win column. “I believe it […]

The light heavyweight division has over 100 years of world championship history and is one of the original eight weight classes in professional boxing. With those numbers, one would expect the U.K. to have a deep pool of former world champions to reference and a plethora of stories to tell. The reality, however, is that […]

International Boxing Hall of Famer Buddy McGirt says his charge, Sergey Kovalev, is as good as ever as the 36-year-old prepares to face the challenge of London’s Anthony Yarde on Saturday. The pair meet in Russia, with Kovalev’s critics saying he has not been living the life and that he’s a declining fighter. McGirt, who […]

After 20 hours in transit, Vic Saludar finally arrived in Puerto Rico from the Philippines. He was ready to stretch his legs out and move around, but not particularly tired. “I slept on the airplane,” said Saludar, the reigning WBO strawweight titleholder. Saludar didn’t make the trip for leisure, but rather to make a mandatory […]

UFC President Dana White thinks he has a solution for what he feels is a pay problem in boxing. But is he off-base and uninformed? Bob Arum believes so.