Новости за 29.08.2019

It’s been almost two years since the last time former WBA junior middleweight beltholder Erislandy Lara has won a fight. It’s probably the longest stretch of time the Cuban expatriate has ever gone in life between times he’s had his hand raised in victory. “The American Dream” is looking to end the 22-month, two-fight winless draught when […]

LONDON – Many people are surprised that heavyweight Hughie Fury is facing Alexander Povetkin on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, including his own promoter, Eddie Hearn. The 24-year-old Fury signed with Matchroom Boxing last month and almost immediately agreed to face the hard-hitting Russian on the undercard of the lightweight championship bout between […]

Big-punching lightweight prospect Alejandro Guerrero signed promotional forms with Cameron Dunkin of NOW Boxing Promotions on Wednesday. Guerrero (10-0, 8 knockouts) was widely courted by several top promoters, but liked what he heard when he spoke to Dunkin, who in a previous life managed 34 world champions and was the 2007 BWAA Manager of the […]

LONDON – Just last month the boxing world said goodbye to the last man to hold the undisputed lightweight championship, Pernell Whitaker, who tragically passed away after being struck by a car in Virginia Beach. It’s almost 28 years since the great “Sweet Pea” defended his undisputed crown for the final time by easily outpointing […]

News surfaced on Tuesday that big-punching IBF lightweight titleholder Richard Commey would make his much anticipated mandatory defense against rising star Teofimo Lopez on the same card as WBO welterweight kingpin Terence Crawford at Madison Square Garden in New York on December 14. The intriguing contest pits Commey and Lopez who are rated No. 1 and No. 5 by The Ring […]

LONDON – Been there, seen it, felt it. The last man to face pound-for-pound star Vasiliy Lomachenko was former WBA lightweight titleholder Anthony Crolla. The amiable Englishman ventured to Los Angeles in April for what he knew would be the toughest fight of his career and it proved to be even tougher than expected. Crolla […]

He might very well be the happiest world titleholder on the planet. When Charlie Edwards heard the immortal words “and the new” in December of last year, the emotions overwhelmed him. He entered the ring as a heavy underdog against hard-hitting WBC flyweight titlist Cristofer Rosales but performed brilliantly, overcame the odds and claimed a […]

Paulie Malignaggi has his fans and his detractors, but even a detractor would admit that the former two-weight world titleholder is exceptional when it comes to breaking down a prizefight. On Saturday, pound-for-pound superstar Vasiliy Lomachenko will defend Ring, WBA and WBO lightweight titles against Luke Campbell at the O2 Arena in London (the vacant […]