Gilberto Ramirez is now the unified cruiserweight champion after adding Chris Billam-Smith’s WBO belt to his own WBA title. Ramirez won a rough and hard-fought 12-round decision at The Venue, Riyadh, as the bill-topper for Latino Night by scores o...
There’s only a few weeks of 2024 remaining but there might not have been a better or more one-sided high-level beating than the intricate and violent surgery performed by Puerto Rican star Oscar Collazo, who has unified the WBO and WBA minimumweight...
Oscar Duarte won a good, hard fight over late-substitute Batyr Akhmedov following 10 physical rounds. Los Angeles-based Uzbek Akhmedov pushed Duarte all the way, although he was not given credit on the scorecards, losing by margins of 98-92,...
In the case of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul event in Texas on Friday night, there seems to be those watching with their eyes wide open and those pretending not to see; the latter are generally those being asked questions by the former about what the dama...
The year started well for Jason Moloney. He defended his WBO bantamweight crown in Quebec, Canada with an early Fight of the Year contender against Saul Sanchez, but he lost the title in his next defense, in Japan, at a packed Tokyo Dome.
Promoter Eddie Hearn is certain that when Anthony Joshua returns, it will be against Daniel Dubois or Tyson Fury. Hearn, speaking on the Ariel Helwani show, said Joshua – recovering from injuries sustained in his September Wembley blockbuster agai...
Chris Billam-Smith smiles at a question, then proceeds to shovel some scrambled egg and halloumi into his mouth. We are in a trendy brunch spot around 20 minutes from his home, near Bournemouth, and “The Gentleman” is living up to his name.
Former world heavyweight champion and one of the all-time great big men, Lennox Lewis is one of the lucky ones. Post-boxing, there have been few public struggles, no tabloid stings, no roller coaster of trauma and Lewis – a 2009 International Boxin...
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