Welterweight Avious Griffin, junior featherweight Dominique Crowder and junior middleweight Justin Figueroa – who will be featured in what is being called a triple main event Saturday at The Showroom at Tropicana in Atlantic City, New Jersey – and al...
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez knows what’s at stake this Saturday night. “I’ve prepared for war and will leave everything I have in the ring,” the WBA cruiserweight champion said of his unification bout against WBO titleholder Chris “The Gentleman” Billam...
Former junior lightweight titleholder Tevin Farmer, now competing at lightweight, has heard the chatter about his opponent William Zepeda’s potential February showdown with Shakur Stevenson, but Farmer thinks people are overlooking one simple fact—Ze...
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...
If ever you needed proof of boxing’s stranglehold, look beyond Mike Tyson prostituting his ran-through body and brain for a mammoth payday against Jake Paul and focus instead on Guillermo Rigondeaux, the great Cuban who competed in his 26th professio...
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Cruiserweight contender Richard Riakporhe, from London, England, is set to return on December 7 against fellow Briton David Jamieson in the unexpected setting of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Boxium Promotions have announced. The bout will be on the und...
There’s an opportunity here, not in the well-worn (and dangerous) habit of letting aged fighters get in the ring far beyond their expiration date or in the business of the wacky social-media-created bouts. Rather, Friday night represents our abili...
Many fans might not yet know Mike Russell, the Petaluma-based cruiserweight who’s now spent two training camps with Mike Tyson over the past four years—including the current one, leading up to Tyson’s upcoming fight against Jake Paul.
Featherweight contender Bruce Carrington’s first big moment on ESPN came when he celebrated a knockout win by mimicking one of Mike Tyson’s iconic speeches. It’s no surprise he felt emotional meeting Tyson during fight week media obligations—a powerf...
Chris Billam-Smith expects Gilberto Ramirez to prove the “most well-rounded” opponent of his career. On Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the WBO and WBA champions contest their titles and their statuses as the leading rivals to...
IRVING, Texas – Age is just a number, or so they say. It is a saying that is meant as motivation, an exhortation not to curl up and prepare for death the moment you hit 60, an encouragement to be fit and healthy and to continue living the best life y...
Mike Tyson shouldn’t be here. No, this isn’t another article about why Tyson shouldn’t still be fighting whatsoever, never mind fighting Jake Paul this week in Texas. We covered that back when this spectacle was first announced. Many more continue...
The British Boxing Board of Control issued their latest British title circular on Thursday afternoon. The most eye-catching piece of news was their decision to order Lyndon Arthur and Liam Cameron to box in a final eliminator for Lewis Edmondson’s...
Joe DeGuardia has announced the full card for Star Boxing’s “Rockin’ Fights 49,” set for November 23 at the Paramount in Huntington, New York. Local favorite Wendy “Haitian Fire” Toussaint returns to the ring against Argentina's Brian Agustin Arregui...
Oscar Collazo, the undefeated WBO strawweight champion from Puerto Rico, knows he has more than a belt on the line this Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This night is also about showing that the little guys belong on the big cards.
Edgar Berlanga has stood at the sport’s mountaintop, relishing the ring walk before a filled arena and tasting the challenge of lasting 12 rounds against the most popular fighter of the generation, Canelo Alvarez. Creating a fitting encore to that...
On Saturday night, Lewis Wood, 8-2, and Josh Holmes, 15-0 (5 KOs), will fight for the English super featherweight title. The 130lb fight will be overshadowed by a couple of other big events taking place in various places around the world but, in...
Not long ago, those enthralled by Jaron “Boots” Ennis made comparisons to Roy Jones Jnr, said he was sending shudders through then-welterweight champions Errol Spence Jnr, and Terence Crawford and was the pound-for-pound heir apparent.
Mike Tyson suffered a medical incident on a cross-country flight on May 27, forcing the originally planned date of his July 20 fight against Jake Paul to be postponed. It was rescheduled to November 15 days after the ordeal due to what was described...
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