SHAKUR STEVENSON and Joe Cordina headline another stacked Riyadh Season undercard on October 12 in the Saudi Arabian capital. Stevenson, the current WBC lightweight title holder, will be defending his title against the ex-IBF super-featherweight champion. The former champion, who just lost his title to Anthony Cacace in Riyadh on May 18, will be making…
A CHANGE in fortune was overdue for Steed Woodall. Last year his mother suffered a heart attack and then COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Believing she was close to losing her life, depression hit her son who had also gone through a break-up with the mother of his daughter. Having accepted fights with some of…
MATCHROOM have announced a return to Monaco, which will take place on December 14. Eddie Hearn shows have become a fixture on the sporting calendar in the Principality and this will be the fifth time he has promoted there. Last time out, Welshman Joe Cordina controversially defended his IBF super-featherweight title via a razor tight…
THREE-TIME world cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis has announced his retirement from boxing. The 39-year-old, who will celebrate his 40th birthday next January, brings the curtain down on a professional career which began in his native Latvia on October 11, 2009. His four-round points win against Raulis Racilauskas kicked off a 15-year professional career which culminated…
REGIS PROGRAIS believes he will be back at the top of the 140lbs division after his fight against Jack Catterall. The two had been scheduled to meet this weekend at Co-op Live in Manchester but an injury to Catterall postponed their bout until October 26 at the same venue. Prograis will be keen to prove…
MIKE TYSON insists he is healthy enough to face Jake Paul in a professional boxing match on November 15. The former world heavyweight champion, who turned 58 in June, was supposed to face the Youtuber turned boxer on July 20. However he suffered what was confirmed as an ‘in-flight medical emergency’ in May due to…
CHRISTIAN MBILLI achieved pass marks when he sat his litmus test at the weekend. Ukrainian Sergey Derevyanchenko, a troublesome opponent for world-class fighters in the past, was the man tasked with posing Mbilli difficult questions. Mbilli now has a promotional powerhouse behind him in Top Rank and on Saturday night in Quebec City he would…
YOU can only beat what is put in front of you. It’s a familiar phrase you hear in boxing when fighters are matched against opponents they are widely expected to defeat. How often do we hear boxers claiming they find it difficult to get up for bouts which they are expected to win. A lack…
CHRISTIAN MBILLI (ranked top three by each of the governing bodies) collected a commanding unanimous decision win against Sergiy Derevyanchenko in a 10 round super middleweight bout, as the two headlined a nine fight card at Centre Videotron in Quebec, Canada. Both fighters came out on their toes in the first round, quickly looking to…
FORMER IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez suffered a small brain bleed following his heavy knockout defeat against Angelo Leo on August 10. The bout was brought to its conclusion in round 10 when Leo landed a thudding left hook which put Lopez on his back. Referee Ernie Sharif started the count but Lopez was…
