BECOMING the very best at what you do can mean making decisions that won’t always make you popular. Between 2020 and 2022 Chantelle Cameron showed she had what it takes to get to the top of her discipline winning five consecutive world title fights which culminated in her becoming the undisputed female super-lightweight champion. Adriana…
AS fight week closed in, Janibek Alimkhanuly was all set to defend his IBF and WBO middleweight titles against Andrei Mikhailovich tonight in the Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas. Fighting an opponent few will have heard of might not do much for Janibek’s legacy, but the man nicknamed ‘Qazak Style’ was…
TEOFIMO Lopez could move up and fight WBO Interim welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr in his next contest. Lopez is the current WBO champion at super-lightweight and previously held the WBO, WBA and IBF titles at lightweight. Moving up and defeating Norman Jr, 26-0 (20 KOs), would see him technically become a three-weight world champion….
This evening, at the O2 Arena in London, Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora are preparing for a heavyweight brawl. The intriguing main event is backed up by some solid undercard fights. Let’s have a look at where the value is. The Boxing News betting picks for Joe Joyce vs. Derek Chisora: Aadam Hamed to win…
By Matt Bozeat THOMAS Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, says he wants to see proof that Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting should not be compete in the female boxing events in Paris. The Hungarian Boxing Federation and Bulgaria’s Olympic Committee contacted the IOC to object about the inclusion of Imane Khelif and Lin…
MOHAMED Mimoune dished out a stone-cold stoppage in the SSE Arena, dissecting Tyrone McKenna in round five of a rematch thriller. McKenna went down twice, both times from body shots, and was dispensed as the crowd tried to raise his spirits. It all went down while Mimoune battled through a damaged left eye caused by…
ANDY CRUZ made it four wins from four starts against Antonio Moran. The 10-round lightweight bout kicked off the televised portion of the undercard, which will set the scene for the Israil Madrimov-Terence Crawford main event. Cruz vowed to beat Moran, (30-7-1, 21 KOs), quicker than former undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney did back in…
TERENCE CRAWFORD is now a four-division world champion. The 36-year-old left the ring inside the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles as the new WBA super-welterweight champion having beat Israil Madrimov on points (116-112, 115-113 twice). In a tactical affair neither man grabbed the initiative with both respective of one another and their skillsets. After a…
10.42 p.m PT / 06.42 a.m. UK BUD WINS! The judges reward Terence Crawford with a unanimous decision as Michael Buffer announces scores of 116-112, 115-113 (x2). It was a deserved win for Crawford but the fight itself shows Bud has work to do to adjust to life at super welterweight. The Canelo vs Crawford…
THERE was an upset on the cards at the BMO Stadium when Jose Valenzuela became the new WBA super-lightweight champion against Isaac Cruz. The split decision verdict read 115-113 on one card in favour of Cruz with the other two giving it to Valenzuela 116-112 twice. Cruz was making the first defence of the title…
