By: Sean Crose Things could be getting interesting. According to fight writer Mike Coppinger, Endeavor, which owns MMA powerhouse Ultimate Fighting Championship, may well be purchasing Al Haymon’s Premiere Boxing Champions. What this might mean, if much of anything, to the boxing world at large remains unclear. Still, the thought …
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By: Shane Willoughby Ahead of Saturday’s WBSS Semi-final clash between Yunier Dorticos and Andrew Tabiti, Kalle Sauerland added some insight at the press conference to exactly what is happening with the IBF belt. With Tabiti ranked number 1 and Dorticos number 2 with the IBF and Usyk obviously moving to …
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By: Ste Rowen In the early hours of Saturday for most, but prime time in Australia, Moloney twins Jason and Andrew each take on opponent’s that they hope will lift them into world title contention in the bantamweight and super-flyweight divisions respectively. At Seagulls Rugby League Club in New South …
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By: Sean Crose “The only title that I care about,” says undefeated 27-0-1 heavyweight Tyson Fury, “is the lineal championship of the world. It goes back a long, long way, and that’s the one I’m defending with pride and honor.” These words come in the leadup to Fury’s fight on …
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By: Shane Willoughby Ahead of Saturday’s WBSS semi final between Glowacki and Briedis for the WBO and WBC Cruiserweight titles, German promoter Kalle Saurland, is confident the judges won’t be in favour of the home fighter. Mairis Briedis is a national hero in Latvia; the biggest sports icon in the …
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By Robert Aaron Contreras It will be an earlier Saturday than usual for fight fans. The semifinals of the second cruiserweight World Boxing Super Series kicks off on DAZN at 2 p.m. ET. Two matchups will decide the tournament finale as Mairis Briedis hosts the rest of the field from …
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By: William Holmes On Saturday night Top Rank Promotions in association with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions will bring the lineal world heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, to Las Vegas to meet undefeated challenger Tom Schwarz. Fury will be competing at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and this card will be streamed …
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By: Rich Mancuso Lee Samuels tells family, friends, and colleagues that a boxing publicist does not deserve recognition. As the lead publicist for Top Rank Boxing for 38 years, he has worked with the greats and witnessed some of the greatest championship fights. Sunday afternoon in the small town of …
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By: Shane Willoughby Ahead of his bout with Mairis Briedis this Saturday, Krzysztof Glowacki has now been awarded the WBO Cruiserweight belt, after Oleksandr Usyk relinquished the belt. Glowacki beat Maxim Vlasov last November by unanimous decision to become the WBO interim champion but with Usyk moving to heavyweight, he …
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By: Shane Willoughby Yunier Dorticos is hoping to face Mairis Briedis in the final of the World Boxing Super Series if he can get past undefeated Andrew Tabiti. Dorticos came into the competition as the 2nd seed behind Briedis but the Cuban is hoping to take on the pre-series favourite …
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