Former light heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Gvozdyk hopes to inch closer to regaining his former perch after this coming Saturday. The California-based Ukrainian takes on Brazilian journeyman Isaac Rodrigues in an eight-round bout this Saturday night
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Artur Beterbiev will be back in full training mode by the end of October, according to his trainer. The unified WBC, WBO, IBF light heavyweight champion from Russia had to drop out of a scheduled mandatory defense in August against England’s Callum S...
Eddie Hearn is adamant that Conor Benn’s next fight will be in a matter of a few months. The embattled welterweight returned to the ring for the first time in 18 months—and since he tested positive twice for a banned performance-enhancing drug—last w...
John Fury had a hard time believing what he was seeing. The father of WBC titlist Tyson Fury was shocked by former UFC champion Francis Ngannou’s boxing ability during a media workout in Las Vegas ahead of Ngannou’s boxing debut against Fury on Oct....
Promoter Eddie Hearn says the purse demands of both Regis Prograis and Devin Haney left no other option for him and his business partners but to put that alluring 140-pound title on pay-per-view, in effect putting the onus on consumers.
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Jermell Charlo doesn’t buy into the conventional notion that a successful prizefighter must train far removed from the presence of his family. The 154-pound undisputed champion took aim at a particular—perhaps old school—definition of the word “sacri...
Promoter Frank Warren believes Zhilei Zhang can finish what Daniel Dubois started but failed to complete against Oleksandr Usyk. The Queensberry Promotions head sang the praises of China’s Zhang, his new heavyweight client, after Zhang brutally
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During his incumbency, Sirb formed a reputation as one of the most scrupulous regulators of boxing in the country (an admittedly very short list), emphasizing safety and coherence in a sport perpetually plagued by unethical behavior and flat-out frau...
Frank Warren rejects the notion that his company has given up on Joe Joyce. Last Saturday night at OVO Arena Wembley in London, China’s Zhilei Zhang stopped Joe Joyce for the second consecutive fight with a brutal right hook in the third round to rem...
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Zhilei Zhang isn’t going anywhere. The hard-hitting Chinese heavyweight will remain a Queensberry Promotions-affiliated fighter for the foreseeable future, according to the British company’s founder Frank Warren.
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Zhilei Zhang apparently had a little bird or two in Las Vegas keeping an eye on Joe Joyce. Last Saturday night, China’s Zhang dispatched England’s Joyce with a brutal knockout in the third round of their 12-round rematch at OVO Arena Wembley in Londo...
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Keith Thurman isn’t too interested in feuding with an apparently aggrieved Terence Crawford. Crawford, the undisputed welterweight champion from Omaha, Nebraska, recently went off on a multi-post rant on social media, taking aim particularly at forme...
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Frank Warren hopes his crestfallen heavyweight charge, Joe Joyce, will give retirement a hard look. Joyce, the longtime heavyweight contender from England, suffered a brutal knockout loss to China’s Zhilei Zhang in the third round of their 12-round r...
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The head of the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) says the Florida Athletic Commission (FAC) could not find sufficient reason to deny the ring return of drug-offender Conor Benn.
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