Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin’s eagerly-awaited middleweight superfight will take place at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena on September 16, fight promoters confirmed on Monday. Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions had suggested a range of venues from Dallas to Los Angeles were being considered for the fight, one of the most mouthwatering match-ups … Read more
Kell Brook was stopped by Errol Spence Jr as he lost the IBF world welterweight title in dramatic fashion at Bramall Lane. Brook, who had surgery on a broken right eye socket eight months ago, never fully recovered from his left eye swelling midway through the bout. The Sheffield fighter was put down in the … Read more
Japanese boxer Yoshihiro Kamegai has the chance to grab the world junior middleweight title left behind by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, but blocking his path is former world champion Miguel Cotto. Promoters announced Wednesday that Kamegai will face Cotto on August 26 at Los Angeles for the vacant World Boxing Organization junior middleweight crown. Mexican star … Read more
Ghana’s middleweight world title hopeful Obodai Sai will mount the ring on June 16, 2017 in a fight against undefeated WBO African Champion Walter Kautondokwa. Dubbed ‘XPLOSIVE FIGHT NIGHT’, Sai is expected to entertain his fans at the Bukom Boxing Arena in a make-or-break fight, which could see him aim at a world title shot … Read more
Mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor has been given a Sunday deadline to agree to fight retired boxing great Floyd Mayweather, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White said. White, speaking on the Jim Rome radio show, said he will settle the matter with McGregor by Sunday or move on and forget about the much-teased possibility … Read more
Thailand’s Srisaket Sor Rungvisai captured the WBC super flyweight title on Saturday with a stunning majority decision over Roman Gonzalez at Madison Square Garden. Fighting on the undercard of the Gennady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs card, the former star muay Thai fighter continued his amazing boxing run by handing Gonzalez the first loss of his star-studded career. … Read more
Manny Pacquiao’s Twitter followers have voted for Amir Khan to be the WBO world welterweight champion’s next title challenger. Khan beat fellow Briton Kell Brook, Australia’s Jeff Horn and American Terence Crawford, with 48% of the vote. Pacquaio said his next fight will be in the United Arab Emirates and asked followers to pick his … Read more
WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has asked his Twitter followers to pick the opponent for his next title defence. The four options are British pair Amir Khan and Kell Brook, Australia’s Jeff Horn and American Terence Crawford. Pacquiao said the fight for the belt he won in November will be in the United Arab … Read more
Amir Khan was knocked out by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in his last fight Kell Brook and Amir Khan “are in talks” to stage a fight in May 2017, according to Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn. Bolton’s Khan, 30, said earlier this year that Sheffield’s Brook, 30, is not a big enough name for him to fight. … Read more