Boxing

In an unexpected turn of events, Vitor Belfort has withdrawn from this Saturday’s highly anticipated fight in Austin against Hasim Rahman Jr. due to contracting COVID-19. Fans and organizers alike wish Belfort a speedy recovery and look forward to his return to the ring in 2023. Greg Hardy Replaces Vitor Belfort Taking his place is … Read more

Chris Billam-Smith Returns To Bournemouth For The Second Time This Year Manchester, England – 15 November 2022 – Get ready for an early Christmas gift as cruiserweight hero Chris Billam-Smith comes back to town to headline a cracking BOXXER card at the Bournemouth International Arena on Saturday, December 17th – live and exclusive in the … Read more

Ben Whittaker’s Injury Will See Him Sit Out Until March 2023 NoSmokeBoxing Understands 2020 Olympic silver medalist Ben Whittaker (2-0, 1 KOs) was late to his professional debut due to surgery on his right shoulder that had been affecting him for three years and saw him out of the ring for 11 months. Ben Whittaker … Read more

British Champion Dan Azeez Ordered To Face Thomas Faure For European Honours Undefeated British champion Dan Azeez (17-0, 11 KOs) has been ordered to face France’s Thomas Faure (21-4-1, 2 KOs) for the vacant European Light Heavyweight Championship with purse bid deadlines set for December 1. Dan Azeez Next Fight This comes after the shock … Read more

The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) today ordered undisputed super lightweight champion, Britain’s Chantelle Cameron (17-0, 8 KOs) to face her mandatory challenger, Greece’s Christina Linardatou (14-2, 6 KOs) in her next bout. Chantelle Cameron Next Fight The WBO informed promoters Eddie Hearn (Cameron) and Lou DiBella (Linardatou) that they had 30 days to negotiate the … Read more

Former world cruiserweight title challenger, California’s Michael Hunter (20-1-2, 14 KOs) has officially split with Ben Shalom‘s BOXXER (Sky Sports Boxing) and is officially a market free agent. American Heavyweight Michael Hunter Splits With Ben Shalom’s BOXXER Hunter signed a 3-fight deal with Shalom’s BOXXER earlier this year starting with Hughie Fury in a WBA … Read more

WBC Orders Alen Babic To Face Ryad Merhy As A Final Eliminator For Oscar Rivas’s Title At the 2022 WBC Convention, Croatia’s all-action Alen Babic (11-0, 10 KOs) was ordered to face Belgium’s former WBA (Regular) champion Ryad Merhy (31-1, 26 KOs) in an final eliminator bout for the WBC Bridgerweight World Title currently held … Read more

Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton returns to the ring this Saturday in an 8 Round exhibition match with former sparring partner Marco Antonio Barrera. Live on Sky Sports Saturday night, Mancunian idol, Ricky Hatton returns to the Manchester arena almost 10 years to the day since a loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko called time on his illustrious … Read more

Eddie Hearn In Favour Of Open Scoring For World Championship Fights Moving Forward Eddie Hearn explained that he had seen it used by the WBC in certain jurisdictions where they read out the judge’s scorecard “after the fourth and eighth round” in a championship fight. “It’s quite interesting because it changes the dynamic of a … Read more

Britain’s Sunny Edwards (18-0, 4KOs) defends his IBF flyweight world title against tough Nicaraguan mandatory challenger Felix Alvarado (38-2, 33KOs) in the Steel City on Friday, November 11 at the Sheffield Utilita Arena live and FREE on FITE TV in the UK. Edwards vs Alvarado Will Be Free On FITE In the chief support, Jack … Read more