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
A Source tells NoSmokeBoxing that unbeaten Panamanian Rafael Pedroza (13-0, 11 KOs) has withdrawn from his Featherweight bout with Liverpool’s Nick Ball (16-0, 9 KOs) that was supposed to headline the York Hall, Bethnal Green this Friday, November 11 live on BT Sport for Ball’s WBC Silver strap. Pedraza Pulls Out, Nick Ball Gets Mexican … Read more
Eddie Hearn Confirms There Is A Rematch Clause In Place For Canelo Bivol 2 But Without Specific Terms When asked to specify the nature of that rematch clause, Hearn stated that whilst they “Do have an agreement in place to look at the Canelo Alvarez fight”, however, it does not appear that the terms are … Read more