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. On his…
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. This comes after the shock retirement of Callum Johnson…
American Heavyweight Michael Hunter Splits With Ben Shalom\’s BOXXER, Exploring Opportunities 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. Hunter signed a 3-fight deal with Shalom\’s BOXXER earlier this year starting with Hughie Fury in…
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…
Dalton Smith (12-0, 10 KOs) makes the maiden defence of his British Super Lightweight title against mandatory challenger, Birmingham’s Kaisee Benjamin (16-1-1, 6 KOs) this Saturday, November 12 at the AO Arena in Manchester live on Sky Sports Boxing. NoSmokeBoxing had the opportunity to catch up with Kaisee Benjamin before his fight. The unified world WBC, WBO, IBF and Ring Magazine super-welterweight titles will all be…
Taylor Catterall 2 To Take Place On February 4 In Scotland On Sky Sports Box Office According to ProBoxingFans, WBO Super Lightweight champion Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) and Jack Catterall (26-1, 13 KOs) will participate in a much-anticipated rematch of their highly controversial first clash on February 4, 2023. Most fans felt that mandatory…
Rematch Between Alycia Baumgardner And Mikaela Mayer A Possibility According To Promoter Hearn Eddie Hearn, the promoter of unified 130-pound champion Alycia Baumgardner, told the Matchroom Boxing YouTube channel at the Taylor-Carabjal media workout today that they\’re \”open to discussing the rematch with Mikaela Mayer\”. Baumgardner (13-1, 7 KOs) controversially outpointed Mayer (17-1, 5 KOs) via a…
Rising Star Adam Azim Will Face Career-Toughest Test At Ally Pally BOXXER/Sky Sports have now officially announced that unbeaten blue-chip prospect, Slough’s Adam Azim (6-0, 5 KOs) will face Norwich\’s Rylan Charlton (9-3-1, 4 KOs) in his next contest on Nov 27 at Alexandra Palace. The show was supposed to take place on the 26th but there…
Lerrone Richards To Make BOXXER/Sky Sports Debut At Alexander Palace Former British, Commonwealth, European and IBO Super Middleweight champion, Britain\’s Lerrone Richards (16-0, 3 KOs) will make his ring return on the 26th of November in London. \’Sniper The Boss\’ was with Eddie Hearn\’s Matchroom Boxing until earlier this year and was offered a fight…
Shields vs Marshall Tops Historic All-Female Card In The Capital Claressa Shields (12-0, 2 KO’s) and Savannah Marshall (12-0, 10 KO’s) meet for the Undisputed Middleweight Titles in a long-awaited collision this Saturday, October 15 at The O2, London. In a week when boxing has fallen under immense scrutiny and disillusion with fans more than ever before, there is no…
Rising Star Adam Azim Will Face Career-Toughest Test At Ally Pally Sources tell NoSmokeBoxing that unbeaten blue-chip prospect, Slough’s Adam Azim (6-0, 5 KOs) is close to finalizing a deal to face Norwich\’s Rylan Charlton (9-3-1, 4 KOs) in his next contest. Azim vs Charlton would be the co-main event of a BOXXER/Sky Sports show which is…
Chris Billam-Smith To Headline In December At The Bournemouth International Centre Per Source, Commonwealth cruiserweight champion, Bournemouth\’s Chris Billam-Smith (16-1, 11 KOs) will return to the ring in December at the 3,500-capacity Bournemouth International Centre (BIC), Bournemouth, England. NoSmokeBoxing understands that the show could take place on December 10/17 with the most likely option being…
Hughie Fury Offers Reasoning For His Pull Out And Expects To Return In 2023 As previously reported by NoSmokeBoxing, the WBA Heavyweight elimination bout between Manchester’s Hughie Fury (26-3, 15 KOs) and American Michael Hunter (20-1-2, 14 KOs), scheduled for Saturday, October 29 at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England, has once again been postponed due to health problems suffered…
Richard Riakporhe Headlined Card Moved To Nov 26 NoSmokeBoxing reported last week that Unbeaten British Cruiserweight Richard Riakporhe (15-0, 11 KOs) would return to the ring on November 12 in London. We now understand that is no longer the plan and that Riakporhe will headline a BOXXER show on Nov 26 instead that is being planned to take place at the…
