Day: April 20, 2018

Today it was confirmed that Joseph Diaz will take on the super quick Gary Russell Jr next up in one of Diaz’ toughest tests of his unbeaten career to date. Undefeated Featherweight and former U.S. Olympian Joseph “JoJo” Diaz, Jr. will fight for his first world championship against WBC title-holder Gary Russell, Jr. on Saturday,…

In the latest installment of Premier Boxing Champions both Ishe Smith and Andrew Tabitin return to action on a Mayweather Promotions card on May 11th. Former super welterweight champion Ishe “Sugar Shay” Smith will battle top 154-pound contender Tony Harrison in a 10-round match that headlines Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce on Friday, May 11 from…

Doping in boxing is more in the news than ever before unfortunately and one former heavyweight champion believes more should be done to stamp it out. This week Canelo Alvarez learned that he would receive a six month suspension with no financial penalty following a failed drugs test before a…

Welterweight contender Jessie Vargas returns to the ring this weekend against Adrien Broner in New York. The fight will take place as part of a PBC event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and sees in his first major fight since losing to Manny Pacquiao in 2016. One win last…

The World Boxing Council brought in CBP following more and more cases of professional fighters testing positive for performance enhancing substances. Boxing unlike other professional sports perhaps carries the greatest risk of all to an athlete’s health for obvious reasons. So when those found are cheating that could result in…

Gervonta Davis has taken his time in giving his thoughts about his promoter Floyd Mayweather trying to make a fight between him and pound for pound genius Vasyl Lomacehnko. ‘Tank’ returns to action this weekend against Jesus Cuellar for the WBA ‘Super’ super featherweight title at the Barclays Center in…

Welterweight Amir Khan returns to the ring for the first time in nearly two years this weekend against Phil Lo Greco and at 31 years of age he feels the best is still to come. Khan has been around the limelight for well over a decade at this point. From…

The Broner v Vargas weigh in took place a short time ago in what is shaping up to be a big weekend of boxing in the US with three substantial fights taking place on the card. The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York will see the main event take place…

Rapper 50 Cent has bet on Adrien Broner to beat Jessie Vargas this weekend in New York. He didn’t reveal how much – but he did get fired up in a video reaction providing running commentary on Broner’s very public abuse of Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe this week. 50…

While Amir Khan and Carl Frampton will not actually face one another in the ring this weekend, an unusual clash of dates will see fight fans have to choose which fight they would rather watch. Some may opt to flick back and forth between fight cards while others may just…

In this weekend’s other big fight in the UK the Khan v Lo Greco weigh in took place a short time ago in Liverpool, England. The fight will take place tomorrow night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool and will mark the first time Amir Khan has boxed in almost…

The Frampton v Donaire weigh in took place a short time ago ahead of the pair’s featherweight showdown tomorrow night in Belfast, Northern Ireland. While this weekend has plenty of action on both sides of the pond to look forward to – the Carl Frampton vs Nonito Donaire from a…