Boxing News

The World Boxing Super Series after a strong first season appears to be going all out for its second season with three weight categories, a new viewing deal in the US and now two mega fights announced in the lower weight classes. The WBSS proved popular in its first season but wasn’t able to pick […]

The term ‘cherry picker’ might be remembered around the time Danny Garcia fought Keith Thurman last year. Before their fight, it was Thurman’s go to phrase about Garcia – in that he believed he had hand-picked opponents his entire career. Thurman won that fight in the end but has been inactive all this year. Now

In recent months there has been a lot of rumors online about Manny Pacquiao owing substantial tax to the IRS in the US but now for the first time, his former promoter has gone on record about the situation. There has also been a lot of talk about Pacquiao taking on Amir Khan and Mikey

Donnie Nietes was in humble mood at the final press conference ahead of the biggest fight of his life on Saturday night. The Filipino boxer will challenge for a world title in his fourth weight class when he challenges for the WBO super-flyweight title in California on Saturday as part of Tom Loeffler’s ‘Super Fly

Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum was involved in a public gift offering that got the room cracking up this week with a thoughtfully evil gesture from one of his rival boxing promoters. The Cold War in boxing between Arum’s Top Rank and Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions is well and truly over

Ah, good old boxing. The most ruthless game and business of them all. There really is no friends in boxing. As Mickey Duff, a famous English promoter used to say: “If you want loyalty in boxing – buy a dog.” Not long ago Eddie Hearn and Bob Arum were side by side in the US

Promoter Eddie Hearn came in for some heavy criticism from rival promoter Richard Schaefer this week who claimed he doesn’t believe Anthony Joshua will move to needle in the US boxing market. Joshua fights live on DAZN on September 22nd in the first fight for the platform when he takes on Alexander Povetkin from Russia.