The countdown is almost over and tomorrow night at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana’s Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe and Cesar Juarez of Mexico will slug it out for the WBO interim super bantamweight world title before an expected huge crowd.
The clash between the WBO’s number one ranked and number two ranked junior featherweights is promoted by Rising Star Africa Promotions who have promised an exciting atmosphere at ringside come fight night.
Mikey Garcia and Jorge Linares could be facing each other in the summer at 135 after the 2 of them get done with their interim fights. Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) wants to fight for the IBF light welterweight title against IBF 140 pound champion Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 KOs) on February 10 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
David Haye is buzzing, anticipating as he is, an exciting 2018. The former cruiserweight and WBA heavyweight ruler has released a video on social media, showing us the scar that is the result of his biceps operation. As fans know, it was this injury that forced Haye to postpone his December return with Tony Bellew, but the sequel is now back on for May.
…. compares Martin’s situation with the post-McCall Lennox Lewis
Can former IBF heavyweight champ Charles Martin rebuild the way the great Lennox Lewis did following his shock (and quick) stoppage loss to Oliver McCall? Martin, who lost in two-rounds to Anthony Joshua in April of 2016, will indeed bounce back the way Lewis did after losing his world title and unbeaten record – so says Martin’s advisor Mike Borao who spoke with Michael Woods of RingTV.com.
You’ve seen the images of great and legendary fighters on the WBC world title belt: with immortal fighters such as Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and others being afforded the tribute. Now, “retired” superstar Floyd Mayweather Junior says he wants his face on ALL world title belts; WBC/WBA/WBO and IBF.
In fact, in speaking with FightHype.com, the 40 year old future Hall of Famer who won major belts at five different weights DEMANDED how his likeness should be on all world title belts.
Lineal heavyweight champ Tyson Fury refuses to let up in his goading of WBA and IBF heavyweight ruler Anthony Joshua. Fury, expected to get his licence to box back this month, has taken to social media (again) to call Joshua out. Fury, who changes his mind almost as fast as he punches, says one day how he will look to box a tune-up or warm-up fight upon his ring return, and then the next day he says he doesn’t need any such thing.
Just three days into the new year, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has released his sanctioning body’s first quarter report on mandatory status for all of its titles: from heavyweight on the way down to strawweight.
65 years ago on New Year’s Eve of all nights for a prize fight, light-heavyweight contender Danny Nardico accomplished something that no other man had done at the time, and no other man ever would: the 25 year old knocked down and stopped the seemingly unstoppable Jake LaMotta. Nardico, who was sporting a hard-earned 42-8-4 pro ledger, faced a fading but still tough LaMotta, 81-17-14, in what would be one of the former middleweight king’s final fights.
Former heavyweight king Mike Tyson is to open a 40-acre cannabis ranch in Death Valley, reports say. Tyson, for years a strong believer in the many benefits marijuana can have on a person’s well being, is set to embark on his latest venture due to how cannabis has been legalised for personal use in California.
