Heavyweight great Wladimir Klitschko is not the only long reigning former champ and guaranteed future Hall of Famer to have announced his retirement from boxing this week. Mexican legend and former multi-weight king Juan Manuel Marquez also made the decision to hang ’em up, retiring at the age of 43 after having fought a quite superb career; one that lasted no less than an incredible 21 years.
Tagoe vrs Mendez IBO title fight in Accra to now take place on September 2
The IBO lightweight title fight between incumbent champ, Emmanuel ‘Game Boy’ Tagoe of Ghana and US based Argenis Mendez of the Dominican Republic in Accra will now take place on September 2 instead of the hitherto announced August 2.
Babyjet Promotions revealed the change of date at a press conference to formally announce the fight in the Ghana capital on Friday afternoon.
Jeff Horn and his team to call for random drug testing ahead of Pacquiao rematch
With negotiations underway for a Jeff Horn-Manny Pacquiao rematch – the target date being November, once again in Australia – Horn and his team have made one thing clear: they will call for random drug testing to be implemented ahead of the fight.
Jarrell Miller: I guarantee I would knock Joshua out inside seven or eight rounds
Unbeaten heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller has been talking, again. The massive New Yorker known as “Big Baby,” is targeting two British fighters, in Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua. Whyte, beaten only by Joshua, called out Miller and the 298-pounder told Sky Sports he is more than happy to fight, and KO, Whyte.
Results: Shields dominates Adler
In a dominating and emphatic performance, hometown favorite Claressa Shields captured the WBC and IBF Super Middleweight World Championships in just her fourth professional fight Friday night on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME at MGM Grand Detroit.
The 22-year-old Shields (4-0, 2 KOs) of Flint, Mich. annihilated the previously undefeated Nikki Adler (16-1, 9 KOs) of Germany dominating the fight from start to finish as referee Michael Griffin waved the fight off at 1:34 of Round 5.
Results: Herrera defeats Soto Karass
Keeping true to its promise of an all-out crossroads war as the main event on Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Mexican welterweight warriors Mauricio “El Maestro” Herrera (24-7, 7 KOs) of Riverside, Calif. and Jesus “Renuente” Soto Karass (28-12-4, 18 KOs) of Los Mochis, Mexico sacrificed their souls in a fight where the closing tenth-round will make for a strong “Round of the Year” contender.
Usyk vs Huck in Berlin on Sept 9 – Tickets on Sale!
Tickets on sale! Usyk and Huck ready for Muhammad Ali Trophy opener in Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
WBO World Champion Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) and Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs) both confident before the first ever contest of the World Boxing Super Series, the cruiserweight quarter-final at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin on September 9th.
Wilder calls out Joshua but Hearn is firm; first up Pulev, then Ortiz, then Wilder next summer
Anthony Joshua fears no one and wants more than anything to unify the heavyweight titles. This is the mesage his promoter Eddie Hearn has given. Joshua, the WBA and IBF ruler, has been ordered to defend the former against Cuban Luis Ortiz, and he has been ordered to defend the latter against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev.
Lomachenko-Marriaga LIVE on BoxNation on 8/5
Pound-for-pound star Vasyl Lomachenko insists he only wants to face the biggest names in order to cement his place in boxing history.
The reigning WBO super-featherweight world champion takes on Colombian big-hitter Miguel Marriaga this Saturday night from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, exclusively live on BoxNation.
Who was the greater fighter, Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko?
Together they ruled the world as dominant heavyweight champions, realising a lifelong dream as they did so. Now, with Wladimir Klitschko’s retirement announcement coming yesterday, both “Doctors,” Wladimir and Vitali, have ceased operating.