How shocked would you be if the big April 29 heavyweight showdown between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko got postponed due to an injury on the part of one of the fighters? This is just what former, undefeated heavyweight champ Tyson Fury has come out and said he thinks will happen.
Langford vs Khurtsidze Weights
It might be wise to avoid mentioning to Tommy Langford that he’s fighting for a ‘diluted’ version of the world middleweight title when he fronts up to heavily avoided Georgian Avtandil Khurtsidze for the vacant WBO interim strap at Leicester Arena on Saturday week, writes Glynn Evans.
Berto vs Porter: Weigh-In Live Stream
Andre Berto 146.5 vs. Shawn Porter 147
Jermell Charlo 153.5 vs. Charles Hatley 153.75
Former world champions Andre Berto and Shawn Porter went face-to-face Thursday two days before they enter the ring for a world title eliminator showdown that headlines SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, this Saturday, April 22 from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
Krasniqi vs Abraham – Weights – Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_i0pBMbTPs
Robin Krasniqi (75,6 kg / GER) vs. Arthur Abraham (76,2 kg / GER)
Tom Schwarz (107,3 kg / GER) vs. Adnan Redzovic (107,4 kg / BIH)
Adam Deines (79,3 kg / GER) vs. Lukasz Golebiewski (78,6 kg / POL)
Emre Cukur (76,3 kg /GER) vs. Zoltan Sera (75.6 kg / HUN)
Mohammed Rabii (67,5 kg / MAR) vs. Jean Pierre Habimana (67,7 kg /BEL)
Marco Calic (79,1 kg / CRO) vs. Attila Körös (77,5 kg /HUN)
Canelo-Chavez Jr. conference call quotes
As the clock begins to tick towards the highly anticipated Cinco de Mayo Weekend Canelo-Chavez, Jr. event on May 6, HBO Pay-Per-View, fighters including Former IBF Middleweight Champion David Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs), Marco “Dorado” Reyes (35-4, 26 KOs), Former WBC Silver Super Lightweight Champion Lucas “La Maquina” Matthysse (37-4, 34 KOs), Emmanuel “Tranzformer” Taylor (20-4, 14 KOs), NABF Featherweight Champion Joseph “JoJo” Diaz, Jr. (23-0, 13 KOs), and IBA Featherweight Champion Manuel “Tino” Avila (22-0, 8 KOs) hosted an international media conference call ahead of their fights presented live on HBO Pay-Per-View® and straight from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
Berto-Porter & Charlo quotes for Sat.
Former welterweight world champions Andre Berto and Shawn Porter began fight week activities Wednesday as they hosted a media workout at the famed Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn in advance of their world title eliminator showdown that headlines SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, this Saturday, April 22 from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua war of words gets nasty – but will they ever fight in the ring?
If it ever happened it would be one of, maybe THE biggest, all-British heavyweight showdowns ever. What is it: Tyson Fury, unbeaten former world ruler, against Anthony Joshua, unbeaten IBF ruler. And these two giants have been attacking one another via social media these past few hours, with both men getting in some verbal digs and good lines.
Would you settle for Canelo Alvarez-David Lemiuex in September? You might have to
Boxing promoters always make sure they have a Plan-B at hand, and Golden Boy has one for this coming September. This is the month, every fight fan knows, when stars Canelo Alvarez (the A-side as far as pulling power goes) and Gennady Golovkin (the B-side but the world champion) have verbally agreed to meet in arguably the biggest non-heavyweight fight that can be made today.
“Money” Mayweather not big on Brook’s chances against Spence: It’s going to be rough coming right after the Triple-G fight
Floyd Mayweather Junior knows all about participating in the big, big welterweight fights, and the former 147 pound king is a very interested observer going into the May 27 shoot-out between reigning and defending IBF welterweight champ Kell Brook and unbeaten challenger Errol Spence Jr.
Wladimir Klitschko inspired by “one of his idols, Bernard Hopkins,” could fight until age 50!
Legendary Father Time-conqueror Bernard Hopkins never, ever said he planned to fight on until the age of 51 – at one point he actually promised his mother he would quit the ring at the age of 40 – it just happened that way. Going fight by fight, Hopkins realised he had it in him to keep going.