Weigh-In Results
Adrien Broner – 146 ½ Pounds
Adrian Granados – 146 ½ Pounds
David Avanesyan – 147 Pounds
Lamont Peterson – 146 ½ Pounds
Marcus Browne – 174 ½ Pounds
Thomas Williams – 174 ½ Pounds
Broner vs Granados Live Stream On Twitter
Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder want to unify world heavyweight titles – which champ is best equipped to do it?
Anthony Joshua wants to unify the world heavyweight titles to prove that he is the number-one of the division. Deontay Wilder has exactly the same idea. Joshua, the reigning IBF champ, will add the “super” version of the WBA crown to his growing collection of titles if he can beat Wladimir Klitschko in their big April showdown.
Deontay Wilder says he wants to see stiffer penalties introduced for drugs cheats before they “ruin the sport of boxing”
Reigning WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder knows all about the time that can be wasted and the various other negative aspects that arise when a fighter is caught cheating by taking illegal stimulants or drugs. Twice Wilder has seen fights of his fall apart due to his would-be opponent testing positive for an illegal substance just prior to the bout.
Broner vs. Granados: Where Art Thou Adrien?
The Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio plays host to a Showtime tripleheader themed with back to the wall urgency fights. Familiar foes in Adrien Broner and Adrian Granados meet in the main event that won’t lack drama. Lamont Peterson returns off a lengthy layoff to face David Avanesyan for his 147-pound WBA trinket. The opener should produce energy in the crowd in a bout between light heavyweight contenders Marcus Browne and Thomas Williams Jr.
The battle of Adrien’s should make for a good television fight and if Broner isn’t on his game he could get beat.
Liam Smith vs Liam Williams: War Of Words
After a reasonably amicable press tour, the armistice is over and an almost inevitable war of words has broken out between the rival camps of Liam Williams and Liam Smith ahead of their sure to be combustible super-welter showdown at Manchester Arena on April 8th.
Ex WBO king Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith is smoldering from the insinuation yesterday that, at 28, he is now damaged goods following his valiant defeat to ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in September, the only reverse on his 25 fight resume. Speaking to Glynn Evans, the Mersey mouth responded:
Adrien Broner vs Granados Live On BoxNation
Adrien Broner says he has turned over a new leaf and is no longer a “sh*t talker anymore”. The normally brash and outlandish Broner cut a new figure ahead of his ring return against Mexican-American Adrian Granados this Saturday night, exclusively live on BoxNation.
Taking place in Broner’s home city of Cincinnati, Ohio, the 27-year-old will be back in action following over 10 months out of the ring due to personal problems and now insists he is a changed man ready to do the business in front of his local fans.
If Roy Jones Jr. had retired on top in 2003, where would he be ranked all-time?
47-1 as a pro, world titles won at middleweight, super-middleweight, light-heavyweight and heavyweight and big names such as James Toney, Bernard Hopkins, Virgil Hill, Vinny Pazienza and Mike McCallum not only beaten but dominated. This is what the once great Roy Jones Junior could have walked away with in the spring of 2003.
Jermall Charlo moving up to 160, vacates IBF 154lb title
Undefeated champion Jermall Charlo relinquished the IBF junior middleweight title this afternoon in order to pursue bigger challenges and another world championship in the middleweight division.
Charlo, 26, who lives and trains in Houston, has a sterling record of 25-0 with 19 KOs. He won the title with a TKO victory over Cornelius Bundrage on Sept. 12, 2015, and successfully defended it three times, defeating Wilky Campfort, former 154-pound champion Austin Trout and top contender Julian Williams. Charlo leaves the division after an impressive KO victory over Williams at the Galen Center on the USC campus in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 2016.
Manuel Charr-Odlanier Solis fight set for March, will contest interim WBA heavyweight strap
Odlanier Solis, the naturally gifted Cuban who won so much as an amateur and appeared, before he began to pile on the pounds, to have a bright future at pro level, has not quite reached the end yet. According to a news report in German paper BILD, Solis will fight Manuel Charr in March, with, get this – a version of the WBA heavyweight title on the line.
Tony Bellew: I’ll give Sideshow Bob (David Haye) a return once I’ve knocked him out!
Tony Bellew remains as confident as ever with just over two weeks to go until his big all-British showdown with David Haye. At least this is the way it seems, with the reigning WBC cruiserweight king telling Sky Sports that he is willing to fight the former WBA heavyweight ruler not once, but twice.