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Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant preview: Undisputed super-middleweight champ will be crowned
Canelo Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) will attempt to become undisputed super-middleweight champion on Saturday when he faces IBF champion Caleb Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Canelo picked up the WBC and WBA belts back in December when he dominated Callum Smith. He then had a routine defence against Avni […]
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Jamel Herring vs Shakur Stevenson preview
2016 Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson (16-0, 8 KOs) faces the biggest test of his pro career on Saturday when he takes on WBO super featherweight champion Jamel Herring (23-2, 11 KOs) at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Stevenson has already held the WBO belt at featherweight and is the interim champion, but as […]
Glory Collision 3: Rico Verhoeven vs Jamal Ben Saddik preview
Glory: Collision III takes place on Saturday at Gelredome in Arnhem, The Netherlands. It features an heavyweight title fight, two very important matchups for the future of the welterweight division following the departure of champion Cédric Doumbé for MMA and some other very interesting match ups up and down the card. Rico Verhoeven (58-10, 18 […]
Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 3 fight card preview: Fury looks to clinch the trilogy
Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) and Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) are meeting for the third and probably final time on Saturday in Las Vegas and the fight is supported by a surprisingly interesting undercard. Fury and Wilder first met in December of 2018. In the first fight, Fury soundly outboxed for the vast majority […]
Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk fight preview: A huge heavyweight title clash in London
Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) defends his heavyweight belts against former undisputed cruiserweight champion and fellow Olympic gold medalist Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) on Saturday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It is the biggest heavyweight fight of the year and one Joshua deserves a lot of credit for taking. Usyk is his mandatory challenger for […]
Triller Fight Club: Evander Holyfield vs Vitor Belfort preview
Triller Fight Club is back this week end and brings its mix of old MMA guys, old boxing guys and semi-famous people boxing to Florida on Saturday. And it absolutely had to be Florida because where the hell else would you find a commission to license Evander Holyfield for a professional fight in 2021? (If […]
Oscar Valdez vs Robson Conceicao preview: Drug testing controversy looms over main event
Oscar Valdez (29-0, 23 KOs) defends his WBC super-featherweight title this Friday against former amateur rival and 2016 Olympic champion Robson Conceicao (16-0, 8 KOs). Valdez took the belt from Miguel Berchelt in February with a brilliant performance capped by a spectacular KO. Conceicao immediately turned pro after winning the gold medal in 2016 but […]
Josh Warrington vs. Mauricio Lara 2 preview: Warrington seeks to avenge shocking loss
Not much was expected of Mauricio Lara (23-2, 16 KOs) when he stepped into the ring with former IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington (30-1, 6 KOs) earlier this year. Lara had only fought outside of Mexico once and was supposed to be a routine tune up fight for Warrington while he was trying to set […]
Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley full fight card preview
Youtube star Jake Paul (3-0, 3 KOs) continues his boxing career of fighting non-boxers against Tyron Woodley (19-7 MMA, former UFC champion, you know who he is). Despite the limited relevance of the fight, it is actually pretty tough to predict. Woodley’s the most dangerous opponent Paul has faced by some margin but he is […]
Manny Pacquiao vs Yordenis Ugas preview: Can Ugas pull off the short notice upset?
Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) returns to action this weekend, two years after his last victory over Keith Thurman. Pacquiao was originally supposed to fight WBC and IBF champion Errol Spence Jr (27-0, 21 KOs) but a retinal tear forced Spence to withdraw. WBA titlist Yordenis Ugas (26-4, 12 KOs) of Cuba steps in to […]
John Riel Casimero vs Guillermo Rigondeaux preview: What does Rigondeaux have left?
John Riel Casimero (30-4, 21 KOs) defends his WBO bantamweight title against 40-year-old Guillermo Rigondeaux (20-1, 13 KOs) tonight on Showtime Boxing, starting at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The Philippines’ Casimero is a former titlist at flyweight and light flyweight and earned the WBO bantamweight title […]
2020 Tokyo Olympics Boxing Recap: Cuba tops gold medal table with four men’s champions
The Tokyo Olympics are in the books and produced some very good boxing, with good fights and plenty of names that should make waves in the pro ranks in the next few years. Team USA had its best games in years, even if a men’s gold medal remains elusive since 2004. Cuba topped the medal […]
2020 Tokyo Olympic Boxing finals preview: Keyshawn Davis vs. Andy Cruz highlights gold medal matches
Five gold medalists have been crowned already, and another eight Olympic champions will be crowned this weekend in Tokyo. Saturday will feature the most exciting action fighter of the games and the final of an excellent flyweight tournament. On Sunday, we will be treated to a rematch of two of the finest talents in amateur […]
Tokyo Olympic Boxing: Welterweight and Featherweight preview
Boxing starts at the Olympics on Saturday, most notably with the round of 32 for featherweights and welterweights. Who are the favorites and which outsiders can hope for something given their draws? Welterweight Wikipedia Wikipedia The favorites: Pat McCormack (2019 world silver medalist) should be considered the safest pick for gold. At 24 he is […]
Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castano preview: Undisputed junior middleweight supremacy at stake
Jermell Charlo (34-1, 18 KOs) faces Brian Castano (17-0-1, 12 KOs) to attempt to unify the junior middleweight division on Saturday. Charlo holds the WBC, IBF and WBA belts, while Castano is the WBO champion. Not only will the fight crown an undisputed champion, it also has the potential to be one of the best […]
Golden Boy Boxing: Zurdo Ramirez vs Sullivan Barrera preview
Golden Boy has a very deep card scheduled for Friday, with former WBO super-middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs) continuing his light heavyweight campaign against former title challenger Sullivan Barrera (22-3, 14 KOs) and three title fights on the undercard. Ramirez won his WBO belt off of the venerable Arthur Abraham back in 2016 […]
Gervonta Davis vs Mario Barrios preview: Will ‘Tank’s’ power hold up at 140 lbs?
WBA super-featherweight and ‘regular’ lightweight champion Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) moves up to challenge his super-lightweight counterpart Mario Barrios (26-0, 17 KOs) this Saturday on Showtime PPV in Atlanta, GA. Davis is coming off of a devastating KO win over four-division titlist Leo Santa Cruz. However, that was at 130 pounds and Davis’ most […]
Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Masayoshi Nakatani preview: Can Loma bounce back from Lopez loss?
Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs) returns to the ring following his loss to Teofimo Lopez last October. He will be facing steak-tough Japanese contender Masayoshi Nakatani (19-1, 13 KOs) who is coming off of a spectacular comeback KO win over (the now imprisoned) Felix Verdejo. Lomachenko had one of the greatest amateur careers in history, […]
Boxing Preview: Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inoue, Anderson Silva-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr top busy Saturday
Boxing has four notable events on this weekend, with fights ranging from pound for pound talent defending their titles to an MMA legend fighting the underwhelming son of a boxing legend. So without further ado, let’s take a look at the boxing main events and title fights of Saturday. Naoya Inoue vs. Michael Dasmarinas – […]
Shakur Stevenson vs. Jeremiah Nakathila fight card preview
Shakur Stevenson (15-0, 8 KOs) attempt to win a belt in a second division this week end against Namibia’s Jeremiah Nakathila (21-1, 17 KOs). Stevenson won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics when he was 19 and turned pro the next year. He went 13-0 as a featherweight and took the vacant WBO belt […]
Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul main event and undercard preview
Floyd Mayweather Jr (50-0, 27 KOs) faces Logan Paul (0-1, 23 million subscribers) in an 8 round exhibition bout. Knockouts will be allowed but will be the only way to win, as there won’t be any judges and should the fight go the distance, no winner will be announced. The fight obviously holds no sporting […]
Nordine Oubaali vs Nonito Donaire preview: Can Donaire become boxing’s oldest bantamweight champ?
WBC bantamweight champion Nordine Oubaali (17-0, 13 KOs) faces future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire (40-6, 26 KOs) on Saturday. Oubaali won a bronze medal for France at the 2007 world championships and was a 2 time Olympian. He turned pro after the London games but his career stagnated until the Rio Games, in which […]
Jose Ramirez vs. Josh Taylor preview: Undisputed crown at stake in huge 140 lbs clash
Boxing will have its only current undisputed champion (well, barring a draw) this week end after WBA and IBF champion Josh Taylor (17-0, 13 KOs) battles WBC and WBO champion Jose Ramirez (26-0, 17 KOs) for super lightweight supremacy. Taylor first scored a a notable win when he beat former WBC champion Viktor Postol in […]
Showtime Boxing: Luis Nery vs Brandon Figueroa preview – A potential slugfest for WBC 122 lbs title
Showtime hosts a title unification at super bantamweight between WBC champion Luis Nery (31-0, 24 KOs) and WBA “regular” champion Brandon Figueroa (21-0-1, 16 KOs). Nery was a top fighter and a KO machine down at bantamweight but had some trouble making the weight and moved up to super-bantam, where he defeated Aaron Alameda for […]
Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders preview: A big three-belt unification at 168 lbs
Canelo Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KOs) will take another step towards unifying the super-middleweight division when he faces WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders (30-0, 14 KOs) on Saturday at AT&T Stadium. Canelo already owns the WBC and WBA straps and would only miss Caleb Plant’s IBF belt to fully unify the division if he was to […]
PBC on FOX PPV: Andy Ruiz vs Chris Arreola preview
Former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz returns to the ring against veteran Chris Arreola tonight on PPV. Ruiz (33-2, 22 KOs) scored one of the biggest upsets in recent years when he knocked out Anthony Joshua on short notice in 2018. He lost the belts in the immediate rematch for which he showed up around […]
Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren preview: Regis Prograis, Frank Mir’s boxing debut top undercard lineup
The main event of Saturday’s PPV on Fite.tv may be Jake Paul’s novelty fight with Ben Askren (which stands a high chance to be an awful clinchfest) but there is some notable boxing on the card, particularly former super-lightweight champion Regis Prograis’ co-main event fight with Ivan Redkach. Related 5 Things You Didn’t Know About […]
Showtime Boxing: Jaron Ennis vs. Sergey Lipinets preview – Why ‘Boots’ is one of boxing’s rising stars
Showtime will be home to a tripleheader on Saturday featuring top prospect Jaron Ennis (26-0, 24 KOs) facing his biggest test in former titleholder Sergey Lipinets (16-1-1, 12 KOs). Former European amateur champion Eimantas Stanionis (12-0, 9 KOs) takes on Thomas Dulorme (25-4-1, 16 KOs) in the co-main, while Jerwin Ancajas (32-1-2, 22 KOs) defends […]
Jamel Herring vs Carl Frampton preview: Herring looks to deny Frampton third world title
Carl Frampton (28-2, 16 KOs) will attempt to become a three-weight world champion on Saturday when he takes on WBO super featherweight titlist Jamel Herring (22-2, 10 KOs) in Dubai. Frampton won the IBF super-bantamweight title in 2014 and defended it three times and unified it with the WBA belt before he moved up to […]
Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin 2 Preview: Can Whyte avenge stunning KO loss?
Dillyan Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) attempts to avenge the devastating knockout loss he suffered to Alexander Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 KOs) and to reposition himself for a big money fight on Saturday in Gibraltar. In their first meeting last August, Whyte sent Povetkin to the canvas twice in the fourth round but got brutally laid out […]