A red hot PPV attraction or not, the recently scheduled Anthony Joshua v Dillian Whyte bout did make a lot of sense. Joshua, Hearn et al appear to have exhausted all avenues leading to Fury and we’re viewing a victory over Whyte as premium preparation for the muted Deontay Wilder fight that still appears to remain part of the short term plan. Whyte and Joshua both have 3 defeats since their first meeting and have 8 years of added maturity since their last meeting. The prelude to the fight seemed surprisingly civil making the fight appear more intriguing to the average onlooker. Unfortunately ..read more

Undefeated, globally ranked heavyweight Agit Kabayel 22-0 (14 KOs) will return to the ring next month to face once beaten Agron Smakici 19-1 (17 KOs) on January 28 at the RuhrCongress Hall in Bochum, Germany. The European Boxing Union have officially sanctioned the bout for their vacant title, which Kabayel has owned on and off since 2016 when he beat Chris Lewandowski. Victory would be Kabayel’s second official reign as European champion. Kabayel most notable victory was a title defence in 2017 over two time world title challenger  Derek Chisora. Kabayel is a capable yet low key fi ..read more

Sad news that Hall of Fame referee Mills Lane has passed at the age of 85 in his home City of Reno, Nevada. Lane, the district attorney best known for his no nonsense approach and the catchphrase ‘let’s get it on,’ was the middle man in a number of major boxing matches, spanning 4 decades including the infamous Tyson v Holyfield rematch in 1997 where he was forced to disqualify the former champion for the notorious double bite incident. Mills also officiated Hagler v Antuofermo, Tyson v Berbick, several of Larry Holmes world title defences along with Muhammad Ali’s bout with Bob Foster. The f ..read more

WBA regular heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois 19-1 (18 KOs) overcame a huge crisis on the Fury v Chisora undercard on Saturday when he climbed off the floor three times in the opener against Kevin Lerena 28-2 (14 KOs) before rallying in round three to stop the South African challenger with a devastating volley of punches. The highly unfavored Lerena hurt Dubois half way through round one with a shot to the temple forcing the once beaten title holder to take a count. Moments later Dubois took a second count without a punch being thrown and 15 seconds after this knockdown took a third knee whe ..read more

WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury 33-0-1 (24 KOs) entertained and controlled former 2 X foe Derek Chisora 33-13 (23 KOs), before forcing a stoppage in the tenth of an easily forgettable all British heavyweight title. 60,000 on site fans attended the spectacle at The Tottenham Hotspur stadium and celebrated what was a dominant performance by the self proclaimed Gypsy King. The always competitive Derek Chisora came to fight and offered a determined body hustle in the early rounds. Unfortunately Fury established control with the jab and began walking Chisora onto crafty uppercuts and cou ..read more

WBC World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former world title challenger and twice former foe Derek Chisora weighed in today ahead of tomorrows championship showdown tomorrow night at Tottenham Hotspur’s Stadium in London along with a packed undercard.  Tyson Fury came in at 268 pounds whilst his challenger Derek Chisora tipped in at 260 pounds.  In the chief support, reigning WBA regular heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois weighed 240 pounds whilst his South African challenger Kevin Lerena came in 9 pounds lighter at 231 pounds.  Yvan Mendy weighed 134 pounds vs. Denys Beri ..read more

In a battle of two local Heavyweights Kaleel Carter 4-2, (3 KOs) broke a two fight losing streak to knock out previously unbeaten Ricky Frausto 7-1 (1 KO) in the third round of a scheduled 6 on Thursday night in the Englebrecht promotions Fight Club main event at the Hangar at the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, California. Frausto started off fast with good movement and crisp combinations as Carter patiently looked for clever counters. The bout appeared to be an evenly balanced match going into the third and looked as though it may be headed for the full course until Carter stunne ..read more

The 2023 Association of Boxing Commissions’ 35th Annual Conference will be held in Las Vegas at the fabulous Mirage hotel resort between July 30th and August 3rd. This is the first time that the Convention event has been changed to a Sunday to Thursday format, put in place to allow attending boxing commissions to continue to work boxing shows on both the front and back weekends of the event. The training workshops for Officials and Inspectors will be held on the 30th and 31st (Sunday and Monday) leaving the General Session to run Tuesday through Thursday (August 1st to the 3rd.)  There i ..read more

Top Rank in association with ESPN will enter 2023 with an intriguing heavyweight doubleheader heavyweight doubleheader on Jan 14th at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. The feature bout is a scheduled 10 rounder between former Olympian punchers Efe Ajagba 16-1 (13 KOs) and the current WBC Bridgerweight world champion Oscar Rivas 28-1 (19 KOs.) To accompany this bout in a quality 10-round co-feature 2016 Italian Olympian Guido Vianello 10-0-1 (9 KOs) tackles a mammoth task when he meets undefeated Stephan Shaw 18-0 (13 Ko’s.)  The show is due to be broadcast l ..read more

December 10th  A PPV event featuring Terence Crawford vs David Avanesyan (WBO welterweight title) along with the boxing debut of Cris Cyborg from Omaha Nebraska. Broadcast by BLK Prime and Integrated Sports. December 10th Teofimo Lopez meets Sandor Martin at junior welterweight along with a co-feature heavyweight bout between undefeated Jared Anderson and durable Jerry Forrest broadcast by USA ESPN in association with Top Rank from Madison Square Garden.  December 10th Manny Pacquiao will box DK Yoo in an exhibition to be staged in Seoul, South Korea that will be broadcast in ..read more