Golden Boy Promotions announced today the signing of 18-year-old Mexican bantamweight prospect Gael Cabrera. “I would like to express to Oscar De La Hoya and Eric Gomez my sincerest gratitude for making my dream come true,” said Gael Cabrera. “Every fighter’s dream is to sign with the best promoter. I have done so with Golden […]
Leeds Super-Bantamweight star Hopey Price has signed a new multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing ahead of his clash with Thomas Masson for the vacant WBA Continental Title at the Utilita Arena Newcastle on Saturday March 18, shown live worldwide on DAZN. The slick 22-year-old southpaw (9-0, 3 KOs), who is trained and […]
Liverpool amateur sensation turned 6-0 Super-Bantamweight prospect Peter McGrail has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his debut under the promotional banner on the stacked Callum Smith vs. Pawel Stepien show at the M&S Bank Arena on Saturday March 11, shown live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and […]
By Sean Jones: Eddie Hearn has reportedly started negotiations for a June undisputed clash between WBA champion Dmitry Bivol and IBF, WBC & WBO champ Artur Beterbiev for Abdu Dhabi. Hearn is also interested in matching Bivol (21-0, 12 KOs) against #1 WBA Joshua Buatsi, one of the British promoter’s Matchroom Boxing stable fighters that […]
Julius Julianis revealed last night that heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz Jr has parted ways with Premier Boxing Champions, a move Ruiz Sr tells ESPN KnockOut was mutual. It’s unclear how Ruiz (35-2, 22 KO), who’s fought just twice since his disastrous rematch with Anthony Joshua in 2019, will go from here. An interim IBF title […]
The Riyadh-based mega promoter Skill Challenge Entertainment Enterprises known as SCEE have appointed Las Vegas based Manager, Advisor and former World Kickboxing Champion, Amer Abdallah as the Head of Boxing Operations for the company. SCEE, founded by His Highness Prince Khalid bin Abdulaziz AlSaud, are responsible for biggest fights in the Middle East, primarily out […]
The International Boxing Association (IBA) announced today its “2024 Olympic Qualification Guidelines”, a totally unacceptable announcement that clearly intends to cause confusion in the United States and the world boxing community. IBA has been suspended as the International Federation for the sport of boxing since 2019 and was excluded from participation in both the Tokyo […]
By Thomas Hauser There has been a lot of talk recently about artificial intelligence and its use by students in writing term papers that are submitted as original work. Microsoft has developed the most promising of these technologies. But ChatGPT (in addition to having glitches) has been inundated by requests for access and doesn’t have […]
It is with great regret that BLK Prime announces the cancellation of the Adrien Broner vs Michael Williams Jr. fight scheduled to take place on February 25 at The Gateway Center @ College Park, GA. The event was set to be broadcasted live on BLK Prime PPV, but unfortunately, Williams Jr. sustained an injury during sparring which has made it impossible […]
BOXXER has signed undefeated Central Area Super Middleweight champion Callum Simpson (10-0, 8 KO’s) to an exclusive long-term promotional agreement, it was announced today. The Yorkshire powerhouse will make his debut at the upcoming BOXXER event taking place Saturday, March 25th at the AO Arena Manchester in a bout which will air live in the […]