Terri Harper will clash with former world pound-for-pound No.1 Cecilia Braekhus for the WBA and WBO Super-Welterweight World Titles on the undercard of Leigh Wood’s WBA Featherweight World Title defence against Josh Warrington at the Utilita Arena Sheffield on Saturday October 7, 2023. The pair were originally slated to square off for Harper’s WBA crown […]
Chantelle Cameron returns to the Lion’s Den to put her undisputed Super-Lightweight World Titles on the line for a second time against Irish legend Katie Taylor at the 3Arena in Dublin on Saturday November 25, live worldwide on DAZN. Northampton’s Cameron (18-0, 8 KOs) handed undisputed Lightweight World Champion Taylor the first defeat of her […]
BROADCASTS OUT with the old and in with essentially exactly the same thing but just named after an explosive material instead. TNT Sports completed its metamorphosis from BT Sport and kicked off the new era on Saturday with an archetypal transatlantic double-whammy which took its viewers by the hand and led them down the well-trodden […]
by Dylan Terry: JAKE PAUL will look to bounce back from defeat to Tommy Fury when he takes on Nate Diaz on Saturday night. The YouTuber turned fighter, 26, takes on former UFC star Diaz, 38, who is making his professional boxing debut in Dallas this weekend. And it promises to be an impressive spectacle […]
Terence Crawford has settled the debate on the best welterweight of his time, delivering a stunning performance against Errol Spence Jr. that left fans in awe. The action-packed bout took place on Saturday night, and Crawford left no doubt about his superiority. Before the showdown, pundits predicted massive pay-per-view sales and their projections turned out […]
World Boxing News can report Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have been named in a top five vote for the Greatest Boxers Ever. No boxing enthusiast doesn’t know about Mayweather. The 46-year-old champion never lost a bout in his 21-year pro career. His victory against Philippines boxing son Manny Pacquiao is among his most popular […]
by Adam Baskin: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said today that his organization wouldn’t order undisputed 168-lb champion Canelo Alvarez to defend against his mandatory David Benavidez unit next year in May 2024. Sulaiman points out that Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs) recently beat Caleb Plant last March, and the WBC will not order Canelo to defend […]
The top ten boxers of all time list causes some concern with the fact that no recent fighters ever make the list in most cases. According to many ‘expert’ websites and publications, the best-ever countdown is compiled of pre-1980s legends who predominantly fought against opponents who hardly trained. In many eras of the past, boxing […]
by Scott Christ – Bad Left Hook Nonito Donaire’s fight with Alexandro Santiago for the vacant WBC bantamweight title has been pushed back two weeks, and will now feature on the Spence vs Crawford pay-per-view undercard on July 29. It’s not the only change on the pay-per-view undercard, either, as two fights have been scrapped. […]
World Boxing News ranks the last quarter of a century of unified heavyweight champions before the millennium switch. From 1998 when Lennox Lewis took the bull by the horns and cleaned out, to the snoozefest reign of the Klitschko brothers, the top division always has eyeballs. The glamor has faded over the last few years, […]