WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) scored a ninth-round TKO of fringe contender Josh Padley (15-1, 4 KOs) on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) Padley was down three times in the ninth round from body shots before his corner threw in the towel. It…
Martin Bakole reportedly weighed in at 310 lbs for his fight tonight against WBO interim heavyweight champion Joseph Parker at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The weight will obviously make him a little slower than the 284 lbs he came into his previous fight against Jared Anderson last August, but it won’t affect…
WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz (23-0, 21 KOs) overcame a slow start to rally in the second half to defeat Israil Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Turki Alalshikh’s card on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Credit: Mark Robinson) Madrimov outboxed Vergil Jr. in…
Vergil Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) believes his fight against Israil Madrimov has an excellent chance to “Steal the show” tonight in their 12-round bout for Vergil’s WBC interim junior middleweight title in Riyadh. It’s seen as a 50-50 match by many fans. If Vergil Jr. goes to war with ‘Little GGG’ Madrimov tonight, he…
Callum Smith (31-2, 22 KOs) put on a beautiful body-punching clinic to defeat previously unbeaten WBO interim light heavyweight champion Joshua Buatsi (19-1, 13 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) Smith, 6’3″, was unloading on Buatsi with powerful shots to…
WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson has a lot of pressure on him to look impressive tonight in beating Josh Padley at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. This is not someone that Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) can afford to struggle against if he doesn’t want to be ridiculed by fans more than he already is. If…
Undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev will meet Dmitry Bivol tonight in the 12-round main event in a loaded card on DAZN PPV in Riyadh. The undercard has undergone some changes in the last week, but it’s been held together with two quick replacements. WBO interim Joseph Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) is facing his replacement…
Martin Bakole weighed a hefty unofficial 315 lbs on a scale with his clothes on ahead of his chief support fight against the 267-lb Joseph Parker on Saturday night, February 22nd, in Riyadh. Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) would likely be a little lighter if he weighed in without his street clothes. Bakole will weigh a…
Terence Crawford looks huge right now, possibly in the 180s, as he bulks for his mega-money fight against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September 13th. Israil Madrimov posted a video clip of him meeting with Crawford on social media, and the size difference between them is surprising. Slowpoke Now Crawford is already bigger…
David Benavidez is flying out on a small jet today to be ringside at Turki Alalshikh’s invitation to attend Saturday’s rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in their undisputed light heavyweight clash in Riyadh. Benavidez could fight the winner of the contest. Fans are eager to see Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) be the next…
