Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney will meet for a rematch this October, and a trilogy will be in February 2026. Both fights will be in Saudi Arabia. There’s no word yet whether the trilogy requires Haney to win the October rematch, but that would seem like a logical conclusion. With Turki Al-Sheikh financing the events,…
WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. says he immediately agreed to the fight against Israil Madrimov after Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis chose not to fight him on the February 22nd card in Riyadh. Vergil Jr. mustn’t be involved in another controversial decision going his way because it looked bad for him to win a…
Dan Rafael believes WBC interim super middleweight champion David Benavidez has the edge in his battle against WBA ‘regular’ champ David Morrell on February 1st. The journalist Rafael feels that Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) has a better chin and punching power than the Cuban Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) in this match-up, which will be shown…
ESPN reports that Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney have agreed to suspend their lawsuit for 90 days. They have reached a settlement to drop it. The two fighters are reaching a deal to fight later this year, and dropping the legal dispute will smooth the way for the fight. Lawsuit on Hold The settlement allows…
Ryan Garcia posted today on X, saying he “can’t wait” to tell fans who he’s fighting next. He says fans can’t say he takes “weak fights,” which is a signal that he’s NOT fighting a rematch with Devin Haney next because that match would be viewed as a weak one by fans. De La Hoya’s…
Terence Crawford told Gervonta Davis on X to “stop being scared” and fight Shakur Stevenson and Keyshawn Davis. Those two are close friends of Crawford, so it makes sense that he’s trying to shame Tank Davis into fighting them. Crawford’s Protege Keyshawn has no fanbase and has looked terrible in fights against Miguel Madueno and…
Floyd Schofield reacted with amusement to Shakur Stevenson telling the media last weekend that he hopes he doesn’t back out of their February 22nd fight in Riyadh. ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) says Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) isn’t the type of threat that would make him want to pull out. Schofield says he has…
Golden Boy Promotions boss Oscar De La Hoya says he prefers that Ryan Garcia forget about a rematch with Devin Haney and wants him to fight WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez instead. With Ryan’s charisma and a huge following on social media, a clash between him and Teofimo (21-1, 13 KOs) would bring in…
Turki Al-Sheikh told Terence Crawford to “be ready” for his next fight. He’s not saying who and when the Nebraska native will fight for his “next fight.” Crawford said, “Call me.” Ideally, that would mean that Turki would make Crawford earn his retirement payday against Canelo Alvarez by insisting he fight the winner of the…
Artur Beterbiev says his team made some changes in his training and he hopes to be at least 10% improved for his rematch with Dmitry Bivol on February 22nd in Riyadh. Undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) isn’t revealing what areas he’s improved, but he’s counting on it being enough to make the…
