Claressa Shields is a unique fighter. An undisputed champion, she is a multi-weight titlist who has also competed in MMA and who will go for a title in a fourth division later this month. She will challenge Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse for the WBC heavyweight championship in Detroit. The Olympic middleweight gold medal has only been won…
Shakur Stevenson took a clear unanimous decision victory at the Prudential Center as he defended his WBC lightweight world title from Artem Harutyunyan. Fighting in his Newark hometown, the American outboxed his challenger to win by scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 116-112 after 12 rounds. The Armenian-born Germany-based Harutyunyan is a 2016 Olympic medallist but…
Shakur Stevenson has vowed to quieten his doubters when he returns to the ring to defend his WBC lightweight title against Artem Harutyunyan in his hometown. Stevenson meets Germany’s Harutyunyan in Newark, New Jersey in what will be the first defence of his WBC lightweight world title, live on Sky Sports on Sunday at 1am….
There are contenders, there are world titlists and then there are the elite champions, the boxers who stand out as truly special in their class. In the American boxing scene Terence Crawford, Gervonta Davis and Shakur Stevenson can be considered in that last category. Keyshawn Davis, who boxes on Stevenson’s undercard this weekend live on…
Anthony Joshua should expect “a firefight” in his heavyweight collision with Daniel Dubois, warns Johnny Fisher. Joshua and Dubois will meet in a clash for the IBF world championship at Wembley Stadium, live on Sky Sports Box Office on September 21. Fisher, the Southern Area champion who has regularly sparred with Dubois, does not see…
Nico Ali Walsh revealed he turned down an offer to fight Jake Paul as he returned to winning ways with a victory over Sona Akale on Saturday night. Ali Walsh, a grandson of the great Muhammad Ali, avenged his previous defeat to Akale by coming through six tough rounds to edge the contest on the…
Teofimo Lopez defended his WBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight world titles with a unanimous decision win over Canadian contender Steve Claggett in Miami on Saturday night. Claggett (38-8-2, 6 KOs), who was coming off a nine-fight winning streak, charged at Lopez from the opening bell. The 35-year-old had Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) against the…
WBO super-lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez says he is a level above Devin Haney and does not need to fight him to prove it. Lopez makes the second defence of his belt against Steve Claggett live on Sky Sports from 2am on Sunday, and a clash with Haney has been mooted should ‘The Takeover’ come through….
Bob Arum has teased a possible blockbuster showdown between Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney if the WBO super-lightweight champion defends his title this weekend. Lopez (20-1 (13)) makes his second defence of the belt against Steve Claggett (38-7-2 (26)) in Miami on Sunday, live on Sky Sports Action and Main Event from 2am, and promoter…
Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois “had to be pulled apart” hours before their press conference for a world title fight at Wembley on September 21, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Joshua will face Dubois in an all-British heavyweight clash for the IBF world heavyweight title at Wembley, and the two had to be separated…
