Queensberry-Matchroom "5 on 5". Full card of the evening
Andrew Karlov
April 16, 2024, 5:55 a.m.

On June 1 in Saudi Arabia, Deontay Wilder will face Zhang Zhilei in a heavyweight bout on the undercard of Queensberry-Matchroom's "5 on 5" evening, with Artur Beterbiev facing Dmitry Bivol in the main event. Wilder is representing Eddie Hearn, while Zhang is representing ...

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Zhilei: "In a fight with Wilder, I won't take a step backwards."
Andrew Karlov
April 16, 2024, 5:15 a.m.

"At some point I lost my love for boxing and my passion for training," admitted Deontay Wilder (43-3-1, 42 KOs), who will face Zhang Zhilei (26-2-1, 21 KOs) in a fight for his future.

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Dubois and Hrgovic recalled sparring together
Andrew Karlov
April 16, 2024, 4:53 a.m.

Despite the fact that the fight between Filip Hrgovic (17-0, 14 KOs) and Daniel Dubois (20-2, 19 KOs) will not ultimately have a championship belt at stake, the stakes are very high in this encounter. The sides will end up playing for the IBF heavyweight title as the ...

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Tishchenko caught doping
Andrew Karlov
April 16, 2024, 4:40 a.m.

The presence of banned doping substances was found in the body of Evgeny Tishchenko (12-1, 7 KOs) after his fight with Leon Hart (22-5-1, 13 KOs). As a result, the result of the December fight for the WBA bantamweight belt, which took place in Dubai, was canceled.

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Arum is looking for opponents for Anderson
Andrew Karlov
April 16, 2024, 4:15 a.m.

Bob Arum was very disappointed with Saturday's fight between Jared Anderson (17-0, 15 KOs) and Riad Merhi (32-3, 26 KOs). The American won on points, but the Belgian avoided open confrontation the entire fight and spoiled the spectacle with his defensive attitude.

The Top Rank executive published ...

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Promoter Gary Shaw has died
Andrew Karlov
April 12, 2024, 9:45 a.m.

Sad news came today - Gary Shaw passed away at the age of 79 after a long illness with prostate cancer. Boxing fans associate him primarily as one of the strongest promoters in the world, however, he appeared in boxing much earlier and before that he managed to try ...

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Dovbyshchenko will be Hughie Fury's opponent
Andrew Karlov
April 12, 2024, 7:12 a.m.

Ukraine's Konstantin Dovbyshchenko (10-15-1, 7 KOs) will test Huey Fury (26-3, 15 KOs) raring to get back in the ring. Their six-round bout will be one of the main events of a boxing night organized by GBM Sports on April 20 in Rotherham, UK.

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Espinosa-Sanchez for the WBO title on June 21
Andrew Karlov
April 12, 2024, 6:01 a.m.

Rafael Espinosa (24-0, 20 KOs) plans to defend his WBO lightweight title for the first time on June 21 at Boxing Night in Mexico. The 29-year-old fighter's opponent will be Sergio Sanchez (22-1, 13 KOs).

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Marco Hook is set to return on June 29
Andrew Karlov
April 12, 2024, 5:40 a.m.

Former world champion in the first heavyweight Marco Hook (42-5-1, 28 KOs) announced his return to the ring. The fight of the German representative is scheduled for June 29 at the evening of boxing in Berlin. The name of the opponent of the former champion in the cruiserweight division ...

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Another sparring partner promises total dominance for Fury in his fight with Usik
Andrew Karlov
April 10, 2024, 8:01 a.m.

Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) is trying not to reveal who he will be sparring with this time as he prepares to fight Oleksandr Usyk (21-0-1, 14 KOs) for four heavyweight belts. However, as it turned out, one of the sparring partners of "Gypsy King" is a certain ...

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