“I’ll be returning to the ring on December 19th to face Callum Smith,” announced Canelo Alvarez on social media today. The bout will take place in the United States (likely Texas) with the WBA super middleweight title on the line. The bout will air on DAZN.

Official Announcement: Canelo Promotions and Matchroom Boxing are delighted to announce that Canelo Alvarez will take on Callum Smith for the WBA and Ring Magazine World Super-Middleweight titles on Saturday December 19, live on DAZN in 200+ countries and territories worldwide (excluding Mexico). Continue reading “Canelo-Smith set for Dec 19”

During the traditional “Coffee Tuesday,” WBC President Mauricio Sulaimán urged everyone to continue promoting the use of face masks because the only way to defeat the current pandemic is to prudently keep protecting ourselves. He urged everyone to practically and sensibly show our love and care for others, by using and giving out face masks, because only in so doing will we be able to win this battle, convinced that their use is a vital way to be protected and above all to take care of those who we care about and care for. Continue reading “WBC champions face mask campaign”

Saturday’s Top Rank on ESPN saw pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) retain his WBO welterweight world title with a fourth-round TKO over former welterweight world champion Kell Brook, in a main event from the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The fight delivered big on viewership, ranking as the top boxing telecast across all TV networks since January 2019.

• Crawford vs Brook averaged 1,758,000 viewers, making it the most viewed boxing telecast across on all TV networks since January 2019
• The main event was also the most viewed boxing telecast on cable since December 2018 (Lomachenko vs. Pedraza on ESPN: 1,889,000)
• The fight rating peaked during the 11:45 p.m.-12:00 a.m. ET quarter hour with 2.1 million viewers
• Through seven Saturday night telecasts on ESPN so far this year, Top Rank on ESPN has averaged 1,033,000 viewers, up 44% from 11 Saturday night telecasts in 2019
• Adults 18-49 are up 54% year-over-year
• Crawford vs. Brook ranked No. 1 as the most socially engaged boxing telecast across TV over the last two years, with over 306,000 total social interactions across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
• Crawford vs. Brook had a strong performance on social media, becoming the most socially engaged telecast across TV over the last two years, with over 306,000 social interactions across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
• Lomachenko vs. Lopez and Crawford vs. Brook have been the most socially engaged boxing telecasts across TV in consecutive months over the last two years.

According to Matchroom Boxing, Saturday’s women’s boxing tripleheader featuring undisputed lightweight world champion Katie Taylor against Miriam Gutierrez at The SSE Arena, Wembley drew more than 2 million views across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky Sports made the event, also featuring Terri Harper and Rachel Ball, available to all, customers and non-subscribers alike, via multiple digital platforms including their YouTube channel, Facebook page and website.

The fight generated more than 1.5 million views on Facebook, 550k on Sky Sports’ YouTube live stream and across Sky Sports’ website and apps there were 227k views, with over 600k viewers on Sky Sports’ TV platform. The show also aired on DAZN in the United States with viewership undisclosed.

This Saturday night’s fight card that was to feature Genc Pllana taking on Khainell Wheeler at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia has been canceled due to the new Covid-19 restrictions that were implemented by the city of Philadelphia on Monday.

More information about future King’s Promotions will be available in the coming weeks. Tickets can be returned to Pivott Boxing (2807, North 6th Street in Philadelphia).

Haithem “The Flash” Laamouz (16-1, 7 KOs) of Malta will take on Mario Alfano (15-1-1, 4 KOs) of Italy on December 4th. The site will be the Palaboxe Aurelio Santoro, in Roma, Lazio, Italy. The scheduled for 12 rounds main event will be for the vacant EBU European Union super feather title. Continue reading ““The Flash” Laamouz-Alfano Dec 4 in Italy”

Unbeaten light heavyweight Lyndon Arthur (17-0, 12 KOs) will make the second defense of his Commonwealth championship against former world title challenger Anthony Yarde (20-1, 19 KOs) on December 5 on BT Sport.

The sizzling showdown between the world ranked pair will be promoted by Frank Warren for Queensberry Promotions and will mark the end of a huge two-week celebration of his 40 year anniversary in professional boxing, which also takes in Daniel Dubois vs Joe Joyce on November 28th. Continue reading “Arthur-Yarde collide Dec 5”

‘The Destroyer’ Conor Benn (16-0, 11 KOs) takes his Covid 19 test upon arrival at the hotel “bubble” for Saturday’s welterweight fight against Sebastian Formella (22-1, 10 KOs) on DAZN.

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum could be promoting a third bout between current WBA super flyweight champion Joshua Franco and former champion Andrew Moloney Down Under. Controversy erupted on Saturday in Las Vegas when referee Russell Mora ruled the Franco-Moloney bout a no-decision.

“I’ve honestly had so many messages, thousands of them from people all over the world,” Moloney told the Daily Telegraph. “So I guess that’s the silver lining to being ripped off. With so many people knowing who I am now – and knowing what happened — Bob Arum is already in talks about bringing my title rematch to Australia. Continue reading “Franco-Moloney 3 in the works?”

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WBC #2 lightweight and former WBA 130lb world champion Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna (35-2-1, 24 KOs) will take on Antonio Lozada (40-4-1, 34 KOs) in a 10-round clash on Saturday night in Los Angeles. In the co-feature, unbeaten lightweight Starling Castillo (12-0, 9 KOs) goes against Austin Dulay (13-2, 10 KOs).

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With Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte 2 being postponed due to Povetkin’s positive COVID-19 test, welterweight Conor Benn (16-0, 11 KOs) headlines against Sebastian Formella (22-1, 10 KOs) for the WBA Continental title at the SSE Arena in Wembley, London. Benn recently became the first-ever UK athlete to get an Everlast apparel deal.

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Former multi-division world champion Floyd Mayweather announced will return to the ring at an event called ‘Mega 2021’ to be held on February 28 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. In a short Instagram video, Floyd stated “Tokyo, Japan, I’m coming back in 2021…me, myself, Floyd “Money” Mayweather and my team will be doing something big at the Tokyo Dome.”

Mayweather, 43, last fought in 2017 against MMA fighter Conor McGregor. He performed an exhibition match against another MMA athlete in Japan on December 31, 2018.

A new NBC Sports Network fight series will kick off on Thursday night at Freddie Roach’s legendary Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles. In the main event, super featherweight O’Shaquie Foster (17-2, 10 KOs) faces all-action veteran Miguel “Micky” Roman (62-13, 47 KOs) in a ten round showdown. In the co-feature, undefeated lightweight William Zepeda (21-0, 19 KOs) meets Roberto Ramirez (23-2-1, 16 KOs) in another ten-rounder.

Future NBCSN events are slated for December 3 and December 17, with 14 shows to be scheduled throughout 2021. The promoter is Ring City USA.

By Hesiquio Balderas

WBO super welterweight champion Patrick Teixeira is training very hard in Brazil for his upcoming February 6, 2021 fight against number one contender Brian Carlos Castaño in Indio, California. Teixeira plans to win this fight in a spectacular manner.

“I’m very motivated to move forward with my career,” said Teixeira. “This fight is going to be a hard fight because I’m fighting the number one challenger in my division. He is a good fighter, but I’m sure I’ll win this fight and I will win by KO. Continue reading “Patrick Teixeira, I will beat Castano by KO”

Whitman (MA) boxer Mike Bad Man” O’Han, Jr. (11-1, 5 KOs) dominated Ryan Dibartolomeo (3-1-1, 1 KO) from start to finish in the main event, nearly pitching a complete shutout, winning every round on two of the judges’ cards, all but one on the other, to capture the vacant New England welterweight crown. Continue reading “Boxing Results from New Hampshire”

Terence Crawford: “I was trying to gauge the distance. He had good distance. I was trying to find my rhythm in between getting my distance together. That’s why it was so competitive at first. I couldn’t get my shots off. Kell is a tremendous talent. He came and he tried to take my title. He was in shape. He made the weight. There were no excuses to be put on the table. He came off of three wins. He lost to the better man. Continue reading “Crawford crushes Brook in four”