WBO Light Heavyweight Title Results: Alvarez vs. Kovalev II

Tonight (Sat. February 2, 2019) WBO light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez will be making his first title defense. His opponent will be the very man he took the title away from, Sergey Kovalev. Alvarez finished Kovalev in the seventh round of their…

Tonight (Sat. February 2, 2019) WBO light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez will be making his first title defense. His opponent will be the very man he took the title away from, Sergey Kovalev. Alvarez finished Kovalev in the seventh round of their August meeting in 2018. He extended his undefeated streak to 24-0 with the victory. […]

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Bob Arum Reveals Why He “Killed” Pacquiao vs. Crawford

When Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford were both with Top Rank Boxing, there was talk about a potential fight between the pair. It likely would’ve resulted in a victory for Crawford, which would’ve undoubtedly been the biggest of his care…

When Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford were both with Top Rank Boxing, there was talk about a potential fight between the pair. It likely would’ve resulted in a victory for Crawford, which would’ve undoubtedly been the biggest of his career. However, talks never really reached a serious point, and Pacquiao has since departed to Premier Boxing Champions with Al […]

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Gennady Golovkin Expected to Sign with DAZN

The DAZN streaming service has been making some big moves lately. They recently signed Canelo Alvarez to a record-breaking broadcast deal. He signed for five years over 11 fights, worth $365 million. The first fight of that deal went down last month  (…

The DAZN streaming service has been making some big moves lately. They recently signed Canelo Alvarez to a record-breaking broadcast deal. He signed for five years over 11 fights, worth $365 million. The first fight of that deal went down last month  (Sat. December 15, 2018) against Rocky Fielding. He finished Fielding in the third round to capture the WBA Super […]

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GGG Close To Short-Term Deal With DAZN

Combat sports streaming service DAZN has reportedly inked a short-term deal with the highest-profile boxing free agent on the market. Mike Coppinger of Ring Magazine first reported that Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn and DAZN chairman John Skipper met with “GGG” in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The goal of the meeting was to finalize terms of […]

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Combat sports streaming service DAZN has reportedly inked a short-term deal with the highest-profile boxing free agent on the market.

Mike Coppinger of Ring Magazine first reported that Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn and DAZN chairman John Skipper met with “GGG” in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The goal of the meeting was to finalize terms of a contract that would be for two fights. Both would earn him six-figure paydays.

Coppinger also stated that “barring an unforeseen stumbling block in talks between GGG and Hearn/DAZN, it appears deal will get done.”

Golovkin is a former unified middleweight champion. He is coming off a narrow majority decision loss to Canelo Alvarez last September. The year before, he suffered a far more controversial split draw to the same opponent. “GGG” did defeat Vanes Martirosyan in May of 2018 via KO in lieu of Canelo’s failed drug test.

DAZN has quickly become the marquee destination for boxing talent. The service boasts the fighting rights to Canelo Alvarez, unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, and WBC super-flyweight champ Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, just to name a few.

Should Golovkin sign with DAZN a trilogy fight with Canelo would only make sense. However, being that “GGG’s” reported deal essentially equates to a one-year contract, matchmakers better get a move on.

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Report: ‘Couple Of Things’ Stand In Way Of Wilder vs. Fury Rematch

There could be a couple of things standing in the way of the awaited Wilder vs. Fury rematch. Rumors surfaced last week that the anticipated rematch could be a done deal by the end of the week. That may not be the case according to Fury’s promoter Frank Warren, however. Warren recently told The Daily […]

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There could be a couple of things standing in the way of the awaited Wilder vs. Fury rematch. Rumors surfaced last week that the anticipated rematch could be a done deal by the end of the week.

That may not be the case according to Fury’s promoter Frank Warren, however. Warren recently told The Daily Mail (via MMA News) that he has spoken with Wilder’s management. With that said, there are still a ‘couple things’ to get ironed out before the fight is official:

“I spoke on Tuesday morning with Shelly Finkel (Wilder’s co-manager) and spoke to him on Monday as well. There are a couple of things that need to be ironed out and if we get them ironed out hopefully we will be in a position soon where we can announce this fight.”

Asked if he was confident the fight would happen, Warren said he was. After the rousing first match-up, it’s no secret both sides want to get the fight signed. However, it came down to those coupl things as he previously stated:

“I am very confident,” Warren said. “Both the boxers want it to happen, everyone involved wants it to happen, but there are a couple of things in the background that need to be sorted out.”

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The heavyweight superstars met in a classic 12-round bout in early December. The bout was full of intrigue and controversy, as most felt Fury controlled much of the action with his measured jab and voluminous punches. Yet Wilder was able to storm back with two knockdowns in the later rounds, forcing the bout to be declared a split decision draw.

There are still the schools of thought that believe Wilder knocked Fury out and those who believe ‘The Gypsy King’ was robbed. The only way either side will gain resolution is to watch them fight again.

Apparently it’s coming down to these couple things to get it resolved.

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Final Details Being Worked Out For Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury Rematch

It looks like the rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury is nearly complete. Wilder and Fury put on an absolute classic against one another this past December. While both men have been gunning for a fight with fellow hea…

It looks like the rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury is nearly complete. Wilder and Fury put on an absolute classic against one another this past December. While both men have been gunning for a fight with fellow heavyweight great Anthony Joshua, Wilder and Fury have struck gold together with their respectful […]

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