Francis Ngannou tipped the scales at almost a stone and a half heavier than Nigeria-born British boxer Anthony Joshua at a lively weigh-in for Friday's heavyweight bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The former UFC heavyweight champion, competing in his second Boxing match, after nearly knocking out WBC champion Tyson Fury in his first bout, weighed in at 19st 6lb. Two-time world champion Joshua weighed 18st as the pair rounded off […]
Anthony Joshua says boxing "clearly has a problem" with doping after Dillian Whyte failed a voluntary drugs test and was pulled out of Saturday's all-British heavyweight contest. Joshua, 33, will instead fight Robert Helenius at London's O2 Arena, with the 39-year-old Finn taking the fight at just a week's notice. Asked by BBC Sport if boxing has an issue with doping, Joshua said: "I don't know how they're going to […]
Anthony Joshua will fight Robert Helenius at London's O2 Arena on Saturday as the replacement for Dillian Whyte. Joshua's heavyweight rematch with Whyte was cancelled at the weekend after the latter failed a voluntary drug test. Finland's Helenius, who has 32 wins and four losses, steps in at less than a week's notice. "This wasn't in the script," Joshua said of his new opponent. "I am laser focused on the […]
Naoya Inoue sensationally stopped Stephen Fulton to win the WBO and WBC super-bantamweight titles and become and a four-division world champion, in front of his home crowd at Tokyo's Ariake Arena. Inoue, 30, dropped American Fulton in the eighth round and followed it with a flurry of punches before the referee halted the contest. The four-division world champion vacated the undisputed bantamweight crown to challenge for the unified title and […]
British rivals Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr will face each other in a middleweight rematch on Saturday 2 September at Manchester's AO Arena. Smith, 34, stopped Eubank Jr, 33, in four rounds in January, bringing an explosive end to a bitter build-up. The rematch, originally scheduled for 1 July, was postponed after Smith suffered an injury in training. "I'm fully healed up now, injury-free, and I'm looking forward to […]
Alycia Baumgardner has called out three other undisputed champions in Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano and Chantelle Cameron after retaining her super-featherweight titles on Saturday night. The American, 29, beat Greece's Christina Linardatou, 35, on points by unanimous decision in Detroit. She avenged her only defeat, against Linardatou via split decision in 2018. "Katie Taylor I want you; Chantelle Cameron, Amanda Serrano," Baumgardner said when asked what was next. Baumgardner took […]
Heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury will face MMA fighter Francis Ngannou on the 28th of October in Saudi Arabia. Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou, 36, has no professional record in boxing. Team Fury say the fight is not an exhibition and will "take place under the official rules of professional boxing, with three judges ringside adopting the 10-point must system". Fury will not be defending his WBC title in the […]
Anthony Joshua does not consider Dillian Whyte a "rival" as the heavyweights prepare for their rematch on 12 August in London. The Britons last fought each other in December 2015, in a bitterly-contested bout Joshua won via knockout. Joshua, 33, looked to calm what has often been a bitter rivalry with Whyte at a news conference on Monday. "I don't really look at Dillian as a rival," he said. "Just […]
Heavyweight Anthony Joshua will face fellow Briton Dillian Whyte at London's O2 Arena on 12 August in a rematch of their 2015 bout. Joshua, 33, knocked out Whyte in the seventh round of their heated British title fight eight years ago, which also took place at the O2, avenging a loss to his rival in the amateurs. Olympic gold medallist Joshua went on to become a two-time world champion. Whyte, […]
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