World Boxing Council, WBC silver featherweight champion, Elizabeth Oshoba, who on Saturday became the first female Nigerian boxer to win a world title, says she “feels on top of the world” after her historical victory. 24-year-old Oshoba secured her first world title when she knocked out Italy’s Michela Braga (6-0-1) in round 10 of their bout at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday. The victory confirmed the Nigerian […]
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 […]
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 […]
