Mark Butcher attends the Beterbiev vs Bivol and Matchroom vs Queensberry 5 vs 5 press launch and witnesses boxing finally marketing itself as an elite sport. Boxing’s greatest opponent has always been boxing. The sport has a tendency to self-harm rather than sell itself. You know the drill well enough by now, the best swerving … Read more
Today in London, the long-awaited light-heavyweight showdown between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol was announced. But that’s not all – the undercard for this event is shaping up to be one of the best in recent memory. As part of the Queensberry vs. Matchroom concept proposed by Turki Alalshikh, the Bivol vs. Beterbiev undercard is … Read more
Kholmatov, trained by former heavyweight contender Timur Ibragimov, was mandated to face the winner of the May 2023 WBA featherweight rematch between Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood which the latter won comfortably. The sanctioning body then asked the Uzbek to wait his turn once again after approving a request from Wood’s team to take on … Read more
THE RESULT: Raymond Ford secured a remarkable stoppage victory over Otabek Kholmatov with only seven seconds remaining in the final round to claim the WBA featherweight championship, as reflected on two scorecards. KEY MOMENTS: Both fighters engaged in brutal body exchanges in a high-quality battle. Despite exceptional conditioning from both sides, Ford persevered until the … Read more
\Edward Vazquez may not be a familiar name but on Saturday night he challenges Joe Cordina for the IBF super-featherweight belt in Monte Carlo. During this interview with Boxing News the 28-year-old gave his thoughts on facing Cordina, what his Mexican heritage means to him, the defeat to Raymond Ford, and why on Vazquez’s seventh … Read more
