BOXING NEWS
UFC play-by-play commentator Jon Anik has been tasked with the job of calling the action as Canelo Alvarez takes on Terence Crawford in a massive undisputed title fight on Saturday night, and the always affable broadcaster says he’ll bring the same energy to boxing commentary that he does to UFC events.
Shakur Stevenson and Terence Crawford go way back, so it’s no surprise that the WBC lightweight champion is backing his friend to claim victory over Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Darren Till captured Misfits Boxing championship gold with one of the nastiest knockouts of the year as he folded up Luke Rockhold in three rounds in Manchester.
In the co-main event of Misfits X Series 22 in Manchester, former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson snapped his six-year, eight-fight losing streak with a dramatic come-from-behind TKO finish of Nathaniel “Salt Papi” Bustamante.
Former UFC middleweights will collide in the main event of crossover boxing event Misfits X Series 22: Ring of Thrones in Manchester on Saturday night as England’s Darren Till takes on former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold in a bridgerweight boxing clash in Manchester.
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson’s UFC career may be in the rearview mirror, but “El Cucuy” is still drawing interest in the combat sports space ahead of his return to action in Manchester this weekend.
Conor Benn’s recent callout of Ilia Topuria has been met with disdain by Misfits Boxing champion Anthony Taylor, who said that the British boxing star doesn’t know what he’d be getting into if he stepped into a fight with the two-division UFC champion.
Jake Paul’s next opponent has been revealed, and it’s one of boxing’s top pound-for-pound stars.
Light heavyweight contender Joshua Buatsi will make his bow as a Queensberry Promotions fighter on Saturday, November 1, when he steps out into the lights at the Co-Op Live in Manchester to face Zach Parker.
British-based boxing promoter BOXXER has announced its new broadcast partner, with the promotional company teaming up with BBC Sport to bring big-time boxing back to primetime free-to-air television for the first time in years.
It was on, then it looked like it was off. But now, finally, it looks like we have official word that the rematch between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn is definitely going to happen – and we aren’t going to have to wait too long.
