On Saturday, January 28, live at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, and live on ESPN, According to famous boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions, we are only three months away from one of the biggest fights in recent history.
On Saturday, January 28, live at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, and live on ESPN, titlist Emanuel Navarrete will take on Liam Wilson for a vacant portion of the Jr. Lightweight title.
We have a couple of decent fights coming up this weekend, with Friday kicking off action in Montebello, California at the Quiet Cannon Country Club.
This weekend, in London, England, at Wembley Arena, live on BT Sport (UK) and ESPN (USA), Light-Heavyweight titlist Artur Beterbiev will battle hard-hitting mandatory challenger Anthony Yarde.
In England, the Cruiserweight division is getting quite interesting, with world titlest Lawrence Okolie at the forefront of the names of note.
Early last year, news broke that undefeated Autralian fighter Tim Tszyu, the son of the legendary Kostya Tszyu, would be challenging world champion Jermall Charlo for all the gold at 154 pounds.
According to BoxingScene.com's Jake Donovan, it has been confirmed that unbeaten Jr. Middleweight contender Tim Tszyu will face former champion Tony Harrison on March 11 in Australia (March 12 locally). While the venue is to be determined, it will air live on Showtime here in the States.
We had a bit of action on both Friday and Saturday.
In the biggest upset of the year thus far, former Jr. Middleweight titlist Liam Smith stopped Middleweight contender Chris Eubank, Jr. inside of only four rounds at the AO Arena in Manchester, England.
Immediately after his fourth round stoppage win over Krzysztof Glowacki on Saturday in Manchester, England, Richard Riakporhe was eager to state his desire to go after the big names at Cruiserweight, including fellow unbeaten Brit Lawrence Okolie.
