Former UFC heavyweight champion has entered the WBC boxing rankings this week at number 10. It was announced via the World Boxing Council’s social media account on Wednesday. Ngannou fought Tyson Fury last month and delivered a knockdown of the lineal heavyweight champion. Ngannou ended up dropping the bout to Fury but gained enough respect […]
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Cohen in legal trouble again
Boxing promoter Greg Cohen is in trouble once again as a lawsuit filed in federal court in New Jersey spells out that he has not paid off loans made to him on behalf of representing boxers. The plaintiff, Barry Honig and his company are suing Cohen, his promotional arm and Bulldog Boxing Promotions which Cohen […]
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Top Rank Boxing draws 602K viewer avg on ESPN
Top Rank Boxing on Saturday night drew 602,000 viewers on ESPN. The telecast also received 0.15 in the 18-49 demo per Sports TV Ratings. The telecast featured a battle of middleweights with Kazakkhstan’s Janibek Alimkhanuly stopping Vincenzo Gualtieri via TKO in the 6th round in their fight in Rosenberg, Texas. The undefeated former Olympian retained […]
Showtime Sports to close at end of 2023
Paramount Global announced on Tuesday that it will no longer be allocating resources to Showtime Sports after the end of 2023. This ends 37 years of Showtime Championship Boxing. Al Haymon’s PBC provided the bulk of events on Showtime since 2013. The last event on the Showtime Boxing calendar at this point is the November […]