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Mack. View member profile	Jan 1 2023, 06:28 PM Post #1
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	The 2023 thread here to discuss all things boxing related with upcoming fights, news and debate in the world of boxing.


Mack. View member profile	Feb 1 2023, 04:17 PM Post #2
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Hannah Rankin's first contest since losing her WBA and IBO light-middleweight titles will be against American Logan Holler in March. Rankin, 32, lost her belts to Terri Harper by unanimous decision in Nottingham in September. The loss was Rankin's sixth defeat in 18 bouts. She will face 31-year-old Holler, who has nine wins from 12 fights, at Hangar Events Centre in Wolverhampton on 10 March.


Mack. View member profile	Feb 3 2023, 03:58 PM Post #3
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Anthony Joshua's comeback fight will take place on 1 April at the O2 Arena in London, promoter Eddie Hearn has announced. Joshua, 33, is likely to fight American Jermaine Franklin, who lost on points to Dillian Whyte last November. A news conference will be held next week to officially announce the fight.


Mack. View member profile	Feb 5 2023, 03:13 PM Post #4
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Amanda Serrano's rematch with Katie Taylor was confirmed after she became undisputed featherweight world champion with a unanimous points win over Erika Cruz in New York on Saturday. The three judges scored the fight 98-92 98-92 97-93 in Serrano's favour. Ireland's Taylor, who beat Serrano on points last April, joined the Puerto Rican in the ring to say the rematch would take place on 20 May in Dublin.


Mack. View member profile	Feb 5 2023, 05:47 PM Post #5
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Conor McGregor has offered to provide £500,000 to pay for the "extra security bill" to allow Katie Taylor's world title rematch with Amanda Serrano to be staged at Dublin's Croke Park Champion Taylor is scheduled to face Serrano in the city's 3Arena on 20 May. Negotiations with the Gaelic Athletic Association fell through.


Mack. View member profile	Feb 12 2023, 05:21 PM Post #6
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Britain's Adam Azim remains unbeaten after earning a unanimous points decision against Nicaragua's Santos Reyes at Wembley Arena on Saturday. The Slough-born lightweight extended his record to eight wins but was taken to 10 rounds for the first time. He had won his last six bouts by knockout and had previously unbeaten Reyes, 25, on the canvas in the second round but was unable to put him away.


Mack. View member profile	Feb 18 2023, 05:03 PM Post #7
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Eddie Hearn says he has "not given up hope" of heavyweight Anthony Joshua fighting Tyson Fury this year. A deal for WBC champion Fury, 34, to face fellow champion Oleksandr Usyk for all the belts at Wembley Stadium on 29 April could be finalised next week. "I'm happy to make Joshua and Fury right now for the summer, whether Fury wins or loses against Usyk," Matchroom Boxing promoter Hearn told BBC Sport. Joshua, 33, faces Jermaine Franklin at London's O2 Arena on 1 April. Hearn added if the Fury-Usyk bout falls through, Joshua - who is coming off the back of two consecutive losses to Ukrainian Usyk - is happy to step in.


Mack. View member profile	Feb 19 2023, 02:05 PM Post #8
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Leigh Wood's reign as WBA featherweight champion is over after the Briton lost in devastating fashion to hard-hitting Mauricio Lara in Nottingham. The 34-year-old seemed to be in control of the fight and was landing with ease through rounds three to six, before Lara unleashed a sensational left hook in the seventh. Wood hit the canvas and bravely got back to his feet. But clearly hurt, his trainer Ben Davison threw in the towel.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 3 2023, 01:48 AM Post #9
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Katie Taylor has offered England's Chantelle Cameron a fight at a weight of her choosing in the Dubliner's homecoming bout on 20 May. Taylor was set to face Amanda Serrano in a world lightweight title rematch at Dublin's 3Arena but the Puerto Rican pulled out because of injury. Writing on Instagram on Thursday, Taylor issued a challenge to world light-welterweight champion Cameron. "Let's go champion Chantelle Cameron, happy to move up in weight," she said. "Let's get it done Eddie Hearn, this homecoming has waited long enough! @3arenadublin is available so let's give Ireland a night to remember on May 20th."


Mack. View member profile	Mar 13 2023, 04:54 PM Post #10
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915


Mack. View member profile	Mar 22 2023, 05:23 PM Post #11
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Promoter Frank Warren is planning further talks with Oleksandr Usyk's camp to try to salvage the undisputed heavyweight fight against Tyson Fury. The bout was pencilled in for 29 April at Wembley Stadium and Usyk had agreed a 70/30 purse split in Fury's favour. But the terms for an immediate rematch have proved a sticking point, with Team Usyk set to walk away. Warren said he was hoping to rescue the fight during further talks with Usyk's promoter on Wednesday afternoon. Representatives for unified champion Usyk say they have done everything within their power to make the bout happen.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 22 2023, 05:37 PM Post #12
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Michael Conlan will fight for a world title against Luis Alberto Lopez at the SSE Arena in Belfast on 27 May. Mexico's Lopez defeated Josh Warrington in December to claim the IBF featherweight title in Leeds. The bout will be Conlan's second shot at a world title after he dramatically lost to Leigh Wood in March 2022.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 22 2023, 05:43 PM Post #13
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Former British light-heavyweight champion Joshua Buatsi will fight Poland's Pawel Stepien in his first bout since his switch to promotional company Boxxer. The undefeated Buatsi, 30, who was previously signed to Matchroom Boxing, will headline in Birmingham on 6 May. Wales' Olympic champion Lauren Price, also unbeaten, is also on that card - the first of three confirmed events. On 27 May, Chris Billam-Smith fights at Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium, while Adam Azim returns to London in June.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 23 2023, 03:02 PM Post #14
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk will not take place at Wembley Stadium on April 29. Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk and Fury’s chief negotiator Frank Warren both confirmed talks were abandoned on Wednesday night.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 23 2023, 03:07 PM Post #15
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Olympic gold medallist Lauren Price will be on the undercard of Joshua Buatsi's light-heavyweight meeting with Pawel Stepien on Saturday, 6 May.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 23 2023, 06:21 PM Post #16
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Tyson Fury has called fellow heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk a "14-stone coward" in an expletive-laden social media post after talks for an undisputed fight on 29 April broke down.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 24 2023, 10:45 AM Post #17
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie says he will "showcase a new clinical style" against David Light in Manchester on Saturday with new trainer SugarHill Steward in his corner. Okolie, 30, makes a third world title defence against New Zealander Light. The Briton appointed Steward in February, having left Shane McGuigan.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 24 2023, 10:51 AM Post #18
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Hannah Rankin will face fellow two-time world champion Emma Kozin for the WBC silver super welterweight title. Rankin, 32, beat Logan Holler in Wolverhampton this month, six months after losing her WBA and IBO light-middleweight belts to Terri Harper. The date and venue of the Kozin bout, which will also be a WBC and WBA final eliminator, has still to be confirmed.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 24 2023, 11:02 AM Post #19
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Michael Conlan says he does not "necessarily agree" with social media influencers in boxing but admits he can see its appeal as "entertainment". An increasing number of reality television stars and social media personalities have stepped into the ring for big-money fights. Some have generated enormous interest, like Tommy Fury's eight-round fight with YouTuber Jake Paul in February. "It's an exhibition really," Belfast fighter Conlan told BBC Sport NI. In addition to Fury's split-decision win over Paul, unbeaten former world champion Floyd Mayweather faced former Geordie Shore star - and Conlan's friend - Aaron Chalmers last month in an exhibition bout.


Mack. View member profile	Mar 24 2023, 11:15 AM Post #20
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,577 User: 12,915	Lyndon Arthur says he is on a "collision course" to fight fellow Briton Dan Azeez, who is the European light-heavyweight champion. Manchester's Arthur, 31, will face Boris Crighton - a late replacement for original opponent Braian Nahuel Suarez - in Bolton on Friday. "Dan Azeez - me and him will probably fight in the future," Arthur - who has won 21 fights and lost one - said. "I feel like it's a great fight. A clash of styles." And Arthur added: "We're both on a collision course. I do think it will happen in the future." Azeez, 33, won the European title on Saturday with victory over Frenchman Thomas Faure in Paris.