A busy fight weekend awaits us with bouts on HBO and Premier Boxing Champions on Fox. Oddly enough, the collection of fighters making their way to the ring range from up and coming like Dmitry Bivol to never weres such as J'Leon Love and as far as everything else, it's pretty much the showdown at the last chance saloon. Andre Berto and Devon Alexander main event the PBC card … [Read more...]
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury?
If recent reports are to be believed, then we should be expecting an announcement no later than the end of the month that WBC Heavyweight Deontay Wilder has successfully one-upped rival Anthony Joshua by landing a fight with Tyson Fury. Both Wilder and Fury have both come out to say that negotiations are ongoing, Fury going as far saying the fight is practically a done … [Read more...]
Negotiations Continue for the UFC Fight of the Year
UFC 229 takes place in Las Vegas on October 6 and a showdown between Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former title-holder Conor McGregor. Perhaps the biggest fight of all though may be in the negotiating rooms and a battle over how much each fighter will receive for the much-anticipated contest. Just as in the world of boxing there’s the seemingly never-ending … [Read more...]
Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter Jr.: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Both Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter come into their weekend showdown with something to prove and chips on their relative shoulders. Garcia speaks and acts like a fighter who holds some kind of personal belief that he has underachieved in his career thus far and Easter is a young champion looking for respect and validation as he faces off against his most seasoned foe. Before … [Read more...]
Jacobs vs. Derevyanchenko in Play for 10/20
The IBF Middleweight title will be on the line when Daniel Jacobs and Sergiy Derevyanchenko come to blows this October. Both Jacobs and Derevyanchenko have been on the shortlist for Middleweight king Gennady Golovkin for some time, but with Golovkin's impending rematch with Saul Alvarez and prior refusal to make a mandatory defense with Derevyanchenko last May, the IBF vacated … [Read more...]