The heavyweight title doesn’t just change hands when a champion slips. It usually happens when a different way of fighting shows up, and the old one can’t deal with it anymore.
Callum Smith admits he would not still be fighting if a direct route back to a world title had not reopened, with the interim belt giving him a reason to continue at this stage of his career.
There is plenty of action lined up in the heavyweight division in the next month, and now Zhilei Zhang, Fillip Hrgovic and Moses Itauma have all been named…
Eddie Hearn isn’t selling Austin “Ammo” Williams as the better boxer against Carlos Adames. He’s describing a fight his own fighter has to drag into deep water and win the hard way.
Keith Thurman isn’t talking like a fighter trying to hold onto what’s left of his career. Ten days out from his fight with Sebastian Fundora on March 28, he made it clear he’s approaching this differently.
Oleksandr Gvozdyk says his move to Zuffa Boxing came down to limited options and lower offers elsewhere, a blunt explanation that cuts through the promotion’s bigger messaging.
Three-weight world champion Devin Haney has laid out an interesting two-fight plan which could see him add two more titles to his collection. The unbeaten 27-year-old from California made his…
