Chris Williams

2 weeks ago | boxingnews24.com | Chris Williams

Turki Alalshikh confirmed today that Dana White will promote the September 13th bout between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford along with TKO Boxing. With Dana’s reach through UFC, it could bring in more fan interest and PPV buys for this Super Fight.  Canelo-Crawford PPV Price DebateThe platform for Canelo-Crawford hasn’t been revealed, nor has the PPV price. Canelo’s recent fights against Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia have been in the $70 range. Considering that Turki is calling Canelo vs.

2 weeks ago | boxingnews24.com | Chris Williams

WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (31-0, 24 KOs) made easy work of the light-hitting, little-known IBF 118-lb champion Ryosuke Nishida (10-1, 2 KOs), scoring a sixth-round technical knockout victory on Sunday night at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. Along with the IBF belt, Nakatani captured the Ring Magazine bantamweight strap. Nishida’s Eye and ShoulderThe official time of the stoppage was at 3:00 of round six.

3 weeks ago | boxingnews24.com | Chris Williams

Sebastian Fundora says he doesn’t think Terence Crawford will be victorious against Canelo Alvarez in their fight at 168 on September 13th. Fundora states that Canelo (63-2-2, 39 KOs) has been fighting at super middleweight for many years, and he’s “more comfortable” at the weight than Crawford. Unprepared for 168: CrawfordTerence (41-0, 31 KOs) will be making his debut at 168 after a year out of the ring, and a lackluster performance in his first fight at 154 a year ago.

4 weeks ago | boxingnews24.com | Chris Williams

Sergio Mora dismisses the idea that Jermall Charlo will be able to get his career back on track with his comeback against Thomas LaManna tonight in Las Vegas. Mora states that the former two-division world champion Charlo (33-0, 22 KOs) has been inactive for too many years, and is old at 35. Sergio says Jermall won’t be able to regain his championship form from 2021 and earlier. He states that one of the young “hungry’ fighters will beat him.

4 weeks ago | boxingnews24.com | Chris Williams

Jermall Charlo says Terence Crawford is making the same mistake his brother, Jermell Charlo, made when he bulked up to go up from 154 to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his titles in 2023. Jermell was too slow after putting on the weight and didn’t possess the same speed as he had when he was fighting at junior middleweight.