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Activity and consistency is the key for Adam Azim in 2025, having promised to produce an emphatic display and announce himself on the world scene at 140-pounds when facing former IBF world light-welterweight titleholder Sergey Lipinets with the IBO world title available in BOXXER’s headliner on Feb. 1.
Continue reading “Azim-Lipinets presser: Slough rising star insists he’ll end Kazakh’s career on Feb. 1”
After an eight-month absence through a freak injury and other commitments, former EBU European light-welterweight champion Adam Azim has already tabbed his second fight in three-and-a-half months as the unbeaten contender bids to win IBO world gold at 140lbs against former IBF world titleholder Sergey Lipinets, headlining a BOXXER show at Wembley Arena on February 1. Continue reading “Adam Azim vs. Sergey Lipinets for IBO light-welterweight world title on Feb. 1”
On what was supposed to be a showcase night for Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions kicking off 2024, we saw one new signee flattened inside a round in the co-main event before veteran referee Tony Weeks produced another controversial early main event stoppage – this time souring Vergil Ortiz Jr’s long-awaited return against overmatched opponent Frederick Lawson.
Continue reading “Ortiz calls out WBO light-middleweight champion Tszyu after anticlimactic R1 KO”
Primed for a welterweight world title shot, Vergil Ortiz Jr was searching for answers after a prolonged health scare saw him withdraw on multiple occasions from career-altering bouts. A rhabdomyolysis diagnosis wasn’t heeded but eventually, he came to the conclusion 147lbs wasn’t a sustainable weight cut any longer – so now it’s onwards to the light-middleweight division. Continue reading “After 17-month layoff, serious health concerns and more – Vergil Ortiz Jr is back”
Harlem Eubank earned knockdowns in rounds six and seven en route to another wide decision victory, this time against short-notice opponent Miguel Antin in a scrappy, gruelling co-main event at York Hall overnight. Elsewhere on Wasserman’s card, there were R1 finishes for Jesse Brandon and Matty Harris before Harry Scarff’s enthralling battle with Jordan Dujon in the headliner. Continue reading “Harlem Eubank scores two knockdowns, improves to 17-0 with decision win over Miguel Antin”
Two Wasserman shows live on Channel 5 in consecutive weeks, and last-minute replacements for main event boxers in both. The situation is far from ideal, but nonetheless one that unbeaten light-welterweight Harlem Eubank can’t pay much attention to – he’s busy plotting 2023 as the year where he truly establishes his pedigree on the domestic scene. Continue reading “Task remains the same for Harlem Eubank, after another late change for Wasserman”
A day after the announcement that his older cousin Chris had booked a compelling domestic duel to kick off 2023, super-lightweight prospect Harlem Eubank fought through a few nervy moments – one in R4 and another in the ninth – before producing his career-best win in his first main event booking at London’s York Hall against a competitive and dangerous Tom Farrell. Continue reading “Super-lightweights beware: Harlem Eubank improves to 16-0 with UD main event win over Tom Farrell”
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