Boxing

By Keith Idec TURKI Alalshikh expressed interest in working with Bakhram Murtazaliev even before the unbeaten IBF junior middleweight champion demolished Tim Tszyu on Saturday night. The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority and the emerging Murtazaliev are deeply...

The Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol Rematch will happen a year from now, in October 2025, during the Riyadh Season. Promoter Bob Arum revealed that undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs)...

IBF World champ Daniel Dubois warns other heavyweights he is just getting started and...

Fans want to know if Terence Crawford will be interested in facing IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev in a unification fight following his third-round obliteration of Tim Tszyu last Saturday night at the Caribe Royale in Orlando,...

IN PART one of this three part series, professional fighter Dan Morley looked at some of boxing’s most notorious tough nuts. “The ability to take a punch can’t be taught. Fighters can be blessed with an iron chin...

Sergio Mora is blaming Tim Tszyu’s third-round TKO loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) on “bad matchmaking” for taking on this killer last Saturday night in an ill-advised fight at the Caribe Royale...

Dainier Pero marches on unbeatenBoxlab Promotions’ undefeated heavyweight prospect Dainier “The Fear” Pero (9-0,...

In his first title defense, the undefeated IBF junior-middleweight world champion Bakhram Murtazaliev placed the division on notice on Saturday night when he stopped the challenger, former WBO champion Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) in the 3rd round. Coming...

by Keith Idec Bakhram Murtazaliev made a boxing world full of detractors respect him Saturday night. The unbeaten Russian entered the ring as the defending IBF junior middleweight champion, but Tim Tszyu was listed by numerous sportsbooks as a whopping...

In a big upset, IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) massacred Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs), knocking him out in the third round on Saturday night at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. (Credit: Joseph...