Lennox Lewis has called on Deontay Wilder to retire from the sport following his loss to Zhilei Zhang. The Bronze Bomber was knocked out in round five following devastating right hands from Zhang.
Heavyweight boxing has been enjoying a renaissance since Turki Alalshikh became involved. Since His Excellency entered the boxing world, we have seen Anthony Joshua comprehensively defeat Otto Wallin before blowing away Francis Ngannou, who almost defeated Tyson Fury.
Saturday night may have been the end for former boxing champion Deontay Wilder. Heading into his fight with Zhilei Zhang, Wilder said that, “this could be the final goodbye, the farewell of Deontay Wilder,” were he to lose the fight.
Deontay Wilder said that he still had the passion to keep on fighting and get back to the contention for another title shot. Based of looking at his body language throughout the fight against Zhilei Zhang, you could clearly tell that Wilder wasn’t really present like we’re use to seeing.
With a fourth defeat in his last five fights, Deontay Wilder's time as a contender might be over. But Zhilei Zhang revived his with a spectacular KO.
On Saturday, June 1, Zhilei Zhang (27-2-1, 22 KOs) brutally stopped Deontay Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs), winning by fifth-round stoppage, as Queensberry won the night 10-0.
He promised Chinese power all week, and we all witnessed it during the main event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Zhilei Zhang (27-2-1, 22 KOs) put it all together and scored a fifth-round knockout victory over Deontay Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs).
Daniel Dubois has defied oddsmakers by stopping Filip Hrgovic at '5 vs. 5' in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 5 vs. 5 Free Live Stream Boxing Results: Wilder vs.
Daniel Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) gradually broke down Filip Hrgović (17-1, 14 KOs) to earn a technical knockout victory. The time of stoppage was 0:57 of round eight after a ringside physician deemed Hrgović to be in no position to continue due to cuts.
Dmitry Bivol and Malik Zinad fought for the WBA light heavyweight title on Saturday afternoon from Saudi Arabia. The fight began rather unexpectedly, as Bivol and Zinad exchanged blow-for-blow before Bivol dropped Zinad with a one-two combination with under a minute left in Round 1, taking an early 10-8 edge.
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) showed his killer instinct by scoring a sixth-round TKO victory over Malik Zinad (22-1, 16 KOs) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
On Saturday, June 1, Hamzah Sheeraz (20-0, 16 KOs) defeated Austin Williams (16-1, 11 KOs) in style, stopping his opponent in round eleven, winning by TKO, to increase the Queensberry lead over Matchroom to 6-0.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. has responded to Ryan Garcia’s call out, saying he is willing to fight him. Ortiz was meant to box Tim Tszyu on August 3 on the Terence Crawford vs.
Jack Catterall has called out Teofimo Lopez for a fight in Saudi Arabia. Catterall is coming off a unanimous decision win over Josh Taylor. The victory avanged Catterall’s 2022 loss, with many feeling he had been unjustly deprived of becoming undisputed at 140 as Taylor got the decision.
Sport Recife have been engaging in talks with various clubs over a deal for Pedro Lima. The 17-year-old is a reported Chelsea target as part of their summer transfer plans.
Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul will not go ahead as scheduled after all.
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