The Boxing Truth®

As 2023 winds down and most of the world is preparing for the end of year holidays as this column has been composed by this observer in advance, the Boxing world is truly a sport that never stops even for the holidays. This year, Boxing is preparing for a truly unique event known as the “Day Of Reckoning," which will take place in the unique location of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, forty eight hours before Christmas that can be seen globally on DAZN Pay-Per-View .  What makes this event unique is not only the location in which it will take place, but the fact that it is truly a stacked card that has a little something for every Boxing fan. Co-headlining the event is two Heavyweight bouts featuring former world champions in separate bouts. First, it will be an encounter between two former world champions as former WBC Heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder who will return to the ring for the first time in over a year to meet former WBO Heavyweight world champion Joseph Parker in a figh...

Press Release: November 1, 2023 By DAZN - LONDON AND RIYADH – 24 November 2023: Riyadh Season and DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, today announce that "Day of Reckoning" will be available globally on DAZN.   On 23 December, Boxing’s greatest champions will come head-to-head in what promises to be an action-filled night of entertainment. “Day of Reckoning” will be available on DAZN as a pay-per-view event* in the UK, US and over 200 markets worldwide. Fans will be able to watch live and on-demand from smart TVs, tablets, mobiles and games consoles.   In addition, this historic fight night will be made available on a range of domestic broadcasters in key markets, which are yet to be announced.   In an unprecedented card, former two-time Unified World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua goes up against Otto Wallin in the Co-Main Event as the pair close in on challenging for world title honours. In the other Co-main Event, former WBO World Champion Joseph Parker take...

 The official weigh-ins for Saturday’s two Boxing pay-per-view cards took place earlier today in Cardiff, Wales and Las Vegas, NV respectively. Below are available weights for both events as well as legal broadcast information for each card.   Eubank vs, Williams/ Shields vs. Kozin – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff, Wales – FITE Pay-Per-View (Streaming) Select cable/satellite providers   Co-Mian Event: Unified WBC/WBA/IBF/WBF Women’s Middleweight world championship – 10Rds.   Claressa Shields (WBC/WBA/IBF world champion) 159lbs. vs. Ema Kozin (WBF world champion) 154 1/4lbs.   Co-Main Event: Middleweight – 10Rds.   Chris Eubank Jr. 160lbs. vs. Liam Williams 159lbs.   British English Welterweight championship – 10Rds.   Samuel Antwi (Champion) 146 1/4lbs. vs. Conah Walker (Challenger) 146lbs.   Heavyweight – 8Rds.   Otto Wallin 253 1/4lbs. vs. Kamil Sokolowski 234 1/4lbs.       Eubank ...

  Press Release: By DAZN – A shoulder injury has forced Dillian Whyte to cancel his Interim WBC Heavyweight World Title defence against Sweden’s Otto Wallin scheduled for The O2 in London on Saturday October 30.   The event, shown live worldwide on DAZN, will continue as planned with Chantelle Cameron’s (14-0, 8 KOs) WBC, IBF and Ring Magazine Super-Lightweight Unification clash with the USA’s  Mary McGee  (27-3, 15 KOs) now topping the bill.    Elsewhere on the card, ‘The Savage’  Alen Babic  (8-0, 8 KOs) clashes with two-time World Title challenger  Eric Molina  (28-7, 20 KOs) over eight rounds,  Craig Richards  (16-2-1, 9 KOs) returns to the ring against Poland’s  Marek Matyja  (20-2-2, 9 KOs) after pushing WBA Light-Heavyweight World Champion Dmitry Bivol all the way in May,  Youssef Khoumari  (13-0-1, 5 KOs) takes on  Jorge David Castaneda  (14-1, 11 KOs) for the vacant ...

  Credit: DAZN   Mikey Garcia vs. Sandor Martin on Saturday, October 16   Dillian Whyte vs. Otto Wallin on Saturday, October 30   Joseph Parker vs. Derek Chisora II on Saturday, December 18     Press Release: By DAZN – September 16, 2021 : DAZN and Matchroom have announced three premium fights nights to add to an ever-increasing fall fight schedule, live and worldwide on DAZN:   October 16 :  Former four-weight World ruler Mikey Garcia returns to action against European Super-Lightweight champion Sandor Martin at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, CA.   October 30 : WBC interim champ Dillian Whyte faces Swedish fighter Otto Wallin, live from The O2 in London and worldwide on DAZN.   December 18 : Heavyweights Joseph Parker and Derek Chisora rematch in another epic clash, live worldwide on DAZN (except New Zealand and Samoa).   First, four-weight king Mikey Garcia is back in action on Saturday October...