Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields announced Tuesday she is moving up two weight classes to challenge women's WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse on July 27. Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) and Lepage-Joanisse (7-1, 2 KOs) of Quebec will headline the boxing card at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, where nearly 12,000 fans watched the Flint, Michigan, native defend her middleweight title against Maricela Cornejo a year ago.
Finding a buyer willing to maintain Ali's childhood home as a museum would be “the best possible result,” co-owner George Bochetto said. “This is a part of Americana," said Bochetto, a Philadelphia attorney and former Pennsylvania state boxing commissioner. Bochetto and his business partner at the time renovated the frame house to how it looked when Ali — known then as Cassius Clay — lived there with his parents and younger brother.
Deontay Wilder's father says the boxer should fire his trainer and hold off on retirement after loss to Zhilei Zhang on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
Last week, Mike Tyson was deemed unfit to fight against Jake Paul. The fight has been postponed. Here is all the latest news to know.