On Saturday, June 1, 2019, Andy Ruiz (33-1, 22 KOs) delivered the biggest upset in Heavyweight boxing since Hasim Rahman traveled to South Africa and knocked out then reigning champion, Lennox Lewis in April of 2001.
All eyes were watching Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) as he made his American debut on Saturday, June 1, 2019 from The Mecca of Boxing, Madison Square Garden.
WBA, WBO and IBF Lightweight Champion Katie Taylor (14-0, 6 KOs) became the undisputed Lightweight champion by defeating Defline Persoon (43-2, 18 KOs) of West-Vlaanderen, Belgium in a 12-round fight.
In front of a sold out crowd of 20,201 at Madison Square Garden and live on DAZN, Andy Ruiz, Jr. (33-1, 22 KOs) made boxing history by defeating heavyweight king Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) in his United States debut.
Widely regarded as the best Super Middleweight, WBA and Ring Magazine champion Callum Smith (26-0, 19 KOs), made his return to the ring and this time under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden.
Former Jr. Welterweight champion Chris Algieri (24-3, 9 KOs) continued his strong comeback bid with a dominant performance over Tommy Coyle (25-5, 12 KOs).
Matchroom Boxing have signed a three-fight promotional deal with Heavyweight star Joseph Parker.
On Saturday, June 1, 2019, British superstar Anthony Joshua looks to take another step in cementing his legacy as he makes his American debut against a deceptively quick Andy "Destroyer" Ruiz Jr.
Heavyweight king Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) of the United Kingdom and dangerous Mexican challenger Andy Ruiz, Jr. (32-1, 21 KOs) faced the media for the final press conference at The Beacon Theatre on Thursday afternoon.
Ahead of Anthony Joshua’s U.S. debut against Mexican Challenger Andy Ruiz, Jr. on Saturday night, the undercard fighters took the stage in a press conference to discuss their preparation and predictions.
Former unified Middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (38-1-1 34 KOs) hosted a media workout at Churchhill Boxing Club in Santa Monica CA, ahead of his return to the ring against Steve Rolls (19-0-0 10 KOs) on June 8, 2019 at Madison Square Garden live on DAZN.
Tommy Coyle hopes that a win over New York's Chris Algieri in the biggest fight of his career this Saturday June 1 could lead to his first ever World title shot.
On Thursday, May 30, 2019, Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz will hot the final fight-week press conference.
Devin Haney is rated by all four major sanctioning bodies as follows: WBC #4, WBA #4, IBF #9, WBO #7. What path should he take & who should he fight next?
Both Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) and Andy Ruiz (32-1, 21 KOs) kicked off their final week before there fight with a media day workout, which took place at Brookfield Place, in Manhattan located in New York City.
