As we previously reported … authorities in the 305 announced on Jan. 14 the 31-year-old was wanted on three charges — battery, false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping.
Terence Crawford followed in Floyd Mayweather’s footsteps this month when he announced his retirement with an unblemished record.
The switch-hitter from Omaha, Nebraska secured his 42nd win and an undisputed title in a third weight class when he beat Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez earlier this year. Though many felt a rematch would take place, Crawford instead revealed that he was walking away from the sport on top.
Speaking on a live stream with Adin Ross, during which ‘Bud’ discussed his career and decision to retire, he was asked about how he would go about fighting Floyd Mayweather – the one man past or present he has admitted he might struggle with.
“It’d be a good chess match. Floyd’s one of the greatest at playing chess, so it’d be a game of who’s gonna out-think who.”
Mayweather famously retired undefeated, too, his record of 50-0 summing up his elite defensive skillset. While he has remained relatively active on the exhibition circuit, he recently revealed that a professional return to the sport at 48-years-old is ‘on the table.’
With that in mind, Crawford was asked if he would return for that all-American spectacle, and gave the answer most fans will want to hear.
“Nah, man. Floyd is old. Floyd is done.”
Mayweather may look to pursue a rematch with Manny Pacquiao. The Filipino fighting legend, who made his own pro comeback last year to draw with Mario Barrios, has said it is an option and that talks are ongoing.
Gervonta Davis is set to receive an offer to rematch Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, with the sequel now positioned as the preferred next move once Davis is in a position to move forward.
Sean Gibbons, who represents Cruz, confirmed to World Boxing News that a second fight with Davis sits at the top of the agenda.
“That’s the fight we want to do,” Gibbons told WBN. “Once he returns.”
The comments mark a clear shift in direction following earlier discussions that briefly placed Davis on a shortlist of potential opponents for Manny Pacquiao. Gibbons confirmed that the scenario is no longer being considered.
Cruz points back to Davis after Roach draw
Cruz’s renewed focus on Davis follows his recent draw with former Davis opponent Lamont Roach. While a rematch between Cruz and Roach remains possible, World Boxing News understands that Davis is now viewed as the priority option for Cruz this summer.
The first meeting between Davis and Cruz in December 2021 produced a competitive, hard-fought bout that ended with Davis winning a unanimous decision. A rematch has remained a talking point ever since, particularly as Cruz continued to establish himself as a durable and crowd-friendly contender.
From Cruz’s side, the appeal is straightforward: a return to the biggest stage against one of boxing’s most recognizable lightweights.
Davis return tied to unresolved matters
Any movement on a rematch timeline is dependent on Davis resolving ongoing legal matters. Davis has not competed since his last ring appearance, and WBN understands that clarity on his return will come only once those issues are addressed.
Until then, the offer remains contingent rather than immediate. However, the intent from Cruz’s camp is clear, and the rematch is viewed as the most meaningful option available once Davis is ready to resume his career.
Pacquiao options narrow as landscape shifts
The change in Cruz’s direction also affects the wider picture at the top end of the sport. Pacquiao’s name has continued to circulate in comeback discussions, but Davis is no longer part of that equation.
Instead, new complications have emerged. Promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed that talks are underway involving Conor Benn, with the potential for Benn to step into the long-discussed title opportunity against Rolando Romero.
If that matchup is secured, either in the UK or Las Vegas, Pacquiao’s remaining options become increasingly limited, leaving familiar territory — including Floyd Mayweather — as one of the few realistic fallbacks.
For now, the clearest path forward belongs to Cruz. And once Davis can compete again, the rematch he has been waiting for appears to be waiting for him as well.
While the betting lines should soothe Shakur Stevenson, the very thought of losing a bout leaves him jittery. Despite moving up a division, the Olympic silver medalist – a three-division champion – remains the heavy favorite to topple WBO and The Ring light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez.
As he steps into the most critical fight of his professional career, he can’t shake memories of his 2016 Olympic loss. A split decision cost Shakur Stevenson a gold – no American man had won one since Andre Ward in Athens. Images of him crying after Cuba’s Robeisy Ramírez defeated him also bring to mind a similar moment in 1996, when a controversial loss left a young Floyd Mayweather with only a bronze medal.
Stevenson revealed how the prospect of losing remains unsettling. “I think my trauma is like losing,” he said in an interview. “I don’t want to ever lose; that’s like a trauma for me.” The interviewer wondered how he would react in that situation – if he were to lose a fight, would he cry or do something reckless?
That immediately took Stevenson back to his Olympic days. “When I lost in the Olympics, that’s what got me crying,” he added. The clip, when Chris Mannix asked about his emotions after he lost the final to Ramírez, went viral. Even then, Stevenson reiterated how much he dislikes losing a fight.
While smiling at his emotional low point, Stevenson recalled how losing a fight that was well within his grasp affected him deeply. “Honestly, I think losing is my biggest pet peeve. I work so hard to make sure that sh*t don’t happen,” he added.
While he has yet to suffer a setback, he’s adopted a new perspective, giving props to whoever can finally beat him. “If you go against me and you beat me…you are a bad motherf**ker,” Stevenson said.
However, the risk of a first loss is real. Lopez is an equally sharp and technically gifted boxer, and one of the sport’s most unpredictable performers.
Eddie Hearn, who is promoting the fight with Top Rank’s Bob Arum, believes it is a 50-50 affair. “I think it’s a fight that could be a little bit of a chess match early on. You have two guys who are very reactive, super sharp, feint and set traps, and with tremendous boxing IQ and footwork,” he said.
But Stevenson remains confident. To that end, he is already talking about a move after the Teofimo fight. In a DAZN interview, he said that he does not want to relinquish his current WBC lightweight title. After he defeats Teofimo, he would rather move back down and pursue a title unification. Only another big fight would convince him to stay at 140 pounds.
A unification fight at 135 pounds would mean a potential matchup against entrenched IBF champion Raymond Muratalla, who defeated top contender Andy Cruz in a Fight of the Year contender during the weekend, a prospect that Stevenson is clearly targeting.
Carl Froch has told Tyson Fury there is no point coming out of retirement.
Fury retired 12 months ago but recently announced he will return to the ring as he seeks a third reign as heavyweight world champion. He is expected to fight again in April in a warm-up bout before setting his sights on a world title shot. His first-choice opponent had been Anthony Joshua but the Brit is recovering from injuries he suffered in a fatal car crash last month,
Fury could instead face champion Fabio Wardley who was upgraded to full champion in December when Oleksandr Usyk gave up his belt rather than face the Ipswich heavyweight. But as Fury prepares for his comeback in Thailand, former super-middleweight world champion Froch dismissed his return.
“Coming back into boxing at 37 years old, when he has been out for over a year, is anybody bothered?” he said on his YouTube channel. “Does anybody care? I don’t want to slander him because it’s Tyson Fury and he is great; he has been a great servant to boxing.
“He is a brilliant character, and I don’t want to give him any stick but I’m not f***ing a***d if he comes back to boxing or not. I’m not bothered; I don’t care anymore. He has retired five times. When he retired last, I knew that he was going to come back out of retirement. I think that the only reason that he should be coming back and the only fight worth looking at would be the ‘AJ’ fight.
“There is an argument that Fury lost to [Francis] Ngannou, there’s one loss, but he got the decision, then he lost twice to Oleksandr Usyk. There are three fights there where he has been beat, really, and now he is coming back after over a year out, it doesn’t make any sense, it’s pointless.
“If you’re going to come back and fight and try to be a top boy, and you want to get back into the mix at world level, jump in there with someone like Moses Itauma or [Agit] Kabayel.”
Heavyweight veterans Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora are reportedly finalizing a clash for April 4, but Frank Warren has something to say about that.
The news broke after Chisora posted a social media clip showing a video call with Wilder, during which “War” Chisora held up what appeared to be a signed bout agreement. Wilder is looking to reclaim his status as the division’s most feared puncher after a rocky stretch. Wilder returned to winning ways in June 2025 with a seventh-round TKO of Tyrrell Anthony Herndon, putting behind the losses he suffered to Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
“Signed. I hope you’re ready. This is the last phone call from me too, bro. I’m just phoning to tell you, bro, good luck,” Chisora
“Let’s freaking go! If I’m not ready then I’m gonna get ready. I’m just going to let you know, I love you, bro, this is the last phone call. Next time I see you it will be at the press conference and then after that we’ll be in the ring, baby. I love you so much, brother. Let’s make it happen,” Wilder
Will It Happen?
Meanwhile, Chisora has defied age by winning three consecutive fights, as the 42-year-old most recently beat Otto Wallin in February 2025. Despite the excitement, the fight faces significant issues. Reports suggest the card is being organized by Kalle Sauerland and Wasserman Boxing under the Misfits Pro banner. Frank Warren issued a firm rebuttal, stating that Chisora remains under a binding contract with Queensberry Promotions.
“I’m not [with Queensberry] anymore. The contract I had with Queensberry expired two months after my fight with Otto Wallin. The reason why we didn’t fight in December is I didn’t get a good contract, so I didn’t fight in December. So right now I’m just waiting on getting a good contract, a good number, and I’ll fight,” Chisora stated
“[Chisora] has a contract with us. What we deal with is facts, and the fact is that he has a contract with us,” Warren said
Crawford won by two narrow scores of 115 113 and a wider 116 112 that did not reflect how the fight felt in the moment. There were stretches in the middle rounds where Canelo struggled to reset his feet, gave ground without returning fire, and looked a step behind exchanges that once would have been routine for him.
The fight was competitive and tense, but it did not feel like a meeting between the best super middleweight in the division and a challenger rising to meet him.
Among hardcore fans, the reaction after the final bell was fairly consistent. They pointed to how slow and stiff Canelo looked and how much of the fight resembled a veteran managing decline rather than imposing control. By the later rounds, there was a sense that neither Crawford nor Canelo would beat the younger pressure fighters waiting at 168.
Names kept coming up in that discussion, including Osleys Iglesias, Christian Mbilli, and Lester Martinez, fighters known for size, pace, and sustained pressure who Canelo has not faced during his time at super middleweight. That is where the criticism starts to stick.
Max Kellerman addressed the issue on InsideRingShow, saying that if Canelo looks bad in his next fight, people will say Crawford beat a post prime version, and that outcome would hurt Crawford because the two performances are linked, whether he wants them to be or not.
Fans did not need a future fight to arrive at that view. Many were already saying it after the final bell, reading the performance as one that suggested a champion closer to the end than the peak.
You can argue that Canelo would have lost his super middleweight titles years earlier if he had faced the real threats in the division, including David Benavidez, David Morrell, Iglesias, Mbilli, or Martinez, but those fights never happened and the belts stayed with him as time passed.
Crawford stepped in at the right moment to face a champion who remained skilled but was no longer operating at his sharpest level. He won, then walked away before the division could respond.
That decision protects the record and keeps the debate unresolved.
Crawford’s biggest win came against a name rather than a full division. If that name continues to fade, the win will be viewed through that lens.
The 59-year-old lost a unanimous decision to Paul in November 2024, albeit in a contest that involved 14oz gloves and a limited duration of eight, two-minute rounds.
But still, with their matchup being sanctioned as a professional bout by the Texas Combative Sports Program, ‘Iron Mike’ was ultimately handed a seventh loss on his record.
Prior to their encounter, many had expressed concern over Tyson’s deteriorating health, particularly after he suffered an ulcer flare-up earlier that year.
The former world heavyweight champion later admitted that he had almost lost his life, but nonetheless entered his postponed contest with Paul and produced a largely pedestrian performance.
Since then, Tyson has been linked with an exhibition match against Mayweather, 48, with reports suggesting that their event could be staged in Africa this coming March.
But now, as he gears up to take on ‘TBE’, the Brooklyn heavyweight says he needs to lower the intensity of his training.
In an interview with Hard Rock Bet, Tyson says that the demanding nature of his preparation for Paul undoubtedly had a negative impact on his overall performance.
“I feel good right now. This is the best I’ve felt. I can’t wait to start getting in the ring. I learned from my last fight.
“I left a lot of my fight in the gym. I worked too hard. I was too intense. I was too extreme. I need to relax more. That’s what I always believe. I need to relax more … I’m getting more and more confident, and I believe I’ll be better in the next fight coming up.”
Before facing Paul, Tyson’s last professional outing came in 2005, when he suffered a sixth-round stoppage defeat to Kevin McBride.
Mayweather, meanwhile, has not fought professionally since his 10th-round finish over Conor McGregor in 2017, for which he hit the scales at just under 150lbs.
Gervonta Davis is back. Not in the boxing ring, but on social media. Why was he gone? Well, weeks before his much-anticipated fight against Jake Paul last year, his ex-girlfriend sued him for battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, and kidnapping. This had devastating effects on his career.
Having already discussed retirement, ‘Tank’ was forced to back out of the fight after Paul’s MVP canceled the bout. Davis was reportedly set to earn a massive $40 million paycheck from the encounter on Netflix. Regardless, it appears Davis is in high spirits with his first video on social media.
In a clip obtained by Fight Hub TV, Davis can be seen dancing in a rather unusual manner. “Gervonta Davis is back on social media, with an unusual video,” Fight Hub TV captioned the post. However, for Davis’ long-time followers, this behavior is nothing out of the ordinary. Several videos circulating across the internet show Davis frequently showcasing his “unusual” moves—antics that feel oddly unbecoming of his undefeated aura.
Davis’ absence from social media followed a turbulent year inside and outside the ring. Before ultimately missing out on the Jake Paul fight, Davis had squared off against Lamont Roach Jr. The matchup wasn’t unfamiliar territory, as the Baltimore native had already defeated Roach Jr. twice in the past. However, when they met again under the bright lights, the outcome was drastically different.
Roach Jr. pushed Gervonta Davis to his limits, to the point where ‘Tank’ was forced to take a knee mid-fight—an incident that sparked significant controversy. In the end, Davis recorded the first draw of his professional career against Roach Jr. Still, in response to Davis’ latest video, some fans have begun speculating whether the boxer may have absorbed too many blows to the head.
One of the first comments the post received aimed to mock Davis for his moves and his infamous knee during the Roach Jr. fight. “Y’all he’s playing, but he’s showing that his knee is better; he had surgery on it recently,” the user commented. No reports confirm that Davis had indeed had surgery.
Meanwhile, this user wasn’t surprised by Davis’ dance moves. “He has always been a little weird. Pitbull made it worse,” the user commented. Davis’ fight against Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz was a close affair, where ‘Pitbull’ landed pretty decent blows. However, Davis ultimately won the fight by decision.
The next user had a theory about why Davis posted the dancing clip. “CTE, boredom, needing a little attention, he good,” the user commented. While CTE is a prevalent problem in boxing, Davis doesn’t appear to show many symptoms quite yet.
Another user pointed out the video wasn’t out of the norm for Davis. “He always [does] these videos like that dancing one,” the user wrote. However, Gervonta Davis always gets mocked for the videos as well.
For someone else, however, the video was confirmation that Davis was suffering from CTE. “Yep …. CTE confirmed I see why he said he done with boxing,” the user commented. While Davis has indicated he will hang up his gloves, that could always be a ploy to gain more attention.
Andy Ruiz Jr wants to make a fight with Oleksandr Usyk happen this year.
Usyk is currently yet to confirm his next opponent, having initially vacated his WBO title in pursuit of a showdown with Deontay Wilder.
But it was confirmed to talkSPORT by Derek Chisora that he will instead face the ‘Bronze Bomber, with the bout expected to take place in April in London.
For now, the unified champion has been left out in the cold, and although Wilder still plans to challenge Usyk, he could well lose the risky bout and jeopardise a future meeting.
Therefore it is expected that ‘The Cat’ will consider his options in the meantime with a number of alternative options on the table.
Rumours have gathered pace in recent weeks that he could sign with Dana White and new promotion Zuffa Boxing with talks already being held.
And it was suggested that heavy-handed Andy Ruiz Jr could well be a potential opponent.
Now in a sign that the bout could well be on the table, the Mexican has taken to social media to make an offer to Usyk.
He shared a created picture of the pair facing off, as if the fight was already confirmed.
And he wrote the caption: “Let’s make it happen @usykaa.”
The fight could well be realistic, with rumours suggesting that any meeting could be held in July.
Usyk would likely be an overwhelming favourite against Ruiz Jr, but the powerful Mexican has large commercial selling power.
The potential challenger hasn’t been as active as he would have liked in recent years, having fought just three times since his rematch defeat to Anthony Joshua in 2019.
In his last outing, Ruiz Jr broke his hand and faced a spell out of the ring after controversially drawing with Jarrell Miller in August 2024.
Now he has returned to training and is looking to get back into shape and put his name into the heavyweight mix.
Usyk is only looking for big-name fights in the twilight stages of his career, the reason he suggested he would not face Fabio Wardley who received his vacated title.
Sergey Lapin, his team director has suggested that leading ranked Agit Kabayel is a viable option.
“In today’s heavyweight top division, there are no ‘safe’ opponents; every top-level guy is a threat,” Lapin told talkSPORT Bet.
“Kabayel is definitely a possible option.
“We see how Germany reacts to these fights, the stadiums they can fill, and how strong that market is.
“Stylistically, he can be tricky, too. Pressure, pace, physicality.
“It would be a big European fight with strong business potential.”