Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: Rumor

  • Boxing Rumors: Major Heavyweight Card in December

    Social media boxing circles and tabloid press have been discussing a rumored mega fight card from Saudi Arabia in December of this year. I cannot find a reputable source reporting this as signed and finalized and it feels too good to be true. However, as a fight fan this would be the best news of…

  • Opinion: Boxing in Media-Ryan Garcia vs Adrian Broner??

    Boxing fans on social media are now being stoked by recent statements from promoter Oscar De La Hoya. Oscar is hinting at a possible fight between recently defeated Ryan Garcia and Adrian Broner. Broner still has a following out there and fans on social media still seem to think Broner is the same fighter he…

  • Rumor: Deontay Wilder to face Robert Helenius in Comeback

    Stories are circulating throughout the boxing media about Deontay Wilder’s comeback opponent and it is believed to be Finnish heavyweight Robert Helenius. The target date is October 15th at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York on PBC PPV. For the thirty-six year old Wilder this will be his first fight since losing the trilogy…

  • Deontay Wilder Retirement?

    Ring Magazine just ran a story about Deontay Wilder speaking on the topic of retirement. Across the front page of Google are various articles discussing a possible retirement from the sport for the Bronze Bomber. Wilder did an interview with comedian Kevin Hart and to paraphrase said that he accomplished what he set out to…

  • Boxing News and Rumors July 22, 2021

    The World Boxing Organization Orders a Purse Bid at Welterweight The WBO has recently announced that the Terrence Crawford and Shawn Porter camps must negotiate a purse bid in thirty days for a mandated fight. Porter the former IBF and WBC Welterweight Champion is currently sitting at number two in the WBO rankings. These two…

  • Boxing Rumors: Fury vs Wilder III Postponed? Canelo vs Beterbiev?

    Sources close to Tyson Fury’s team are hinting at a COVID-19 outbreak threatening to postpone the Wilder fight according to ESPN. This fight has been viewed as an inconvenient roadblock to the Fury vs Joshua total unification at heavyweight. A delay here would only further interrupt the biggest fight in the heavyweight division and a…

  • Rumors: Canelo Alvarez fighting in 2020? Oscar De La Hoya back?

    Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant? Canelo Alvarez got out of his contract with DAZN and Golden Boy Promotions in what turned out to be a very brief struggle. Fighters exiting contracts usually results in drawn out legal battles, more recently I think of Andre Ward who lost several years of his prime to break from…