{"id":198464,"date":"2026-01-29T01:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/boxing-news-today-mbilli-crowned-world-champion-as-keyshawn-davis-sparks-promoter-talk-dazn\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T01:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:59:05","slug":"boxing-news-today-mbilli-crowned-world-champion-as-keyshawn-davis-sparks-promoter-talk-dazn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/boxing-news-today-mbilli-crowned-world-champion-as-keyshawn-davis-sparks-promoter-talk-dazn\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing news today: Mbilli crowned world champion as Keyshawn Davis sparks promoter talk – DAZN"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is going on in the boxing world today? DAZN News takes a closer look at some of the stories people are waking up to today. Wednesday, January\u00a028.
Boxing has a new world champion after Christian\u00a0Mbilli\u00a0was upgraded to WBC super-middleweight ruler<\/a> after Terence Crawford<\/a> recently vacated the belt\u00a0following his retirement from the sport<\/a>.\u00a0
Mbilli\u00a0had been ordered to enter negotiations with Hamzah\u00a0Sheeraz<\/a>\u00a0to comets the vacant title, but with\u00a0Sheeraz\u00a0now heading towards a showdown with Diego Pacheco for WBO honours,\u00a0Mbilli\u00a0is now on top.\u00a0
In September,\u00a0Mbilli\u00a0faced Lester Martinez on the Crawford vs Canelo Alvarez, with the bout being scored a draw following a terrific effort from both men.\u00a0
That big event exposure did not hinder\u00a0Mbilli\u00a0in the slightest and it now looks like that he will become a regular fixture on such shows in his new role as champion.\u00a0
Super-middleweight is\u00a0opening up\u00a0since Crawford's retirement and with\u00a0Mbilli\u00a0now champion, the Canadian based Frenchman will be confident he can become the world\u2019s best fighter at 168lbs.\u00a0\u00a0
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Has Keyshawn Davis\u2019s career taken a different turn?\u00a0\u00a0
The American star posted a picture on Instagram alongside Eddie Hearn and Frank Smith with a caption that read, \u201cLet\u2019s show the world fellas.\u201d\u00a0
Davis appears on the undercard of\u00a0Teofimo\u00a0Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday night, live and exclusive on DAZN PPV, and his career has been guided expertly by Top Rank so far.\u00a0
Is that relationship about to\u00a0come to an end\u00a0or is Davis just showing some appreciation to Matchroom\u2019s main men as they handle the promotional responsibilities for Saturday night\u2019s show in New York City?\u00a0
Sam Jones has been busy in recent weeks trying to land huge fights for Jack Catterall<\/a>\u00a0and Conah Walker.\u00a0
At one point, it appeared that world titles could be secured for two members of his\u00a0stable with Devin Haney<\/a> possible for Catterall and Lewis Crocker<\/a>\u00a0seemingly an\u00a0easy choice for Walker.\u00a0
With the IBF forcing Crocker into a mandatory fight against Liam Paro, Walker\u00a0requires\u00a0a different opponent, but could that man be Catterall?\u00a0
There has been some talk that the pair, both central parts of Jones\u2019 management stable, have been approached about a\u00a0possible fight, but Jones is not a fan of the idea.\u00a0
\"JackMark Robinson \/ Matchroom Boxing<\/em>
\u201cMatchroom would like Jack to fight Conah Walker, who I obviously look after as well, which puts me in a very awkward position. But at the same time, if that\u2019s the fight that Eddie wants to make, it\u2019s a great fight,\u201d said Jones when speaking to\u00a0BoxingScene.\u00a0
\u201cAs a fan\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a great fight. But\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0both going to have to be heavily compensated for it. Conah is coming off an enormous win in Monaco [over McCormack] where he was the underdog and Jack is in a position now,\u00a0probably only\u00a0for the second time in his career, where he\u2019s No. 1 and\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0going to get a world title shot.\u201d\u00a0
Nothing is agreed as it stands, but Jones sitting ringside with his head in hands is a realistic possibility at this point.
Teofimo L\u00f3pez\u00a0and Shakur Stevenson headline the Ring VI fight night in New York, exclusively on DAZN PPV, this Saturday, January 31.
Purchase as a one-off PPV, or get included at no extra cost with a DAZN Ultimate Tier\u00a0subscription, which includes minimum\u00a0of 12 PPV events per year, plus another 185 fight nights. Monthly and annual options available.
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What is going on in the boxing world today? DAZN News takes a closer look at some of the stories people are waking up to today. Wednesday, January\u00a028.Boxing has a new world champion after Christian\u00a0Mbilli\u00a0was upgraded to WBC super-middleweight ruler after Terence Crawford recently vacated the belt\u00a0following his retirement from the sport.\u00a0Mbilli\u00a0had been ordered to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-198464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}