Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) and Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) hosted their final press conference today in Dallas, Texas ahead of their 12-round showdown for the interim WBC Lightweight Championship. They were joined by undercard fighters from the event including world champions Rene Alvarado (32-8, 21 KOs) and Felix Alvarado (35-2, 30 KOs) and
Month: December 2020
Dereck Chisora On Oleksandr Usyk: “He’s Not A Scare In The Heavyweight Division” Posted on 12/31/2020 By: Hans Themistode Heavyweight contender Oleksandr Usyk has been built up to be some sort of monster. With the first five years of his career spent at the cruiserweight division, Usyk became known as not only a skillful boxer
The strong tradition of New Year’s Eve boxing in Japan continued in 2020, with a fantastic main event that saw Kazuto Ioka stop Kosei Tanaka in the eighth round to retain the WBO 115-pound title. Ioka (26-2, 15 KO) became Japan’s first-ever four-division titlist when he won the then-vacant WBO junior bantamweight belt in 2019,
When Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell square off for the vacant interim WBC lightweight world title in the main event of a Golden Boy Promotions card on Saturday (DAZN, 3 p.m. ET preliminary bouts, 6 p.m. ET main card) at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, there will be a very interested spectator paying close
Posted on 12/30/2020 By: Sean Crose He’s only lost twice in 27 fights, each time to top level competition and by close margins (both defeats came via split decision). Come Thursday in his native Japan, however, WBO super flyweight titlist Kazuto Ioka will be facing his countryman, the formidable and undefeated Kosei Tanaka in defense
5:55 PM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. From the moment the fight was announced, Ryan Garcia vs. Luke Campbell was going to boil down to one major talking point: whether or not Garcia is ready to step up and prove he’s the real deal as an elite boxer and not just a social media star. But
Kazuto Ioka and Kosei Tanaka are set to clash in a big fight in New Year’s Eve tradition from Tokyo this morning, with the full card set to begin at 3 am ET, and the main event slated to begin around 4 am ET. Bad Left Hook will be here with fight results as they
New Year’s Eve has loomed large in the careers of both Kazuto Ioka and Kosei Tanaka. Ioka is making his ninth start on the date, posting a mark of 7-1 so far. Tanaka is making his fourth start on what has become arguably the biggest day on the Japanese boxing calendar, returning to the ring
Posted on 12/30/2020 By: Sean Crose Marvelous Marvin Hagler is primarily remembered for three bouts. The first was his hard fought victory over a rejuvenated Roberto Duran in 1983. The second was his stunning third round knockout of Thomas Hearns in 1985. And the third was his still controversial split decision loss to Ray Leonard
It’s the year-end episode of The PBC Podcast as we announce our winners for Fighter of the Year, Fight of the Year and many more categories! Plus, we share some of our most memorable moments of 2020 and recap of all of last weekend’s FOX PBC Fight Night action. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Show Intro 03:10
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Having thoroughly destroyed mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta earlier this month, IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin has some freedom when it comes to choosing his next opponent. Eddie Hearn shared a proposal with Sirius XM’s Ak & Barak: WBO champion Demetrius Andrade. “Boo Boo,” who hasn’t fought since January thanks to COVID scrapping a November clash
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is gaining confidence that a deal will be finalized for a full division unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury. Hearn is currently in serious discussions with Fury’s co-promoters, Bob Arum of Top Rank and Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions. The two sides are
Terence Crawford: “If I Don’t Get Errol Spence Or Manny Pacquiao Then I Would Have To Fight Shawn Porter” Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Hans Themistode WBO welterweight belt holder Terence Crawford has long wanted to face WBA titlist Manny Pacquiao or unified champion Errol Spence Jr. However, the 33-year-old has gained no traction in terms
Lightweight titlist Devin Haney is outlining his holiday wishlist, and it’s headlined by a pair of potential mouthwatering fights for 2021. “My next [fight] will be Teofimo Lopez because that would be for all the belts of course and I would want to be undisputed champion of the lightweight division, and then I would say
Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Sean Crose Call it the shot heard round the boxing world. With a single punch, the widely unknown, masterfully skilled Mike McCallum knocked out former welterweight kingpin Donald Curry on a summer night in 1987, rattling a public that saw Curry as being on the comeback trail. Not that McCallum-Curry was
7:15 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN SAN DIEGO — It’s not what I’d expect of a Gen Z playlist, much less from a fighter losing himself in the imagined aggressions of shadowboxing: “Married Life,” better known as the theme from “Up”; Debussy’s “Clair de Lune”; and Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major. “It calms
During this conversation with Fight Hype, Ryan Garcia talks about his January 2nd fight against Luke Campbell, clearly confident that he’s going to win as he sets his sights on a Gervonta Davis fight, which he says he wants next. “Lookout for the call out after I beat Luke Campbell,” Garcia said. “Fuck Devin Haney,
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