Devin Haney retained his WBC world lightweight title in a thrilling fight with Jorge Linares at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas. Haney (26-0 15 KOs) sparkled from the start with his trademark skills, speed and elusiveness seeing the champion start strongly over former three-weight world champion, with bodywork smartly invested and uppercuts accurate
Month: May 2021
Posted on 05/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode Having spent plenty of time with him in numerous sparring sessions, Jorge Linares had a good idea as to what to expect when he took on Devin Haney. The two faced off last night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for Haney’s WBC lightweight title. Considering
1:05 AM ET All it takes is one punch to spoil a good night. Devin Haney’s Saturday night was going perfectly until Jorge Linares caught him with a big right hand in the 10th round. The moment that punch landed, the biggest test of Haney’s career became significantly tougher. He did just enough to pass,
Another fight, another win that builds the legend of Nonito Donaire, as he stopped Nordine Oubaali inside of four rounds to become the oldest recognized bantamweight champion in boxing history. At 38, Donaire (41-6, 27 KO) has countryman Gerry Penalosa beaten by three years to take the record, picking up the WBC belt after a
CARSON, Calif. – Nonito Donaire has stuck around long enough to shatter his own record. The four-division champion and future Hall of Famer became a three-time bantamweight champion following a stunning 4th round knockout of France’s Nordine Oubaali. Donaire scored three knockdowns, the last of which prompted an immediate stoppage at 1:52 of round four
Posted on 05/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode All Devin Haney believed he needed was the right opponent to showcase the skills many have lauded him for. Tonight, at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, he was given the perfect foe. With multiple world titles in numerous weight classes sitting on his mantle at home,
12:59 AM ET Devin Haney was fighting two different battles on Saturday night. On one front, the 22-year-old lightweight champion was looking to defend his WBC belt against Jorge Linares, a veteran former champion who still carries significant respect in the sport. On the other, Haney needed to show why he’s worthy of a bout
Tonight at 10 pm ET on Showtime, Nordine Oubaali will defend the WBC bantamweight title against Hall of Fame-bound Nonito Donaire, with Donaire looking to become the oldest major bantamweight champion in boxing history at age 38. We’ll have full coverage and highlights, plus round-by-round updates for the main event, right here in this stream,
Nordine Oubaali has made the most of the 18-plus months he has spent out of the ring. His upcoming challenger, Nonito Donaire has used that same downtime to fully recharge his 38-year-old body The former four-division titlist aims to become a three-time bantamweight titlist as he faces France’s Oubaali this Saturday, live on Showtime from
Posted on 05/29/2021 By: Hans Themistode For a number of years now, Devin Haney has shouted to the boxing world that he’s the best in the 135 pound division. In just a matter of hours, he’ll look to prove that when he takes on multiple-time champion, Jorge Linares. The two are slated to face each
Former boxing world champion Lamont Peterson has been retired since his fight with Sergey Lipinets in March 2019 and is now making his transition into becoming a boxing coach. In this exclusive interview, Peterson explains what he plans to bring to the sport in this new role. #LifeAfterBoxing #LamontPeterson Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN
Shane McGuigan is the new man in Daniel Dubois’ corner. He discusses his aims in rebuilding Dubois after his first defeat and the roadmap to taking Dubois to the top of the heavyweight division. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport
Subriel Matias has sensed for a while that his first career world title shot would come against Josh Taylor. That feeling carried into last weekend’s undisputed junior welterweight champion, which pitted the unbeaten Scot versus Jose Ramirez (26-1, 17KOs) in a battle of unified titlists. Taylor prevailed by unanimous decision in their memorable battle this
Posted on 05/28/2021 By: Hans Themistode When Manny Pacquiao made the stunning announcement that he was taking on Errol Spence Jr. on August 21st, in Las Vegas, Nevada, not only did he stun most of the boxing world, he also left WBA sanctioning body President Gilberto Mendoza dumbfounded. Although Pacquiao has been sidelined for roughly
This evening at 8 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, Devin Haney returns to defend his WBC lightweight title against Jorge Linares in a main event from Las Vegas. All updates, including round-by-round for Haney vs Linares from Wil Esco, will be in this stream, which updates itself: It’s a big fight for Haney, obviously,
John Fury, the father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is very upset with the series of events which led to his son being forced to move forward with a trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder. Last weekend, Fury was close to finalizing a deal to face IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua in a
Posted on 05/28/2021 All it takes is a single punch. When it comes to Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury knows that better than anyone, for it was Wilder who laid the towering Brit on his back in the final round of their first matchup in 2018. Fury, of course, came back to soundly thrash Wilder in
Kevin Iole reports that Jean Pascal is out of his scheduled June 6 rematch with Badou Jack, which was to be the key co-feature for the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul exhibition PPV, with Pascal failing a drug test for the steroids epitrenbolone, drostanolone, and drostanolone metabolite A. The 38-year-old Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KO) and the 37-year-old
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