WBA “regular” junior welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios believes his career-defining moment has finally arrived, as he’s scheduled to defend his title against unbeaten star Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Their fight will headline a Showtime pay-per-view card on Saturday, June 26, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Davis captured titles at super featherweight
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Posted on 05/19/2021 By: Sean Crose Gervonta Davis is now officially set to fight Mario Barrios on June 26th in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. The bout will be the main event of a Showtime Pay Per View card presented by Premiere Boxing Champions, which represents Davis. Davis was last seen knocking out Leo Santa Cruz
9:09 PM ET Jake Paul, one of the most polarizing up-and-coming stars in boxing, has a new home. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter has a deal in place for his next boxing match to be distributed by Showtime Sports, Paul’s adviser Nakisa Bidarian told ESPN on Wednesday. Paul’s team and Showtime are in advanced talks about the potential
Boxing is known as the theater of the unexpected, yes, but I didn’t see this one coming. ESPN is reporting that Jake Paul is now set to sign a deal with Showtime, the premium cable platform which had been regarded as something of an old guard stalwart. It’s a rather surprising move away from younger,
Former unified junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario is eager to bounce back when he faces top contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin in a WBC super welterweight title eliminator. Their fight has been set down as the Showtime pay-per-view co-feature, with Gervonta “Tank” Davis returning in the main event against WBA “regular” super lightweight champion Mario “El Azteca”
Posted on 05/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode For the first time since being knocked off the super welterweight division mountain top, Julian Williams will return to the ring. The Philadelphia native is set to take on fringe contender Brian Mendoza on June 26th, at the State Farm Arena, in Atlanta Georgia. For Williams (27-2-1, 16 KOs)
4:38 PM ET The fate of a proposed heavyweight unification match between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could be greatly determined in the next two days. In a letter to Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn on Wednesday, the WBO ordered Hearn to “show cause” within 48 hours why the sanctioning body should not force Joshua (24-1,
After winning titles at super featherweight and lightweight, Gervonta Davis is officially set to challenge WBA “world” super lightweight champion Mario Barrios on June 26th in the main event of a four-fight Showtime pay-per-view. Davis (24-0, 23 KO) took the IBF super featherweight title from Jose Pedraza in 2017 and defended it with a three-round
Kazuto Ioka has been cleared of any wrongdoing following a doping investigation surrounding the biggest win of his career, although the ruling hasn’t exactly left him in a celebratory mood. The Japanese Boxing Commission (JBC) confirmed to local media that Ioka (26-2, 15KOs) was no longer subject to punishment over allegations of producing a positive
Posted on 05/18/2021 By: Sean Crose “It was a shock to the system,” Eddie Hearn says to Matchroom Boxing in response to yesterday’s stunning arbitration ruling that Tyson Fury will have to fight Deontay Wilder a third time in September. The ruling means the mega fight that’s been agreed to between Fury and Anthony Joshua,
7:43 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor have worked for decades to reach this moment. On Saturday in Las Vegas, one of the two undefeated and
During the latest installment of Brian Custer’s the Last Stand Podcast, former junior middleweight titleholder Jarrett Hurd talks about his upcoming bout against Luis Arias, losing his father to COVID, and still looking towards some big junior middleweight fights before making a permanent move to 160. Hurd on why he’s fighting at 160 on June
On May 18, 2019, Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder successfully defended his WBC World Heavyweight Title against Dominic Breazeale with a VICIOUS first-round knockout. Who’s ready to see Deontay Wilder back in the ring! Click here to watch #WilderBreazeale in its entirety: https://youtu.be/VodHyI55x70 #FightAnniversary #Shorts Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS:
Daniel Dubois showed his class as he praised Billy Joe Saunders for going out on his shield against Canelo. He also reflected on his first loss in boxing against Joe Joyce. 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 Boxing Facebook Group
Last week, Triller co-founder Ryan Kavanaugh took to social media to verbally blast UFC President Dana White over his refusal to allow a boxing match between six division champion Oscar De La Hoya and MMA veteran Georges St-Pierre. De La Hoya, 48-years-old and retired since 2008, was planning to return to the ring in July
Posted on 05/18/2021 By: Hans Themistode May 24, 2019; Oxen Hill, MD; Devin Haney steps on the scale to weigh in for his May 25, 2019 Matchroom Boxing USA fight that will take place at the MGM National Harbor in Oxen Hill, MD. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxing USA Devin Haney is putting the final
1:07 PM ET Former super middleweight world titlist Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will face former light heavyweight title contender Sullivan Barrera on July 9 in Los Angeles, Golden Boy Promotions announced Tuesday. Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs), 29, of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, will make his Golden Boy debut after signing with the promotion in February. Ramirez, who
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has clearly been floored by recent news of an arbitration judge ordering Tyson Fury to face Deontay Wilder next, especially after spending so much time and effort over the past few months to put together a deal for the undisputed heavyweight title with Anthony Joshua. Not to be, it would appear.
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