Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, Matchroom’s Fight Camp is back from Matchroom HQ in England, with an adjusted but still solid main event. Xu Can will defend his WBA featherweight belt against Leigh Wood in the main event, after Conor Benn vs Adrian Granados was scrapped a couple of days ago.
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Sergey Kovalev wants another crack at Canelo Alvarez – what’s more, he is apparently willing to forgo any compensation for the opportunity. In a post published on his Instagram account, the former Russian light heavyweight champion called out current WBA/WBC/WBO 168-pound champion Alvarez to a rematch, going so far as to say he would fight
Posted on 07/30/2021 By: Sean Crose Lineal and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury appears to be back in the gym preparing for his October 9th fight with Deontay Wilder. “Good morning, people,” a smiling Fury says in a video presented by FightHype. “GK is back!” The video then cuts from the man sipping from a
8:39 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN China isn’t known as a boxing hotbed, but there is one fighter from the world’s most-populated nation who is making noise: Xu Can. The 126-pound volume-puncher — ESPN’s No. 2-rated featherweight — was lined up for a title tilt with Josh Warrington in the spring before the Brit was shocked
Premier Boxing Champions is back on FOX tonight at 8 pm ET, with a heavyweight main event between unbeaten Michael Coffie and late replacement opponent Jonathan Rice. We won’t lie to you and say this is the most star-studded FOX show — which is a low bar for FOX shows these days — but Coffie
WE HAD, QUITE literally, a banging night at Wembley’s SSE Arena last Saturday, with high skills, big bombs and true grit aplenty across a hugely entertaining evening. It was truly magical to have the fans back in big numbers and those that joined us at Wembley created such a special atmosphere in support of the
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 07/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode Vasyl Lomachenko is reportedly ready to return to the ring before the year comes to an end. According to Dan Rafael, formerly with ESPN, Lomachenko is slated to face off against Richard Commey on December 11th. As of now, no venue has been
2:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Manny Pacquiao’s battle with Errol Spence Jr. won’t be the only welterweight title fight on Aug. 21 in Las Vegas. Yordenis Ugas will defend his 147-pound title against Fabian Maidana in the chief-support bout on Fox pay-per-view, multiple sources tell ESPN. The other two matchups on the card: a fight
#SammyVasquez fought #AronMartinez in what was scheduled as 12RD welterweight bout. All they needed was 6RDs for a winner’s hand to be raised. #VasquezMartinez An Army National Guard veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, Sammy Vasquez (21-0, 15 KOs) believes boxing is therapeutic for him, that it calms him in a way. True to
Carlos Takam pays tribute to Joe Joyce but remains angry with the referee after the sixth-round stoppage brought to an end their heavyweight showdown. #JoyceTakam 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 ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on Instagram
Day seven of boxing at the 2020 Olympics will see the men’s flyweights and men’s lightweights in preliminary rounds action, plus women’s middleweight quarterfinals, and both semifinal bouts in the women’s featherweight division, with the losers getting bronze and the winners going on to fight for gold. You can stream live on NBCOlympics.com if you’re
NEWARK, New Jersey – James Martin damaged and helped salvage FOX’s tripleheader all within a matter of hours Friday afternoon. An overweight Martin was removed from his scheduled immediate rematch with Vito Mielnicki Jr. before their weigh-in at the Doubletree Hilton hotel. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that later Friday afternoon Martin agreed to face unbeaten junior
Posted on 07/30/2021 By: Hector Franco The potential showdown for the undisputed super middleweight championship between IBF 168-pound titleholder Caleb Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) and Ring Magazine/WBA/WBC and WBO super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) looks to be dead in the water as of now. Plant, who was looking to participate in
5:00 AM ET Former Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell announced his retirement from boxing on Friday, saying that he “achieved more than I expected.” Campbell won bantamweight gold at London 2012 and turned professional after the Games, going onto fight for multiple lightweight world titles. “After a lot of thought and reflection, I have decided
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is obviously encouraged by Tyson Fury’s chances to beat Deontay Wilder in their planned October trilogy, but makes it a point not to discount the fact that Wilder holds that equalizer when it comes to brute force punching. Talking to Sky Sports about his impressions on the fight, Arum says
Kicking off three consecutive weekends of fights from Matchroom HQ, Brentwood, champion featherweight XU CAN looks to defend his WBA strap for the third time, facing off against British challenger LEIGH WOOD. (photos by Mark Robinson) The Chinese featherweight comes into the bout on an impressive 15 fight win streak, recently edging out Manny Robles
Posted on 07/28/2021 By: Charles Jay Some observers have thought that the inclusion of professional boxers into the Olympics would have an impact, and in fact, a major one. Needless to say, things have fallen short of that. And naturally, this can be rationalized. It is admittedly very difficult to explain the concept of long-time
8:07 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. There are a lot of good fights on the schedule for the rest of 2021, but there are a lot of good matchups still waiting to be made — some fights that have been talked about, and some that haven’t. Former two-division world champion and current ESPN boxing analyst
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