Showtime Championship Boxing is back this Saturday night, with Gary Russell Jr returning from an amazing two-year layoff instead of his standard one-year absence, making a mandatory defense of his WBC featherweight title against challenger Mark Magsayo. Russell (31-1, 18 KO) has held his title since beating Jhonny Gonzalez in 2015, making a whopping five
Month: January 2022
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. – Sakaria Lukas (25-1-1, 17 KOs) came in on late notice and felt that he was robbed of a knockdown that would have given him a ten round decision win over Olympian Tugstsogt Nyambayar (12-2-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday night. The fight was very competitive, but
Posted on 01/22/2022 By: Sean Crose WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr was set to return to the ring for the first time in almost a year Saturday night. His opponent? The undefeated Mark Magsayo, who had fought his way to a shot at Russell Jr’s title. First, however, there were two undercard bouts broadcast
Former world champion Amir Khan admits that he bit off more than he could chew when he jumped up by two weight divisions to challenge Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez for the WBC middleweight title in 2016. Khan started off well, but Canelo eventually adjusted – and scored a brutal one-punch knockout in the sixth round. The
Posted on 01/23/2022 By: Sean Crose WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr, 31-1, returned to the ring for the first time in almost a year Saturday night. His opponent? The undefeated 23-0 Mark Magsayo, who had fought his way to a shot at Russell Jr’s title. The fight, which was held at Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel
12:48 AM ET The longest active run by a male titleholder in boxing is over. Mark Magsayo upset Gary Russell Jr. by majority decision on Saturday night — 114-114, 115-113 and 115-113 — to claim the WBC featherweight title in Atlantic City, New Jersey, taking away Russell’s title after almost seven years with the WBC
Mark Magsayo was a solid underdog and not given too big of a chance by many against Gary Russell Jr, but the Filipino kept his undefeated record and gained the WBC featherweight title, kicking off Showtime’s 2022 boxing schedule with an upset majority decision win. Magsayo (24-0, 16 KO) won on scores of 114-114, 115-113,
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Sean Gibbons likened the buildup toward the Gary Russell Jr.-Mark Magsayo fight to what happened prior to Zab Judah’s surprising loss to Carlos Baldomir in January 2006. Argentina’s Baldomir upset a distracted Judah by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden’s Theater and jeopardized Judah’s showdown with Floyd Mayweather. The favored
Posted on 01/22/2022 By: Hans Themistode The mind of Gary Russell Jr. continues to race. The WBC featherweight titlist is still dealing with the mind-numbing pain of losing his younger brother, Gary “Boosa” Russell due to an unexpected heart attack in December of 2020. While he still grieves, Russell Jr. is attempting to find peace
Back to the drawing board. Martin Bakole’s recent push to enforce his contracted fight with Tony Yoka has borne fruit, as Dan Rafael reports that the IBF declared Yoka “unavailable” for his planned eliminator against Filip Hrgovic. Bakole’s (17-1, 13 KO) team alleged that Yoka’s (11-0, 9 KO) promoters declared in writing that their doomed
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Canelo Alvarez vs. Joe Smith, David Benavidez and Artur Beterbiev, Terence Crawford’s lawsuit against Top Rank, Gervonta Davis vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, Deontay Wilder, and more. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Joe Smith just made the comment that he deserved the Canelo Alvarez fight.
Posted on 01/21/2022 By: Hans Themistode Tyron Woodley had an enormous amount of hubris heading into his showdown against social media star turned professional boxer, Jake Paul. Though Woodley spent decades honing his craft in an MMA cage, the former UFC welterweight champion was steadfast in his belief that he could waltz into a boxing
Showtime Championship Boxing returns tonight, with Gary Russell Jr defending his WBC featherweight title against mandatory challenger Mark Magsayo in the main event. We’ll have full round-by-round coverage starting at 9 pm ET. Wil Esco will be on the call for all three fights on the card, with live updates coming in this stream: Along
On January 29th at the Packard Music Hall in Ohio, World Boxing Council cruiserweight champion Junior Illunga Makabu (28-2, 25KO`s) defends his belt against WBC Silver Champion Thabiso Mchunu (23-5, 13KO`s). Both are southpaws and this will be their second fight. In 2015 they clashed in a WBC eliminator. Thabiso dominated the first six rounds.
Posted on 01/21/2022 By: Hans Themistode With the proliferation of current and former UFC fighters entering the sport of boxing, Francis Ngannou is very much interested in joining his MMA brethren. On numerous occasions, the UFC heavyweight belt holder has exchanged verbal threats with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. The British product has gone as
Kid Galahad’s featherweight campaign is over. The recently deposed IBF champ tells the Sheffield Star that he’ll be fighting at 130 pounds going forward, starting with a March clash against TBA, and could go all the way up to lightweight in the future. “He (Martinez) was getting battered,” Galahad said. “The reason why he won
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