On February 19, Eye of the Tiger kicks off 2022 with a bang at the Cabaret du Casino de Montreal, where fans will witness the team’s most promising hopefuls in action at the first event of a series highlighting the organization’s ten-year anniversary. Alexandre Gaumont, Thomas Chabot, Luis Santana, Avery Martin-Duval and Leila Beaudoin will
Month: January 2022
Posted on 01/21/2022 By: Sean Crose The Association of Ringside Physicians (ARP) stated Friday that it “is proud to announce the release of a special report examining mortalities resulting from head injuries in combat sports between 2000 and 2019.” The goal of the ARP is to ultimately make combat sports safer endeavors. “There is risk
During this video interview with Ray Flores, Mario Barrios discusses his upcoming welterweight bout against Keith Thurman and bouncing back from his first loss to Gervonta Davis. Barrios takes on Thurman on February 5th and shares some of his thoughts leading into the fight. Check out some of what he had to say below. Barrios
Unbeaten contender Ema Kozin has worked her way into position as the mandatory challenger for WBC/WBA/IBF Middleweight World Champion Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields and she will look to earn a historic win for her native Slovenia when she challenges Shields on Saturday, February 5 from Cardiff, Wales and available live on pay-per-view in the U.S. and
Posted on 01/20/2022 By: Hans Themistode (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) At 38 years of age, Sergey Kovalev will attempt to revitalize his career. As first reported by Mike Coppinger of ESPN, the former unified light heavyweight belt holder is finalizing a March 12th showdown against Meng Fanlong at a catchweight of 185 pounds. At
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 7:51 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gary Russell Jr. is boxing’s longest-reigning champion. As of Saturday, he’ll have held his title for 2,493 days. While he’s undoubtedly one of the most talented fighters in the world, that status is partially due to his low level of activity. Gary Russell
With former welterweight titleholder Keith Thurman set to make his return to the ring after over two years of inactivity, scheduled for a bout with Mario Barrios on Feb. 5, Thurman gives a public statement on coming back after losing in his biggest career fight against Manny Pacquiao and how despite that pain of receiving
Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is hungry to get a measure of some payback when he faces Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch. Their second encounter is being planned for a UK stadium in the coming months. Last September, Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles. Joshua would
Posted on 01/20/2022 By: Hans Themistode The light heavyweight division has always been considered one of the more glamorous ones in the sport of boxing. However, as of late, the names associated with the top of the weight class have been placed on display for the world to see. In December of 2021, current unified
We’ve known about it since last week, but now it’s official. Super middleweight up-and-comer Edgar Berlanga’s next fight will see him face veteran Steve Rolls on March 19th, headlining a prospect-filled ESPN tripleheader at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. Berlanga (18-0, 16 KO) is looking for a standout performance after last October’s shaky win over
Don’t wait! Order #ThurmanBarrios on FOX Sports PPV NOW: https://pbcham.ps/ThurmanBarrios-5 Tune in this Saturday, January 22, 2022, for the premiere of PBC Countdown: Thurman vs Barrios, live on FOX at 5pm ET/2pm PT. Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
WBC Featherweight World Champion Gary Russell Jr. and unbeaten top challenger Mark Magsayo went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they meet in the SHOWTIME main event this Saturday, January 22 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. (photos by Amanda Westcott) The press
Posted on 01/20/2022 By: Sean Crose First they wouldn’t fight at all. Now it appears they’re going to fight at least twice. Fellow Englishmen Amir Khan and Kell Brook are finally set to square off against one another on February 19th in Britain. This is the result of years of hostility, avoidance and a classic
Well, this definitely wasn’t on my 2022 bingo card. Both Mike Coppinger and Keith Idec report that former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and unbeaten Meng Fanlong are “finalizing” a deal to meet atop a March 12th Triller Fight Club card in Los Angeles. Despite both men spending their careers at 175 pounds, they’ll fight
With all due respect to Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, Claressa Shields and her promoter beg to differ. They believe Shields’ rematch with Savannah Marshall, not Serrano versus Taylor, will be the biggest fight in the history of women’s boxing. Shields, who has only been beaten by Marshall in a boxing ring, and Marshall will
Posted on 01/19/2022 By: Hans Themistode Like most of the boxing world, head trainer Calvin Ford finds a showdown between Gervonta Davis, the multiple division titlist he’s trained for well over a decade, and Vasiliy Lomachenko, a very intriguing bout. Although Davis has moved up and down in weight over the past few years, the
1:46 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Sergey Kovalev and Meng Fanlong are finalizing a 185-pound catchweight fight on March 12 in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The Triller Fight Club headliner will be Kovalev’s first bout since November 2019, when Canelo Alvarez brutally knocked him out to capture a light heavyweight title. Kovalev, a
Something was bound to come up. Just under a week after Tony Yoka accepted the IBF’s order to face former Olympic rival Filip Hrgovic in a final eliminator, ESPN reports that Martin Bakole’s team “sent letters to the IBF” requesting that they cancel the bout, as Yoka is allegedly still under contract to meet Bakole
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