I’m a big fan of Keith Thurman. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Always have been, in fact. Not only is he a Floridian – which gets him extra points now that it’s been my home turf, too, for 15 years – but he’s long one of the best and most consistently interesting interviews in the business.
Month: February 2022
Posted on 02/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Back in early 1985, the fight world was focused on the impending middleweight title superbout between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns. Hagler was the longstanding middleweight champion of the world, a gritty, walking, talking skill set with power. Hearns needed no introduction. The tall, thin fighter
Buy #ThurmanBarrios NOW on FOX Sports PPV: https://pbcham.ps/ThurmanBarrios-5 Watch live as fighters on the undercard of Keith Thurman vs Mario Barrios—including Leo Santa Cruz vs Keenan Carbajal, Jesus Ramos vs Vladamir Hernandez, Luis Nery vs Carlos Castro, Abel Ramos vs Luke Santamaria, and Ryan Karl vs Omar Juarez—host their final press conference ahead of their
Eddie Hearn, who works with heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, has confirmed that his boxer received the bout agreement for the mandatory fight with Tyson Fury. Last month, Fury’s co-promoter, Frank Warren, secured the promotional rights with a monster bid of $41 million. The fight is being targeted for April 23, at a stadium in the
Posted on 02/07/2022 By: Hans Themistode Robert Easter Jr. found himself the target of aggressive robbers in Cincinnati Ohio. The former IBF 135 pound titlist was approached by gunpoint by several men who demanded he removed his jewelry. According to WTOL 11, Easter told investigators that he was approached from behind and heard a suspect
4:24 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Miguel Berchelt and Jeremiah Nakathila have agreed to a deal for a March 26 lightweight fight, sources told ESPN. The bout will headline Top Rank Boxing on ESPN at a location to be determined, sources said. Berchelt (38-2, 34 KOs) will now campaign at 135 pounds after he lost his
Toledo’s WTOL 11 reports that former lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. suffered three gunshot wounds while fleeing from an armed robber, who wound up taking “two gold chains, three diamond rings and Easter’s cell phone.” Easter underwent surgery “to remove bullet fragments,” though his father tells Golden Boy’s Ernie Gabion that there’s nothing “life threatening.”
LAS VEGAS – Keith Thurman seemed somewhat interested late Saturday night in the possibility of fighting Terence Crawford next. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Thurman was honest, though, in making it clear that he would prefer to fight the winner of the upcoming championship unification bout between rival Errol Spence Jr. and Yordenis Ugas. His 12-round,
Posted on 02/06/2022 By: Hans Themistode Keith Thurman has multiple reputations. Not only is the 33-year-old a former unified welterweight champion and a pernicious power puncher, he’s also been known to have a certain weakness for blows to the midsection. During his long-awaited return to the ring against former 140 pound secondary titlist Mario Barrios,
Feb 5, 2022 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 Chris Eubank backed up his claims that he is ready to challenge for a world middleweight title by forcing four knockdowns on his way
Once again, we won’t have another update next week, as there’s just not much going on this coming weekend. So the next rankings update will come on Monday, February 21. Ranked fights the next two weeks: Super Middleweight: (7) John Ryder vs (8) Daniel Jacobs, Feb. 12 Middleweight: (6) Jaime Munguia vs D’Mitrius Ballard, Feb.
Claressa Shields fights tend to follow a familiar pattern. There is about a thirty second period at the beginning of the fight in which her opponents look like they may be able to bother her in some capacity, until it becomes clear what Shields is doing. For every opponent that faces Shields, it is the
Posted on 02/06/2022 By: Hans Themistode The confidence of Leo Santa Cruz was visibly fractured following his sixth-round stoppage defeat at the hands of Gervonta Davis. Although Cruz knew good and well that he was facing a much bigger and stronger opponent on October 31st, 2020, the Mexican star wanted to prove that he could
1:11 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Fighting for the first time in 31 months, Keith Thurman mostly looked sharp in a unanimous-decision victory over Mario Barrios on Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. The judges turned in tallies of 118-110, 118-110 and 117-111 for Thurman, who graded his performance a “C+, B-.” The former
You may remember a couple years ago at the NFC Championship, actor Rob Lowe became an internet sensation by attending the game and wearing a cap that supported neither the Green Bay Packers nor the San Francisco 49ers, but instead the National Football League: Just over two years later, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, attending the
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At the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona – Jamie Mitchell (8-0-2 5 KOs) impressed in the first defense of her WBA Bantamweight title against Carly Skelly (4-1-1), landing a dominant fourth round stoppage win. Skelly hit the canvas hard in the final seconds of the opening round, and Mitchell repeated the trick at the end
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