Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 02/06/2022 By: Sean Crose After two and a half plus years away from the ring, Keith “One Time” Thurman finally returned to action Saturday night in Las Vegas as he took on underdog Mario Barrios in a scheduled welterweight 12 rounder at the MGM Grand. All eyes
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8:05 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 Chris Eubank Jr. insists it was his intention to draw out Saturday’s unanimous points win against Liam Williams to make it last the full
Keith Thurman made a successful return to the ring tonight in Las Vegas, winning a deserved wide decision over Mario Barrios in the 12-round welterweight main event of the FOX PBC pay-per-view event. Thurman, 33, probably wasn’t quite at peak form, but that’s to be expected given he hadn’t fought in three years, and if
Cardiff – Making her UK debut as a pro, IBF, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Claressa Shields (12-0, 2 KOs) dominated previously undefeated mandatory challenger Ema Kozin (21-1-1, 11 KOs) over ten rounds for a unanimous decision win. (photos by Lawrence Lustig) All three judges scored it 100-90. Shields now moves a step closer to fighting
Posted on 02/06/2022 By: Hans Themistode Jesse Rodriguez knew it was only a matter of time before he became a world champion. But, the 22-year-old had no idea his time was coming so soon. The San Antonio Texas native didn’t hesitate in the slightest when he was given the last-minute call to compete in the
1:56 AM ET The 31-month layoff didn’t seem to affect Keith Thurman much in a unanimous-decision victory over Mario Barrios Saturday night in Las Vegas. Thurman fought for the first time since losing a split decision to Manny Pacquiao in July 2019, but came out strong and dominated the first few rounds, moving well and
Keith Thurman is back in the welterweight title race, returning after nearly three years out of the ring with a solid win over Mario Barrios in tonight’s FOX PBC pay-per-view main event from Las Vegas. Thurman (30-1, 22 KO) took the win via unanimous decision, with the judges scoring it 117-111, 118-110, and 118-110. Bad
PHOENIX – Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez became the youngest active titlist in the sport, doing so on short notice and in an unfamiliar weight division. The 22-year-old San Antonio native moved up to junior bantamweight on just six days’ notice, outpointing Mexico City’s Carlos Cuadras to win the vacant WBC junior bantamweight title. Judges Barry Lindenman
Posted on 02/05/2022 By: Sean Crose Leo Santa Cruz returned to the ring on Saturday for the first time since being knocked out by Gervonta Davis in highlight reel fashion back in the fall of 2021. The popular 37-2-1 four division titlist faced the 23-2-1 Keenan Carbajal Saturday on the undercard of the Keith Thurman-Mario
7:09 PM 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 Claressa Shields unanimously out-pointed Ema Kozin to set up a potential unification title fight with rival champion Savannah Marshall. Shields (12-0, 2 KOs), who
Order #ThurmanBarrios on YouTube PPV here: https://pbcham.ps/ThurmanBarrios-YTPPV Catch all the undercard action on the non-televised portion of the Thurman vs Barrios fight card live on the PBC YouTube channel starting at 4:40pm ET/1:40pm PT. Fights include: Jesús Silveyra vs Keith Hunter — 8 Round Super Lightweight Bout Enriko Gogokhia vs Kent Cruz — 8/10 Round
Chris Eubank Jr scored four knockdowns against Liam Williams in Cardiff, but the number of knockdowns and the official judges’ scores may make his win seem a bit more dominant than it really was. Judges had the fight 116-108, 116-109, and 117-109 for Eubank, which are all fair enough cards, but after a tremendously fast
Otto Wallin did little to underline his status as a heavyweight contender as he worked his way to a lackluster eight-round decision over Kamil Sokolowski on the Williams-Eubank undercard in Cardiff. For Wallin, this fight was just about being active, having been out of the ring for nearly a year and having had a fight
Posted on 02/05/2022 By: Hans Themistode Despite spending the majority of his career at the 140 pound super lightweight limit, Mario Barrios is supremely confident in his ability to adapt to his newfound welterweight home. Though he was already suffering from weight issues, Barrios pondered a move seven pounds north several times in 2021. Ultimately,
Keith Thurman makes his return to the ring tonight, facing Mario Barrios in a FOX PBC pay-per-view main event from Las Vegas. Thurman hasn’t fought in nearly three years, and both he and Barrios are coming off of losses with a lot to prove in a welterweight division where one big win tonight by either
You can forgive Kalle Sauerland for sounding a little over-excited. On Saturday, in front of a full house at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena, he’s putting on Chris Eubank Jr-Liam Williams on Sky Sports and it’s a fight that has captured the imagination. Eubank, Sauerland’s fighter, is going to get booed out of the building and he’s
Posted on 02/04/2022 By: Sean Crose Ryan Garcia is set to return to the ring for the first time in over a year. The 23 year old rising star’s opponent will be Emmanuel Tagoe, a man who is little known to casual fans but who holds an impressive 32-1 record nonetheless. The two men are
Whoever wins between Oscar Valdez and Shakur Stevenson on April 30th, odds are his next opponent will be decided here. O’Shaquie Foster is set to face Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov in a WBC super featherweight final eliminator on Probellum’s March 18th Sunny Edwards vs Muhammad Waseem card. Foster (18-2, 11 KO) hasn’t seen action since violently stopping