Top Rank has no shortage of confidence in unified WBO/IBF super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer’s star power. ESPN reports that Mayer has signed a “multiyear extension with Top Rank that will earn her seven figures over the life of the deal” ahead of Saturday’s clash with Jennifer Han. Said deal mandates three fights per year.
Month: April 2022
IBF, WBO super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer is backing Claressa Shields to topple Savannah Marshall in a planned middleweight unification. The two champions traded harsh words, face to face, last Saturday in Newcastle, in the aftermath of Marshall’s most recent defense. Mayer believes Shields’ speed and output will prove to be too much for the power
Posted on 04/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Give longtime heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte this – he’s not going to let WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury get inside his head. As the clock winds down to the Fury-Whyte heavyweight title bout, which will go down in front of 94,000 people at Wembley Stadium on April
7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gennadiy Golovkin stormed through the red, white and blue ropes encompassing the ring in disgust and made a beeline for his dressing room. He wasn’t interested in sticking around at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the customary postfight interview. What was left to be said? Golovkin firmly believed he
As expected, the WBA has officially ordered “super” featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz to face “world” champion Leigh Wood as part of their surprisingly consistent title reduction effort. The pair have 30 days as of today (meaning until May 6th) to come to terms and avoid a purse bid. Santa Cruz (38-2-1, 19 KO) has
Mikaela Mayer is not giving up on her quest to become undisputed champion. The cooperation from her counterparts—or lack thereof—could ultimately determine at which weight division she can transform her vision into a reality. The reigning IBF/WBO junior lightweight queen—who is also the recognized Ring Magazine champion—has called for showdowns with the remaining champions, WBC
Posted on 04/05/2022 By: Hans Themistode Erickson Lubin has successfully peeled himself up off the canvas, both figuratively and literally. With the entire boxing world watching, the Florida native would lose in stunning fashion at the hands of Jermell Charlo in October of 2017. While initially embarrassed and acrimonious by the way things played out,
Sebastian Fundora towered over Jorge Cota in their May 1, 2021 WBA Super Middleweight title eliminator bout. Over 6″ taller then Cota and a 7″ reach advantage, Fundora could easily fight at a distance to control the pace of the fight by outboxing his opponents. Instead, he chose violence, fighting toe-to-toe with Cota in close
Heavyweight prospect David Adeleye speaks to BT Sport Boxing about his upcoming fight on the Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte undercard at Wembley Stadium on April 23rd. Watch #FuryWhyte on BT Sport Box Office on April 23rd.
Floyd Mayweather will return to the ring, kind of, for a May 14 exhibition bout against club fighter Don Moore, with the bout taking place on a hotel helipad in Dubai. TMZ reported the news this evening. Anderson Silva and Badou Jack will also be part of the event. Mayweather, who turned 45 in February,
It has been more than two years since Ryota Murata has been able to soak in the ambience that comes with a big fight night. A career-long 28-month inactive stretch will come to an end once Tokyo’s Murata (16-2, 13KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday. The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and reigning WBA “Super”
Posted on 04/06/2022 By: Hans Themistode Errol Spence Jr. has heard the conversations loud and clear for the past few years now. Although many believe that the unified welterweight star is the best fighter in the division, there are an equal number of fans who are under the assumption that Terence Crawford, actually holds that
Ahead of his scheduled April 16 welterweight title unification with Yordenis Ugas, airing live on Showtime PPV, unified titleholder Errol Spence sits down for a lengthy conversation with Brian Custer of the Last Stand Podcast. During this installment Spence shares thoughts on his recovery from his car crash, this upcoming fight, and what could he’ll
Las Vegas native Nico Ali Walsh, grandson of “The Greatest,” hopes to make a statement for the hometown fans. Ali Walsh will fight Denver’s Alejandro Ibarra in a four-round middleweight attraction Saturday, April 30, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Ali Walsh-Ibarra will open the televised broadcast featuring the world junior lightweight title unification showdown
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 04/06/2022 By: Hans Themistode Normally stoic and stone-faced, Errol Spence Jr. couldn’t stop himself from smiling when Manny Pacquiao inked his name on the dotted line. Having watched Pacquiao fight as a youngster, Spence Jr. believed that a matchup against the surefire future first ballot Hall of
7:48 AM ET A couple of texts exchanged and roughly five minutes is all it takes for Ryan Garcia to embark down the southern California coastline for a trip with no exact destination. It’s the favorite part of Garcia’s first official training camp under new trainer Joe Goossen, who lives close enough to Garcia in
Groupe Yvon Michel recently announced that after nearly two years on the sidelines, former light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez will return to action on May 5th in a cruiserweight bout against TBA. Alvarez (25-2, 13 KO), who famously flattened Sergey Kovalev for the WBO title in 2018 before losing it in their rematch, hasn’t fought
Claressa Shields is not too enamored with the idea of unifying her middleweight titles in her opponent’s backyard. Shields, the WBC, WBA, and IBF women’s middleweight champion, is on a collision course to face WBO middleweight titlist Savannah Marshall in a full unification bout this summer on Sky Sports, which has both fighters under exclusive
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