Month: July 2022

7:43 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 From a long-awaited trilogy bout between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin for all the marbles at 168 pounds, to a heavyweight rematch between unified
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Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, president of the World Boxing Association (WBA), has revealed that his organization is in the process of moving its main office to the United States. The sanctioning body, which has been headquartered in Panama in recent years, will now have its main office in the city of Houston, Texas. The WBA will
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Posted on 07/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Now that Tommy Fury will no longer be Jake Paul’s opponent on August 6th as had been scheduled, brash social media star turned 5-0 cruiserweight Paul is officially set to face the 12-1 Hasim Rahman Jr, the son of former heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman, instead. “Bigger, Stronger, More experienced,”
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4:38 PM ET Former three-division boxing world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko would like to return to the ring as soon as October, Top Rank president Todd DuBoef told ESPN on Thursday. Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs) has not yet fought in 2022. The 34-year-old Ukrainian joined a territorial defense battalion in his home country during the first
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Chris Mannix revealed earlier this week that Jake Paul was “finalizing a deal” to face Hasim Rahman Jr in place of the travel-challenged Tommy Fury, and we can now officially change that tense from present to past. The pair are set to meet atop an August 6th Showtime PPV at Madison Square Garden. Interestingly, the
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(June 26, 2021) Top 154-lb. contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin secures his 17th knockout victory with a sixth-round knockout over former unified world champion Jeison Rosario in their WBC Junior Middleweight World Title Eliminator. In a back-and-forth co-main event, Orlando’s Erickson “Hammer” Lubin (23-1, 17 KOs) overcame some adversity to score the most important victory of
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