The strawweight equivalent of Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao is finally upon the boxing masses. It’s no longer the unification bout that the sport has long craved, but Thammanoon Niyomtrong and Wanheng Menayothin are set to meet years after a fight was first discussed. Niyomtrong’s WBA “Super” strawweight title will be at stake for the Thai superfight,
Month: July 2022
There’s currently two vacant world titles at 140 lbs after news broke that Josh Taylor would be giving up his WBC title, which has now been ordered to be filled in a fight between Jose Ramirez and Jose Zepeda. Regis Prograis, however, doesn’t seem to be in the mix right now for either the WBC
Carl Froch is ready to bury the hatchet with fellow former world champion Amir Khan. The two have traded words over the years, but their rivalry got heated earlier this year, when Froch was highly critical of Khan in the aftermath of his one-sided stoppage loss to Kell Brook in February. “It’s time to hang
Posted on 07/01/2022 By: Sean Crose The young man in the video stands in the sunlight signing autographs, a crowd of people clustered before him. He is polite, this young man, polite, good looking and rather gracious, never once losing patience with his fans. Finally, a woman, likely a PR agent, steps forward and firmly
12:42 PM ET Junior welterweight Josh Taylor has opted to give up one of his titles. The unified 140-pound champion relinquished his WBC belt ahead of a scheduled purse bid on Friday afternoon for a matchup against Jose Zepeda, the WBC announced. The sanctioning body had ordered the purse bid for the fight between two
(April 30, 2016) Jorge Lara and Fernando Montiel meet in Carson, CA at the StubHub Center on April 30th, 2016 in a bout scheduled for 10 rounds. Lara is the less experienced fighter but did not fight like it. Lara hit Montiel with a knockdown in the first 20 seconds of round 1. Montiel was
David Adeleye is making a name for himself in the world of heavyweight boxing and is tipped to become one of boxing’s future stars. At just 25 years old, Adeleye sees himself challenging the likes of AJ, Fury, and Usyk in the next 2-3 years. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow
Former junior middleweight titleholder Liam Smith has just inked a new deal with Ben Shalom of BOXXER, which will make way for him to continue on appearing on Sky Sports for the foreseeable future. “I’m delighted to put pen to paper with Boxxer,” said Smith. “I had a lot of offers but I’m glad to
Shakur Stevenson already knows the manner in which he can hang a victory over Gervonta Davis should the two ever meet in the ring. Stevenson, the recently unified 130-pound champion from Newark, New Jersey, was ringside for Davis’ sixth-round stoppage of Rolando Romero in their WBA lightweight title fight back in May at the Barclays
1:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Social media influencer Logan Paul has signed a deal with WWE, the organization announced on Thursday. The pact is a multi-event deal, sources told ESPN, that will push into 2023. Paul will compete in the ring at multiple WWE premium live events (formerly called pay-per-views by the company) and will
Well, friends, next Monday is Independence Day here in the United States, which means it’s pretty much a dead weekend for boxing in the States. But have no fear! There are international fights. Well, maybe have a bit, because mostly they’re not so great. But there is a world title fight in Australia, and we’ve
Several pro fighters have been added to the undercard of Social Gloves: ‘No More Talk’ – which takes place on Saturday, July 30 headlined by the grudge match between YouTube stars Austin McBroom and AnEson Gib. The card takes place at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center). Co-featured is a Battle of L.A. clash between
4:00 PM ET Connor O’Halloran Oleksandr Usyk has said he will return to Ukraine following the first defence of his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight title belts against Anthony Joshua in August. Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs), 35, will rematch Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs), 32, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Aug. 20, having become heavyweight champion