Chris Eubank Jr’s team were not informed about Conor Benn’s first positive drugs test when he signed for their fight. Benn has revealed that he tested positive for the banned substance clomifene, a female fertility drug that boosts testosterone, weeks before a positive test for the same substance that scuppered his fight with Eubank. A
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Posted on 10/28/2022 By: Sean Crose “I want to fight Tank and Tank wants to fight me,” Ryan Garcia stated on social media Thursday. “This fight is what boxing NEEDS right now!” Few would argue that Garcia is wrong. After anticipated fights like Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua and Errol Spence-Terence Crawford fell apart, fans were left
6:15 AM ET Welterweight contender Conor Benn has revealed he failed two voluntary drug tests ahead of his 157-pound catchweight bout with Chris Eubank Jr earlier this month. Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) had been due to fight Eubank Jr. in a highly anticipated extension of their fathers’ infamous 1990s rivalry, but Benn tested positive by
How to watch Paul vs Silva The fight is available on pay-per-view for $59.99. You can order through FITE TV, through traditional cable and satellite pay-per-view, and from Showtime directly. We will have live coverage! If you can’t watch or want somewhere to chat with fight fans during the show, Bad Left Hook will have
Katie Taylor will defend her Undisputed Lightweight World title against Karen Elizabeth Carabajal at the OVO Arena Wembley in London on Saturday October 29, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand). The Irish superstar retained her Undisputed Lightweight World title after a Fight of the Year contender with Puerto Rico’s Serrano – the
Posted on 10/28/2022 By: Sean Crose In what has proven to be a valuable lesson of think before you speak, the Arizona Boxing Commission has given the green light for Jake Paul to battle Anderson Silva Saturday night in Glendale. The highly promoted Showtime pay per view battle was in jeopardy of falling apart Thursday
7:50 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. YouTube sensation-turned-boxer Jake Paul will be back in the ring Saturday for his sixth professional fight. And while he’s not fighting a “real boxer,” he will face former UFC champion Anderson Silva, who owns a victory over former middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Paul (5-0, 4 KOs) has
Scott Christ (74-33) This is a weird one — I mean, obviously, it’s the “content influencer” against the 47-year-old MMA legend, but as far as trying to earnestly analyze the style matchup, it’s a weird one. Silva, I think, has the skills to beat Paul on points, and rather comfortably so, but he’ll have to
THE WBC SILVER featherweight champion Nick Ball will make a second defence of his title when he tops the bill against the unbeaten Rafael Pedroza in the next of Queensberry’s Prospect Show series at York Hall on Friday November 11. Big-hitting future heavyweight star David Adeleye also features on the card in what will be
Posted on 10/27/2022 By: Sean Crose How quickly we forget. There was a time not all that long ago when boxing fandom was perpetually informed that Vasyl Lomachenko was perhaps the greatest fighter ever. That’s ever. And, to be sure, the Ukrainian was absolutely, positively one hell of a boxer. Just ask Guillermo Rigondioux, or
10:09 PM ET PHOENIX — Anderson Silva has been cleared to compete in a boxing match Saturday against Jake Paul after his comments from an interview nearly upended the bout. The Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission agreed to let Silva fight during a special meeting Thursday night, after requiring the MMA legend to take extra
The Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission has cleared Anderson Silva to fight Jake Paul on Saturday night, following the decision to hold a meeting this evening after media people and fans on social media made a big deal about an interview where Silva said he’d been knocked out twice in training camp. The outcome of
Former three-weight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and undefeated upstart Jamaine Ortiz renewed acquaintances Thursday in New York City. The one-time sparring partners will clash in the 12-round lightweight main event Saturday evening at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. This fight could propel the winner to a shot at undisputed champion Devin “The Dream” Haney.
Posted on 10/27/2022 By: Sean Crose An interview given by former MMA great Anderson Silva has led the Arizona Boxing Commission to immediately set about to find whether or not the 47 year old should be facing Jake Paul Saturday night in Glendale. Although Silva has since said he was kidding, the UFC legend claimed
9:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez are in the process of finalizing a deal for a fight in the first quarter of 2023, sources tell ESPN. It’s expected one of the two 130-pound titles vacated by Shakur Stevenson will be on the line in the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN main
Jake Paul’s fight with Anderson Silva on Saturday is in at least potential jeopardy, as the Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission will meet this evening about the event, following remarks recently made by Silva that he’d been knocked out twice during training camp. Steven Marrocco first reported the meeting on Thursday. The 47-year-old Silva said
Fernando Martinez would welcome title unification fights against any of the other boxers who hold 115-pound championships. The undefeated Martinez’s preference, though, is to face Japan’s Kazuto Ioka after making his next IBF junior bantamweight title defense, which could come against the IBF’s number one contender, the Philippines’ Jade Bornea (18-0, 12 KOs). Ioka (29-2,
9:21 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN CAMARILLO, Calif. — Fights are often compared to wars, though it’s no longer a metaphor Vasiliy Lomachenko cares to indulge. Not anymore. Not after seeing the real thing. With respect to war, Ukraine’s two-time gold medalist, considered for several consecutive years to be the greatest fighter in the world, has