1:22 PM ET ARLINGTON, Tex. — Errol Spence Jr. flexed and grinned in front of a predominantly home crowd on Friday morning. In his first weigh-in since suffering a detached retina last year, Spence comfortably cleared the weight limit for Saturday’s welterweight unification title fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Spence came in at
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During a video interview with Fight Hype at yesterday’s final press conference for Errol Spence vs Yordenis Ugas, Showtime Sports executive Stephen Espinoza talks a bit about the ongoing demand for Terence Crawford to get in the ring with someone like Errol Spence (should he get past Ugas), and what if any issues remain to
Devin Haney is concerned about the mental welfare of on-and-off rival Teofimo Lopez. Haney, the Las Vegas-based WBC lightweight titleholder, responded to recent remarks made by Lopez in which the Brooklyn native claimed that his loss to George Kambosos in their lightweight title unification bout (WBO, WBA, IBF) last November was a result of a
Posted on 04/14/2022 By: Hans Themistode Photo by Stacey Snyder With Yordenis Ugas and Errol Spence Jr. set to unify titles on April 16th, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the remarkably stout southpaw is growing sick and tired of team Ugas and their analysis of his overall game. In September of 2019, Ismael
7:53 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Errol Spence Jr. returns from a long layoff to face Yordenis Ugas in a unification fight Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. ET). Spence was supposed to face Manny Pacquiao last year, but suffered a left eye injury a few days before and
It’s the big fight week on The PBC Podcast as renowned trainer Stephen “Breadman” Edwards stops by to discuss Saturday night’s epic SHOWTIME PPV headlined by the welterweight unification battle between champions Errol Spence Jr. and Yordenis Ugas. Also, hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal preview the entire card from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,
Dillian Whyte speaks to the media for the first time ahead of his huge Wembley showdown with Tyson Fury for the WBC Heavyweight World Title. #FuryWhyte Whyte spoke about his silence, preparation and relationship as Wembley bout closes in! Watch #FuryWhyte on BT Sport Box Office on April 23rd. Hit ‘Subscribe’ above to ensure you
Undefeated super featherweight, Andres Cortes (16-0, 9 KOs), who recently signed a multiyear promotional with Top Rank Inc., will return to action on April 30th, against Alexis del Bosque (18-5-1, 9 KOs), at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cortes vs. Bosque will stream live and exclusively on ESPN+. The card is
Posted on 04/14/2022 by John “Gutterdandy” Walker The strange atmosphere surrounding the upcoming title fight between undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and challenger Dillian Whyte, both of the UK, got even stranger when the two fighters appeared, though not together, at a press conference Thurdsay afternoon (April 14). Fury has previously announced that this
Despite turning 37 this coming October, Jamel Herring isn’t done quite yet. Dan Rafael reports that the former super featherweight champ will return to the lightweight division on May 21st as the co-feature for Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Danny Dignum in Las Vegas. TBA currently has the assignment. Herring (23-3, 11 KO) fights for the first
Former two division world champion David Haye believes Anthony Joshua will make the necessary adjustments to get revenge on Oleksandr Usyk in their upcoming rematch. Back in September of last year, Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles. Joshua exercised an immediate rematch clause – with a
Posted on 04/14/2022 By: Hans Themistode SCOTT KIRKLAND/FOX While Yordenis Ugas is widely respected by everyone in the boxing world, by and large, most believe that he’ll come up woefully short in his bid to become a unified champion. In just a few short days, on April 16th, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,
[embedded content] Errol Spence and Yordenis Ugas are at Arlington Taxpayer Stadium today for their final press conference before Saturday’s welterweight unification fight on Showtime PPV. The event will stream live in the video embedded at the top of this post starting at 2 pm ET. Spence (27-0, 21 KO) is the WBC and IBF
LAS VEGAS – Sebastian Fundora feels he has proven himself to be ready for the winner of the Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano rematch. Fundora’s fantastic showing during his technical knockout of Erickson Lubin on Saturday night didn’t just make him the WBC’s interim super welterweight champion. It proved that the 6-foot-6 Fundora isn’t some limited novelty
Posted on 04/13/2022 By: Hans Themistode Getty Images Andy Ruiz Jr. admitted where he went wrong. After shocking the boxing world in 2019 by dethroning Anthony Joshua and claiming three of the four major world titles in the heavyweight division, Ruiz Jr. rested on his laurels. As a result, the Mexican star spent the next
7:45 AM ET Ismael Salas remembers the first time Yordenis Ugas caught his eye. Just three weeks after Ugas started training with Salas, he had a sparring session with Gabriel Rosado, one of boxing’s top action fighters. Until that moment six years ago, Salas had never seen Ugas, who was in the midst of an
Benn (20-0, 13 KO) feels his ability will carry the day, and that the experience of South Africa’s van Heerden (28-2-1, 12 KO) won’t be an issue. “Every fighter I fight now moving forward is going to be more experienced, but it means nothing to me,” said Benn. “Who they’ve fought and what they’ve done
(March 2, 2019) Leduan Barthelemy (14-0-1, 7 KOs) remained unbeaten with a unanimous decision over Miguel Angel Aispuro (11-7-2, 7 KOs) by scores of 80-72 twice and 79-73 in their eight-round super featherweight attraction. #BarthelemyAispuro #LeduanBarthelemy #Aispuro Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions