Franchon Crews-Dezurn is ready to take on Elin Cederroos and determine an undisputed super middleweight champion. She had to wait three months longer than expected, but her wait is almost over. On Tuesday, September 14th, Crews-Dezurn (7-1, 2 KO) will put her WBC and WBO belts on the line against WBA and IBF champion Elin
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Headlining LEGENDS II, Former Cruiserweight and Heavyweight Undisputed World Champion, EVANDER ‘THE REAL DEAL’ HOLYFIELD will battle Former UFC Heavyweight World Champion VITOR ‘THE PHENOM’ BELFORT in an eight-round clash. (photos by Amanda Westcott) Co-featured at LEGENDS II, UFC Legends, ANDERSON ‘THE SPIDER’ SILVA from Sao Paolo, Brazil and ‘THE HUNTINGTON BEACH BAD BOY’ TITO
Posted on 09/10/2021 By: Hans Themistode Robson Conceicao was none too pleased with what took place earlier this week. The former 2016 Olympic gold medalist was perturbed when news broke that Oscar Valdez, his upcoming opponent, tested positive for Phentermine. While it appeared as though Conceicao would lose his opportunity to dethrone Valdez for his
9:00 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Evander Holyfield will return to the ring Saturday against a legendary mixed martial artist, former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort. Yes, Holyfield is 58. And yes, this will be his first fight since he defeated Brian Nielsen in 2011, capping one of the greatest in-ring careers of all time.
Tonight starting at 5:45 pm ET on ESPN+ for the prelims, and continuing at 10 pm ET also on ESPN+ for the “main card,” Top Rank are back with two world title fights and a bunch of their notable prospects in action from Tucson, Arizona. Note: Top Rank’s Twitter said 6:15 pm ET on Thursday
Oscar Valdez didn’t offer much insight into why he tested positive for a banned substance during his new interview with ESPN’s Mark Kriegel. In fact, the unbeaten WBC super featherweight champion claimed he doesn’t know how Phentermine entered his system before he submitted samples to the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association on August 13. Phentermine, a substance
Posted on 09/09/2021 By Sean Crose “I’m ready,” former WBC heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder said on Wednesday’s The PBC Podcast. “I hope they are ready.” Wilder was referring, of course, to current WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who he will meet for the third time on October 9th in Vegas. “I know he
Sep 8, 2021 Mike CoppingerESPN Mikey Garcia, a four-division champion, has agreed to terms for a fight with Spain’s Sandor Martin on Oct. 16, possibly in Texas, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The bout will be contested at a catchweight of 145 pounds, sources said. Promoter Eddie Hearn was planning to stage the 115-pound championship
Dominican super lightweight prospect Michel Rivera (20-0, 13 KOs) pounded Arecibo, Puerto Rico’s Anthony Mercado (13-5, 11 KOs) and scored a TKO victory when referee Edward Collantes stopped the fight at 2:26 of the eighth round. #MichelRivera #RiveraMercado #Boxing Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing
Boxing action from the Copper Box in London as featherweights Louie Lynn and Amin Jahanzeb headline The Prospects card. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on Instagram ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read more on upcoming
Scott Christ (46-14) Nakatani has some real star potential as a young flyweight titlist and top fighter at the weight, and I love this matchup, this could be fun. Acosta went the distance for the first time in his pro career last time out, going a full eight with Gilberto Mendoza in March. If it
Frank Warren, the co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is not expecting to see a “new version” of Deontay Wilder in the upcoming trilogy bout. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Fury will face Wilder for a third time on October 9 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Their first bout, in December of 2018,
Posted on 09/09/2021 By: Hans Themistode Shakur Stevenson is visibly confused by the ongoing narrative surrounding his showdown against Jamel Herring. The two are slated to face off on October 23rd at the State Farm Arena, in Atlanta Georgia with Herring’s WBO super featherweight title on the line. From the moment Stevenson forfeited his WBO
8:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos have signed contracts for an undisputed lightweight title fight that will take place Oct. 4 at New York’s Hulu Theater at MSG, Triller COO Thorsten Meier told ESPN. The fight was set for Oct. 5 but Triller moved the fight to avoid competing with a
Filip Hrgovic (12-0, 10 KOs) continues his World Title charge tomorrow night as he looks to take out a year of frustration on Marko Radonjic (22-0, 22 KOs) when the unbeaten Heavyweights collide at the Worthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt, Austria, live on RTL in Croatia and DAZN in over 190 countries and territories worldwide. Hrgovic
Posted on 09/09/2021 By: Hans Themistode Originally, it seemed unlikely bordering on impossible. With Oscar De La Hoya forced to withdraw from his showdown against Vitor Belfort due to the former six-division world champion testing positive for COVID-19, the entire card appeared destined to be scrapped. Yet, with Evander Holyfield happily stepping in to save
7:53 AM ET Two fighters who shouldn’t be near a boxing ring are headlining cards in Miami and Tucson, Arizona, this weekend. Evander Holyfield, 58, returns to the ring to face former UFC champion Vitor Belfort, 44, in an eight-round heavyweight match on Friday at Hard Rock LIVE at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Triller’s Saturday show has lost yet another bit of star power. Dan Rafael reports that Jim Lampley, who signed a “multi-fight deal” with the promotion in June, has withdrawn from his lead commentator role. Lampley himself has not released a statement on the reason for his exit. It’s unclear at the moment whether co-commentator Shawn