Jake Paul’s trainer BJ Flores speaks to Ariel Helwani about Tyron Woodley and Jake’s skillset ahead of Sunday’s showdown in Cleveland. Watch #PaulWoodley on BT Sport Box Office on Sunday 29 August – https://www.bt.com/sport/box-office/ 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
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Apologies for citing ESPN so much today, but that’s where everything’s breaking. Mike Coppinger reports that Wasserman Boxing and Sky Sports “have struck a multi-fight deal” that will kick off October 2nd, when Chris Eubank Jr. takes on Germany’s Sven Elbir. A bit of Twitter searching reveals that the pair were initially supposed to fight
Houston boxer Eridson Garcia (14-0, 9 KOs) remained undefeated and captured the vacant North American Boxing Federation (NABF) Super Featherweight Championship, winning the main event last night on the latest installment of RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS, presented by Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Boxing in association with Next Up Fight and the World Cup
By: Sean Crose “I’ve never seen Fury fight and say: ‘Wow he is unbeatable’.” So Deontay Wilder trainer Malik Scott told Sky Sports on the subject of WBC and lineal heavyweight champ Tyson Fury. Wilder, of course, is going to face Fury in the ring for the third time on October 9th. The first fight
1:37 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez are on the brink of yet another fight. Promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN on Friday that he’s confident he’ll close a deal for the unified 115-pound championship trilogy fight next week, a bout he’s planning to stage Oct. 16. Hearn is looking at
The WBA’s ongoing reformation efforts are starting to pick up steam. The sanctioning body announced yesterday that it was axing all of its interim titles and beginning to order the former titlists to fight their respective divisions’ “world” champions. ESPN KnockOut’s Salvador Rodriguez has revealed that as a result, world featherweight champ Leigh Wood must
Rolando Romero has no problem keeping up his bad boy persona so long as that means more people end up watching “The Sweet Science.” The hard-punching – and frequently profane – lightweight contender has made a name for himself as one of the more abrasive personalities in boxing. While his rhetoric may be off putting to
Posted on 08/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode Errol Spence Jr. felt every emotion. From apoplectic, to incredulous to despondent, Spence Jr. dealt with it all. With just a few weeks left until his mega showdown against Manny Pacquiao on August 21st at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Spence Jr. was given no choice but
7:30 AM ET Dotun AkintoyeESPN.com JAKE PAUL HAS taken to scrawling poster board messages in the living room of his home in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico. Consider the writing on the wall: “Make History.” “Inner Athlete.” “Win.” “Win!!” “Give Back.” “What Would Jordan Do?” “Secretary Bird” “Orca Energy” “Box Jellyfish — no heart, deadliest animal.”
Tyron Woodley knows he may not talk the game Jake Paul does, but he has no question that he’s got it where it counts and will look to demonstrate exactly that when he faces Paul this Sunday in a Showtime PPV. During yesterday’s final press conference for the bout Woodley makes it clear that he’s
Top contender Yordenis Ugas (24-4, 11 KOs) drops previously unbeaten Omar Figueroa (28-1-1, 19 KOs) on his way to a unanimous decision in their WBC welterweight title eliminator. Ugas got off to a strong start, connecting on a straight right hand that sent Figueroa into the ropes, which he held onto so he didn’t hit
The highlights and best bits as Jake Paul, Tyron Woodley, Tommy Fury and Daniel Dubois spoke to the media ahead of their fights on Sunday. Watch #PaulWoodley on BT Sport Box Office on Sunday 29 August – https://www.bt.com/sport/box-office/ Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing
The stage is set for the Boxeo Telemundo summer season finale. Dennis ‘El Martillo’ Contreras and Cesar Juarez both made weight ahead of their scheduled ten-round regional title fight. Both boxers weighed right at the 126-pound divisional limit for their televised main event Friday evening on Telemundo from White Sands Event Center in Plant City,
Posted on 08/26/2021 By: Sean Crose Just three years ago, the man was a social media star – a figure for the young generation – a presence well known by the children and grandchildren of those born before 1985, but probably not many others. Now, he may well be one of the top drawing pay
11:24 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Edgar Berlanga has agreed to terms on a two-fight plan with Top Rank, the boxer told ESPN on Thursday. The first bout comes Oct. 9 in Las Vegas against Marcelo Esteban Coceres, Berlanga said, in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing show on an ESPN platform that will
Heavyweight Joe Cusumano gets a big opportunity on Sunday’s Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley PPV, where he’ll face British prospect Daniel Dubois as part of the undercard. The 33-year-old Cusumano (19-3, 17 KO), a Virginia native, has been mostly a club fighter in his career, if we’re being honest, and is a massive underdog against
Every fighter talks and dreams about that “opportunity of a lifetime,” but few ever get it, and the percentage that actually come out on top is even smaller. Heavyweight Juiseppe Cusumano, the hard-hitting, 6-foot-4 giant from Sicily – appropriately nicknamed “The Sicilian Nightmare” – finally gets that coveted, life-changing opportunity Sunday, August 29 in Cleveland
Posted on 08/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode There was something incredibly odd about Yordenis Ugas. The Cuban native removed his shirt during last weekend’s weigh-ins for his contest against Manny Pacquiao and revealed an unbelievable physique. But while Ugas appeared to be in the best shape of his professional career, something seemed off. Although Ugas is