1:38 AM ET Multiple Contributors It was a wildly busy night in the world of boxing, even with the postponement of the pay-per-view card centered around unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos. IBF and WBA bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue reminded the world of the otherworldy power he possesses at 118 pounds with
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Jermall Charlo retained his belt and his undefeated record, but had to go the full 12 rounds against Juan Macias Montiel to do it. Fighting in front of an adoring hometown crowd in Houston, Charlo (32-0, 22 KO) largely controlled the fight from beginning to end. He waited out a very odd, awkward opening that
Anderson Silva looked far more like a world-class boxer than his ex-middleweight champion opponent, carrying his skills over from the UFC cage to win a split decision over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in their sanctioned eight-round bout on the Tribute to the Kings at Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. All three judges saw it 77-75
Posted on 06/19/2021 By: Sean Crose Boxing returned to Showtime on Saturday as the premium cable outlet broadcast a live Premiere Boxing Champions’ card at the Toyota Center in Houston featuring Jermall Charlo and Juan Macias Montiel battling for the WBC middleweight title. First, however, the 25-1 super bantamweight Angelo Leo faced the 25-1 Aaron
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 1:07 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Naoya Inoue stepped back for a split-second in the third round, extending his arms out wide almost as if to wonder what else might be coming. To that point, Michael Dasmarinas hadn’t shown or done much inside the ring. Inoue had been dominant,
In anticipation of their third heavyweight championship showdown, WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury and former longtime heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder will go face-to-face at a Los Angeles press conference on Tuesday, June 15. Boxing’s most charismatic and explosive heavyweights, Fury and Wilder will continue their rivalry in the ring
Anthony Yarde introduced the newest member of his training team James Cook. Cook will now be working closely with Tunde Ajayi in preparing Yarde for his upcoming fights, starting with July 10th. 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
Don Haskins Center, El Paso – For the WBC flyweight world title, Marlen Esparza (10-1, 1 KO) came off the floor to become a world champion with a ten round unanimous decision over Ibeth Zamora (32-7, 12 KOs). The scores were 97-92, 95-94 and 96-94 for Esparza. There were many observers who felt the contest
Posted on 06/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode After defying the odds by becoming the oldest bantamweight champion at the age of 38, Nonito Donaire will look to lace his shoulders with even more gold. In an abrupt change of events, Donaire will now take on WBO titlist, John Riel Casimero on August 14th. Originally, Casimero was
In a sudden turn of events Mike Coppinger cites a source indicating that WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (41-6, 27 KO) will replace Guillermo Rigondeaux against WBO titleholder John Riel Casimero (30-4, 21 KO) on August 14, now making the previously scheduled bout a bantamweight unification match. According to Coppinger’s source PBC saw this as
Jermall Charlo acknowledged Thursday that Juan Macias Montiel has a lot of power. The unbeaten WBC middleweight champion clarified, though, that Montiel will encounter an opponent unlike anyone he has previously fought when they square off Saturday night in Houston, Charlo’s hometown. Each of Montiel’s 22 professional wins have come by knockout, including a first-round
Posted on 06/18/2021 By: Hans Themistode Regis Prograis thoroughly enjoyed his most recent trip to the squared circle. The former 140 pound world champion picked up an easy win against Ivan Redkach at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta Georgia on April 17th. Although his ring appearance was just a few months ago, the New Orleans
Today at 3:30 pm ET, Jaime Munguia headlines in El Paso against Kamil Szeremeta in a middleweight main event, streaming live on DAZN. BLH will be here with full coverage for the four-fight main card, including round-by-round for the main event. We’ll have full updates throughout the card in this stream: Munguia was originally supposed
It takes a lot for the humble yet confident Naoya Inoue to break character. The level of trash talk that has come from fellow three-division and reigning bantamweight titlist John Riel Casimero has yet to do the trick. Instead, Inoue focuses on the stuff that matters which for this week means the next defense of
Posted on 06/18/2021 By: Sean Crose “The people have been great,” says Hector Camacho Jr of Mexican fans, many of whom will likely be tuning into his Saturday exhibition bout against all-time great Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. “(There’s) a lot of love.” Although the fight is said to be the main event of a pay
10:40 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Lightweight undisputed champion Katie Taylor is in discussions with Estelle Yoka-Mossely over a potential fight, sources have told ESPN. Taylor, who is No. 1 in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings, has not fought since coming away with an unanimous decision victory over Natasha Jonas on May 1. Taylor (18-0, 6 KOs) appears
Fight Hub’s Marcos Villegas reports that despite enjoying the largest weight allowance of his professional career, Julio Cesar Chavez came in at 184 pounds for his 182-pound match with former UFC champion Anderson Silva tomorrow night. He must now surrender $100,000 to “The Spider,” who fights below 185 for the first time in over 15
Legendary trainer Ronnie Shields joins The PBC Podcast this week to discuss the evolution of his fighter, unbeaten WBC World Middleweight Champion Jermall Charlo, and breaks down the two-division champ’s title defense against hard-hitting Juan Macias Montiel Saturday night on PBC on SHOWTIME. Plus, we analyze Tuesday’s Fury-Wilder 3 press conference and more. For show