From an early age, Shakur Stevenson craved competition. As the story goes, from the time he was a toddler he and his grandfather Wali Moses watched fight tapes together every morning right after breakfast. As a boxing coach, Wali would critique the fighters on the screen, and Shakur would imitate what he saw, shadowboxing throughout
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Posted on 06/09/2021 By: Sean Crose While working out at at the gym, Keith Thurman took a few minutes to talk to FightHype about the upcoming Errol Spence-Manny Pacquiao match. “I fell short,” Thurman said of his own quest to become a three belt champion. “I say I fell about fifteen punches short (while fighting
12:22 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Keyshawn Davis’ quest for Olympic gold is back on. Davis and two fellow American boxers were awarded places in the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, allowing Davis to make an improbable return to USA Boxing five months after the touted lightweight turned professional amid conflict with the
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz The legendary Roy Jones Jr. may have a cruiserweight comeback in mind, but he reportedly isn’t done with the exhibition circuit. Nottinghamshire Live claims that “a deal could be finalised this week” for an exhibition match between Jones and former super middleweight champion Carl Froch. According to the Mirror,
Talks continue to progress for a heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. Both sides have acknowledged that negotiations are advanced to the point where a purse bid hearing likely won’t be necessary to proceed with the event. The WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO title fight is now being targeted for September, with Sky Sports reporting that
Posted on 06/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode At one point, a matchup against Floyd Mayweather was all Jake Paul could talk about. The former social media star turned professional boxer always believed that a showdown between them would do huge box office business. Yet, after watching his older brother, Logan Paul, take on Mayweather this past
9:17 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Chad Johnson’s boxing debut was off to a surprisingly impressive showing until midway through the fourth round when a big right hook from Brian Maxwell dropped him to the canvas. Getting knocked down will be the highlight that comes out of Ochocinco’s journey into the ring Sunday night
(April 17, 2021) Former super welterweight world champion Tony “Superbad” Harrison and hard-hitting southpaw Bryant “Goodfella” Perrella fought to a split-draw in the 12-round main event of FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes Saturday night from Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The tactical showdown saw both Harrison (28-3-1, 21 KOs)
Lyndon Arthur insists he is going on his own path, as talk over a rematch with Anthony Yarde continues to circulate. He admits that he would accept it, should it make sense, but also says it has to benefit him too. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on
As former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder readies himself for this third fight against Tyson Fury on July 24, Wilder has elevated Malik Scott into a leading role in his training camp. Since Wilder’s stoppage loss to Fury in their second meeting Wilder unceremoniously parted ways with trainer Mark Breland, and while Jay Deas remains
In this video Floyd Mayweather talks about his exhibition fight vs Logan Paul. #floydmayweather #loganpaul #boxing Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader in boxing entertainment since 1999. Part of the Knockout TV YouTube MCN – http://goo.gl/t77GMc
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – There wasn’t a time Sunday night when Floyd Mayweather felt he was on the verge of knocking out Logan Paul. His heavier, taller, younger opponent held Mayweather whenever the favored legend landed a clean shot. That tactic mostly prevented Mayweather from capitalizing on the flush punches with which he hit Paul
Posted on 06/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode With Floyd Mayweather considered as one of the greatest fighters of all time and Logan Paul considered as one of the best social media stars in the world, many believed it was virtually impossible for their exhibition to go the full eight-round distance. Yet, that is exactly what happened.
7:35 PM ET CLARESSA SHIELDS RETURNED to JacksonWink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in late March, fresh off making boxing history by becoming the first two-division undisputed champion in the four-belt era. Time was running low, though, with Shields scheduled to make her MMA debut in the Professional Fighters League on June 10. The only
The boxing world basically revolved around Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul last weekend, allowing some interesting news to slip through the cracks. For instance, Julius Julianis reported on Saturday that former middleweight title challenger Kamil Szeremeta is set to replace countryman Maciej Sulecki against Jaime Munguia on June 19th. Fightnews’ and Polsat Sport’s Przemek Garczarczyk
Last November, former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson got the ball rolling with unexpected exhibition fights. Tyson, who retired from boxing in 2005, returned to the sport to fight four division champion Roy Jones Jr. to a draw. Their event generated a tremendous buyrate of 1.6 million pay-per-view purchases. Since then, there have been a
Posted on 06/07/2021 By: Sean Crose “I actually called Bob Arum after the arbitration ruling,” Eddie Hearn tells talkSport. “I said, ‘What on Earth has happened here?’ He said, ‘Oh you won’t believe it, I can’t believe it, it’s just ridiculous, but we’re gonna do this fight.’” Hearn is recalling the moment he learned of
11:49 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — Logan Paul raised his right glove and pointed to the sky. He then made a face at Floyd Mayweather, taunting him. And then flicked out a jab. It was a surreal moment in a surreal buildup and fight. YouTube star-turned-prizefighter Logan Paul went the distance with Floyd Mayweather