4:34 PM ET Jose Ramirez, the WBC and WBO junior welterweight titlist, and Josh Taylor, the WBA and IBF titleholder, will meet on Saturday to crown the undisputed champion in the division. Ramirez (26-0, 17 KOs), 28, of Avenal, California, last fought in August when he defended his titles with a majority decision victory against
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Tyson Fury has announced that he’s signed his contract to face Deontay Wilder for a third time, expected to go down on July 24, hitting the set during tonight’s Ramirez-Taylor show on ESPN. “I just signed the Deontay Wilder contract,” Fury announced as he basically stormed the broadcast desk between fights. “Bitch, you’re getting knocked
Jose Ramirez should consider himself lucky he’s still officially undefeated. That’s Josh Taylor’s takeaway from Ramirez’s last fight against a southpaw. Taylor thinks Jose Zepeda won eight rounds against Ramirez in a 12-round, 140-pound title fight Ramirez won by majority decision in February 2019. Judges Chris Tellez (116-112) and Glenn Trowbridge (115-113) scored their fight
Posted on 05/22/2021 By: Hans Themistode Robert Garcia is someone who has an excessive amount of confidence in his fighters. With that said, he also doesn’t like to sugarcoat anything. In just a few short hours, he’ll be manning the corner of unified super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez as he takes on fellow unified
5:48 PM ET Two of the world’s best boxers have agreed to fight each other in Las Vegas. Manny Pacquiao will face Errol Spence Jr. on Aug. 21, with both boxers announcing the fight on social media Friday. A source also confirmed to ESPN that the fight had been set, though a venue has not
Devin Haney continues to express respect and even a level of admiration for upcoming opponent Jorge Linares. After having recently said that he believes Linares is “by far the biggest step up” he’s faced to date, Haney expanded on what he respects about the veteran ex-champ. “I am expecting a firefight and I can’t wait,”
(May 1, 2021) Welterweight contender Abel Ramos (27-4-2, 21 KOs) delivered an impressive performance in stopping former champion Omar “Panterita” Figueroa Jr. (28-2-1, 19 KOs) after six-rounds in their WBA Welterweight Title Eliminator. Figueroa came out showing off a herky-jerky style and had success in the first round, out landing Ramos slightly with 12 power
Frank Warren explained that there is still a heavy preference for Joe Joyce to fight Oleksandr Usyk, but with fight now looking unlikely, admits that The Juggernaut will fight within the next eight weeks if possible. 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
So far, so good for Stevie McKenna, who brings a record of seven knockouts in seven fights into his latest contest this weekend. But while McKenna hasn’t been getting many rounds in the ring, his father and trainer, Fergal, is making sure he is not shy of work in the gym. The McKennas, Stevie and
Posted on 05/21/2021 By: Hans Themisode Rumors surrounding who Manny Pacquiao would be facing next was widespread. The future first-ballot Hall of Famer made it no secret that he was interested in facing any of the top names at the welterweight division. After months of sifting through several opponents, he has now made his decision.
6:18 PM ET Manny Pacquaio and Errol Spence Jr. made headlines on Friday when they announced one of the biggest fights in recent years. Pacquiao, 62-7-2, 39 KOs), 42, of General Santos City, Philippines, boxing’s only eight-division world champion, will face Spence (27-0, 21 KOs), 31, of Desoto, Texas, the only unified welterweight champion, on
Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor weighed in Friday afternoon, both coming in under the weight limit at 139.6 pounds each. The fight is now officially set, with Jose Ramirez’ WBC and WBO and Josh Taylor’s IBF and WBA belts at stake (Saturday, May 22, 8 pm ET, ESPN and ESPN+). There were no major fireworks
LAS VEGAS – Josh Taylor isn’t the least bit intimidated by boxing an American champion in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The Scottish southpaw doesn’t think he needs to win by knockout, either, even though three American judges were assigned to score his 12-round, 140-pound title unification fight against Jose Ramirez. Taylor expects to dominate
Posted on 05/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode The heavyweight division was slowly evolving from a jumbled mess to a much clearer picture. By all accounts, WBC/Ring Magazine titlist, Tyson Fury, was set to take on unified champion Anthony Joshua this coming Summer. Those plans, of course, were recently derailed as former belt holder Deontay Wilder has
7:41 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Not all championships are created equally. Even in boxing, with the most legitimate belts swimming in an ocean of trinket titles, this is true. A fighter can sometimes stumble into becoming a champion if the matchmaking is good enough or the circumstances are favorable. That’s not the case with
Showtime will be bringing back a glimpse of boxing’s heyday with a four-part documentary series on the legendary rivalry between all-time welterweight greats, Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas ‘The Hitman’ Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard. The series will be entitled ‘THE KINGS’ and will debut on Sunday, June 6 at 8 p.m. ET. You
With less than three weeks until Sunday, June 6, when all-time boxing great and 2020 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Floyd “Money” Mayweather returns to the ring to take on social media sensation and professional boxer Logan “The Maverick” Paul in an exhibition bout, SHOWTIME and FANMIO have launched digital distribution platforms for pay-per-view
Posted on 05/21/2021 By: Steven Galeano On Saturday night, from Las Vegas, Nevada, boxing fans will be treated to a sure-fire action fight when undefeated super lightweight champions Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor lock horns. In the end, the boxing world will also find out who becomes undisputed world champion, and true number one of