Joe Smith Jr has had some big highlight nights over the years, but has never won a world title. The light heavyweight “Common Man” will look to change that on Saturday, when Smith (26-3, 21 KO) takes on Maxim Vlasov (45-3, 26 KO) for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title in Tulsa, live on ESPN+
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Joe Smith Jr. mostly received rave reviews for how he fought while defeating Eleider Alvarez. Smith was thoroughly beating Alvarez on all three scorecards before becoming the first opponent to knock out the Colombian contender August 22 in Las Vegas. His right-left combination sent Alvarez through the two bottom ropes, onto the ring apron, flat
Posted on 04/07/2021 Samuel Vargas has promised to make Conor Benn pay for his “wild” mistakes and says the 24-year-old doesn’t have the experience to deal with him when they meet over twelve rounds for the WBA Continental Welterweight Title this Saturday April 10, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S. and more than 200 countries and territories.
Heavyweight Michael Hunter just shared some of his thoughts with Sky Sports on Oleksandr Usyk’s fairly recent move to campaign in the division, and makes it clear that he belives Usyk isn’t going to have an easy time landing big fights. In fact, Hunter says he thinks other heavyweights don’t really regard Usyk as one
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is once again attempting to chase down a potential fight with former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Last month, Whyte stopped Alexander Povetkin in the fourth round of their rematch. With the victory, Whyte avenge a knockout loss to the Russian veteran from August of 2020. Eddie Hearn, who promotes Whyte,
Posted on 04/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode Tim Bradley’s eyes grow wide whenever he hears about the possibility of Terence Crawford taking on Manny Pacquiao. The two have been rumored to be locked in negotiations for a possible June 5th showdown that would take place in Dubai. In the mind of most boxing pundits, Crawford has
Heavyweight veteran Michael Hunter does not believe the top players in the weight class are overly concerned with the abilities of Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk, who unified the entire cruiserweight division, made a move to heavyweight ranks in 2019. Usyk holds a decision win over Hunter at the cruiserweight level. At the higher weight, he’s not
Posted on 04/06/2021 By: Sean Crose Boxing has always gone hand in hand with controversy. Whether it’s the sport’s brutality, the unfair treatment of fighters, fixed fights, poor matchups, or media bias, there’s always something not to like about the sweet science. Fortunately, there’s so much more to love about what may well be the
After joining forces with Frank Warren earlier this year, former light heavyweight title challenger Callum Johnson is officially set to end a two-year layoff against Bosnia’s Emil Markic on Queensberry’s April 24th Denzel Bentley-Felix Cash card. Johnson (18-1, 13 KO) has struggled badly with inactivity this last half-decade, managing just three fights since 2016. In
Rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis faces his most difficult test in pursuit of a world championship as he headlines his first SHOWTIME main event against Sergey Lipinets, a former world champion seeking a title in a second weight class, when the contenders meet in a 12-round welterweight showdown. #EnnisLipinets Fight night details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-041021 #JaronEnnis
In Make It or Die Trying: The Frank Warren Story, premiering at 9.30pm, on Sunday 11th April, on BT Sport 1 HD, Frank Warren explains how he negotiated Frank Bruno’s winning world title bout with Don King. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join
As disappointing as it was for Joe Smith Jr. to leave Las Vegas without a fight to show for it, the development was an even greater letdown to the alleged offending party. Maxim Vlasov was dealt with the devastating news that he had tested positive for COVID-19, thus canceling plans for his Feb. 13th vacant
Posted on 04/05/2021 By: Sean Crose With a rash of assaults on Asians and Asian Americans rocking the United States, one of the most famous athletes on the earth has something to say. “We have one color in our Blood!” Manny Pacquiao tweeted late last week. “Stop discriminating. LOVE AND PEACE TO EVERYONE!! #StopAsianHate” This
7:51 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Remember the comedy movie “Last Vegas” — featuring Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline? It was a story about a
Former junior middleweight titleholder Tony Harrison is the latest to join Brian Custer’s Last Stand Podcast, and during the interview he talks about a number of topics ranging from losing his father/trainer to COVID, his return to the ring, and his plans to target some big fights in the division. Check out some excerpts from
Barry McGuigan, former world champion and fight promoter, would much rather see a welterweight unification between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence. But in recent news, Spence is heading in the direction of a three belt unification with Yordenis Ugas. And there has been some chatter about Crawford colliding with eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao.
Posted on 04/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode Boxing fans around the world have grown sick and tired of the proliferation of belts. After seemingly every bout, a new world title is wrapped around the waist of the winner. The breaking point for fans appeared to come when WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman introduced the ever confusing “Franchise”
After initially falling apart due to mutual bouts with COVID, the WBC bantamweight title fight between champion Nordine Oubaali and top contender Nonito Donaire has a new date. Julius Julianis, confirming an earlier report from Dan Rafael, claims that the pair will meet on May 29th in Los Angeles atop a three-fight bill. Oubaali (17-0,