If there was anything more frustrating than the manner in which Joe Ward suffered a loss in his pro debut it’s the amount of time he was forced to sit on that result. A fluke knee injury forced Ward to concede early in the second round of his Oct. 2019 bout with Turlock, California’s Marco
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Posted on 03/18/2021 By: Sean Crose The ads for the pay per view event were incredible, even by today’s standards. There was Mike Tyson, narrating in a ponderous voice how dangerous Donovan “Razor” Ruddock was. This was accompanied by slow motion footage of Ruddock knocking former heavyweight titlist Michael Dokes out with a single shot.
9:18 AM ET Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Maurice Hooker grew up roughly 15 minutes from each other in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. This weekend, they will continue to pursue the same dream they’ve lived for most of their lives, as they fight one another in a high-stakes boxing clash. But this night will be different,
Two-time world welterweight champion Shawn Porter and unbeaten two-time super middleweight champ David Benavidez are this week’s guests on The PBC Podcast. Porter discusses his upcoming role as boxing analyst for the Olympics, the challenges of running a podcast and, of course, when he’ll return to the ring and who he’s targeting. Benavidez recaps his
Adam Catterall catches up with Frank Warren to get the latest on Tyson Fury v Anthony Joshua following recent announcements. Warren discusses Eddie Hearn, potential sites, dates and Fury’s comments over the last week. 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
Deontay Wilder hasn’t fought since his Feb. 2020 loss to Tyson Fury and doesn’t seem to have any plans to, at least not that anyone knows publicly. One idea would be for ex-WBC titlist Wilder to fight someone in an official eliminator for that sanctioning body, and Dillian Whyte certainly could be a name in
The dream of representing Somalia at this summer’s Olympics is still alive for Ramla Ali, although she still faces an anxious wait to see if she will get the chance to box in Tokyo. Ali has her second professional fight when she takes on Bec Connelly at Wembley on Saturday, but the Vogue cover model
Posted on 03/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson wasn’t kidding around when he said he wanted to return to the ring soon. After ending his decade and a half retirement late last year to take on future Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition matchup, Tyson announced to the
8:39 AM ET After a few eventful days in the boxing world, attention has turned back towards Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua with the announcement that the two heavyweight world titlists have signed a two-fight deal. A few big questions remain, including where and when the first fight will take place. And despite a two-fight
Fresh off her latest win over former unified women’s champion Cecilia Braekhus, Jessica McCaskill talks a bit about what she thought of her performance to retain her belts and what could potentially be next now that there’s no question she’s right up there with her other top female contemporaries. McCaskill on her beating Braekhus convincingly
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman offered heavy praise for the super flyweight unification rematch from last Saturday night, between Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. Estrada came away with a twelve round split decision victory. In the aftermath, there was a lot of controversy over the outcome. The scores were 115-113 for
Posted on 03/17/2021 Rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis faces his most difficult test in pursuit of a world title shot as he headlines his first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® against former world champion Sergey Lipinets. These formidable contenders meet in a 12-round, crossroads fight with welterweight world title implications on Saturday, April 10 live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m.
12:14 AM ET WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade will defend his title April 17 against mandatory challenger Liam Williams at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Andrade’s promoter, Matchroom, announced Saturday night. The fight, which will air on DAZN, will be Andrade’s first in 15 months, since he landed a ninth-round technical
Two of Britain’s top young middleweights will collide when British champion Denzel Bentley meets Commonwealth champion Felix Cash on April 24th. Frank Warren, who promotes Bentley (14-0-1, 12 KO), won a February purse bid to stage the BBBofC-mandated bout. After previously feasting on limited opposition, Bentley battled Mark Heffron to a unanimous draw last September
BRITISH Middleweight champion Denzel Bentley will make the first defence of his title against mandatory challenger Felix Cash on Saturday April 24. The unbeaten pair will headline a night of boxing live on BT Sport. Queensberry Promotions won the purse bids for the fight between their man Bentley (14-0-1, 12 KOs) and Cash (13-0, 9
Posted on 03/16/2021 By: Sean Crose First things first – there was no one like Marvelous Marvin Hagler, and there never will be. Hagler, the undisputed middleweight champion of the world from 1980-1987, was unlike any fighter in his own time, much less today. Still, there is a fine line between the mindset of the
7:48 AM ET Canelo Alvarez defended his two super middleweight titles with a dominant victory over mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim on Feb. 27. Alvarez started fast and forced Yildirim to retire in his corner at the end of Round 3. That victory put Alvarez in position to face WBO world titlist Billy Joe Saunders on
David Benavidez remains unbeaten and improves to 24-0 (21 KOs) following his 11th-round technical knockout victory over a game Ronald Ellis in their scheduled 12-round WBC Super Middleweight Title Eliminator bout, live from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on March 13, 2021. This fight was broadcast on SHOWTIME as part of the Premier Boxing