If Ryan Garcia does end up fighting Manny Pacquiao, there won’t be a belt on the line. The cretins at the WBA released a flurry of championship rulings today, two of them regarding Mahmoud Charr’s and Beibut Shumenov’s absence from Don King’s clusterf**k of a show tonight. “World” heavyweight champ Charr is now champion in
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Once upon a time, a marketing campaign called for aspiring athletes to ‘Be Like Mike.’ The day has arrived where they can now strive to match the marketing achievements of a rising boxing superstar. Gatorade announced a working partnership with unbeaten lightweight contender Ryan Garcia, who becomes the first boxer to sign an endorsement deal
Posted on 01/29/2021 By: Sean Crose In a sign that rising star Ryan Garcia has crossover potential, the undefeated 22 year old has signed a deal with Gatorade, making him the first boxer in history to professionally endorse the famous beverage. Garcia can now include corporate spokesperson to a resume that includes 21-0 lightweight and
8:55 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The biggest and most lucrative fight of Caleb Plant’s career could lie ahead in 2021, but the current IBF super middleweight titleholder isn’t getting ahead of himself. Plant’s focus is on Saturday, when he’ll put his title on the line for the third time as he takes on former world
Welterweight prospect Conor Benn is starting to work his way up the ladder a bit, and the 24-year-old son of Nigel Benn is set to face Colombian veteran Samuel Vargas in a DAZN main event on Apr. 10 from the United Kingdom. Benn (17-0, 11 KO) is coming off of a very nice all-around performance
After nearly a year of inactivity due to the global pandemic, Mazlum Akdeniz will have a chance to remind people why he’s one of the top super lightweight prospects in the world. Akdeniz, who is handled by Lee Baxter Promotions, will return to action on January 30 in Sucre, Colombia against an opponent yet to be
UFC Star Dustin Poirier’s Boxing Trainer, Dyah Davis, Talks Stoppage Of Conor McGregor Posted on 01/28/2021 By: Sean Crose “Follow the game plan,” Dyah Davis says to me. The guy is right to say it. For, as the boxing coach of UFC star Dustin Poirier, Davis can savor the fact Poirier just stopped Conor McGregor,
? FIGHT UPDATE ? Undefeated IBF World Super Middleweight Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant looks to defend his title against former champion Caleb “Golden” Truax in the first FOX PBC Fight Night of 2021. FIGHT NIGHT DETAILS ?: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-013021 —- IBF World Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant hopes former champion Caleb Traux brings the same energy
Before Joe Smith Jr. takes on Maxim Vlasov for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title and former IBF lightweight champ Richard Commey returns to action against Jackson Marinez on February 13th, featherweights Adam Lopez and Jason Sanchez headline a fairly solid ESPN+ undercard. Lopez (14-2, 6 KO), last seen stealing the show against Luis Coria
Undefeated junior middleweight contender Tim Tszyu will be looking to do a demolition job when he faces veteran Dennis Hogan on March 31. In 2019, there were many observers who felt Hogan had done enough to pull out an upset win over then WBO junior middleweight champion Jamie Munguia, who was very disappointed with his performance. The
Posted on 01/28/2021 By: Hans Themistode The moment Canelo Alvarez announced his move to the super middleweight division, he all along intended on becoming an undisputed belt holder. Now, he’ll apparently move one step closer in just a few short months. As first reported by The Athletic, both Alvarez and WBO titlist Billy Joe Saunders
7:15 PM ET Super middleweight world titleholders Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders have agreed to a title unification bout in May, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Mark Kriegel on Thursday. Alvarez already is scheduled to face Avni Yildirim on Feb. 27 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, and sources said as long as
Some of Kazakhstan’s most promising up-and-comers get the spotlight when MTK Global hits Almaty on February 27th. The main event sees two-time world silver medalist Kamshybek Kunkabayev (2-0, 2 KO) take on Northern Ireland’s Steven Ward (13-1, 4 KO). The 29-year-old Kunkabayev appears to be getting an enthusiastic push, as while Ward got eaten alive
The show will go, or at least what is left of it. Hall of Fame promoter Don King is moving forward with his scheduled fight card to take place Friday evening at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The show was originally billed as two title fights but is down to one
Maurice Hooker vs Vergil Ortiz Jr. Officially Set To Take Place On March 20th In Dallas Texas Posted on 01/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode The Dallas Texas area will be split right down the middle come March 20th. Former 140 pound WBO belt holder Maurice Hooker and current welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr., are officially set
9:51 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 Tyson Fury has dislodged Josh Taylor as ESPN’s British pound-for-pound king. It was a tight decision. Taylor only had 161 seconds of action in
Jake Paul: “Boxing Is An Art. MMA Is A Brawl.” Posted on 01/27/2021 By: Sean Crose YouTube influencer Jake Paul is now also a spokesman for the spot of boxing. In fairness, Paul is a professional who takes the sport seriously. With a record of 2-0, the Cleveland native has at the very least proven
Five weeks after his loss to Canelo Alvarez, former super middleweight titlist Callum Smith has given the Mexican superstar great praise, breaking down the fight and what went wrong for him in Texas on Dec. 19. Smith (27-1, 19 KO) told Sky Sports that he knew there was a point where Canelo had taken over,