12:18 PM 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 Josh Warrington has told ESPN that he hopes giving up a world featherweight title will ensure he gets to fight the big names this
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Former two-division champion and pound-for-pound king and newly-announced Hall of Famer Andre Ward has been out of the ring since 2017, when he retired at the age of 33 with an undefeated record of 32-0 (16 KO). Now a month out from his 37th birthday, Ward has stuck to the decision, working as an analyst
? 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 Unbeaten IBF World Super Middleweight Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant isn’t looking past January 30, 2021, when he
Chris Eubank Jr earlier this week told BT Sport that Liam Williams is levels below him and didn’t believe he was worthy of a message from him. He vowed that a fight between the pair would be an execution. Liam Williams has responded with verbal insults of his own and believes a fight between the
Although Jake Paul has offered Conor McGregor $50 million so that they could meet for a boxing match, the Irishman has openly entertained and preferred to fight Manny Pacquiao instead if he were ever to return to the sweet science. Paul has been on a promotional blitz of late trying to land a bout against
Shawn Porter To Bob Arum: “What Makes Kell Brook Worth More Than Shawn Porter? You Really Don’t Want Terence Crawford To Have That Fight” Posted on 01/22/2021 By: Hans Themistode In the sport of boxing, sometimes words can get misconstrued. However, former two-time welterweight belt holder Shawn Porter made his words as clear as possible
2:34 PM ET There will now be a tripleheader of title fights on March 13 on a card headlined by a much-anticipated rematch of Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. Added to the card is a rematch between Jessica McCaskill and Cecilia Brækhus for the undisputed women’s welterweight title, Matchroom Boxing announced Friday. McCaskill
Back with a new year makeover, Mikey Garcia comes out guns blazing when talking about the prospect of him ever working with Bob Arum and his Top Rank promotions company ever again. Check out what he had to say about his former promoter during this live stream with his fans… “Will I ever work with
Josh Warrington’s fight with Xu Can collapsed after the IBF refused to recognize the Chinese boxer as WBA featherweight champion. Can holds the WBA’s “regular” title, while Leo Santa Cruz is their “super” champion. The WBA’s failure to upgrade Can to the senior belt after Santa Cruz boxed Gervonta Davis at super-featherweight led to the IBF refusing
Showtime Preview: Angelo Leo Vs Stephen Fulton, Raeese Aleem Vs Vic Pasillas, Rolando Romero Vs Justin Pauldo Posted on 01/22/2021 By: Sean Crose Showtime is providing boxing fans with an interesting card Saturday night. It will be broadcast live starting at 9 PM Eastern Time from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. The undefeated Angelo
4:34 PM ET Undefeated rising welterweight star Vergil Ortiz Jr. will take a step up in competition as he is set to face fellow contender Maurice Hooker in a bout that is still being finalized, a source told ESPN. The firm date is the last step to be completed before the bout is announced, but
We’re back! We’ve had no staff picks since the Garcia-Campbell fight that kicked off 2021, which didn’t get the year going well for three of the four of us. The other one, of course, was proven an indisputable genius. Saturday night on Showtime (Jan. 23, 9 pm ET) we’ve got a 122-pound world title main
DAZN has clearly taken over the SuperFly racket. The global sports streaming service added an appetizer to a weekend which will feature the most anticipated fight on the 1st quarter schedule. Former lineal 115-pound king Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (49-5-1, 42 KOs) will return to the ring in a battle with countryman and former strawweight titlist Kwanthai Sithmorseng. The all-Thai super flyweight
Posted on 01/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode Unified light heavyweight titlist Artur Beterbiev was hoping to parlay a career-best win over Oleksandr Gvozdyk into more activity in the ring and a larger fan base outside of it. However, due to various reasons, it was the complete opposite. Following Beterbiev’s stoppage victory, the newly crowned unified titlist
8:48 AM ET After spending most of 2020 waiting for their WBO junior featherweight world title fight, titleholder Angelo Leo and Stephen Fulton were weeks away from finally squaring off against each other before the year landed one final sucker punch. Granted, in a year dragged down by a pandemic, it came as little surprise.
One of arguably the two best light flyweights in the world, WBA “super” champion Hiroto Kyoguchi, will reportedly make his U.S. debut in two months. Both Fernando Barbosa and Asian Boxing report that Kyoguchi will face 20-year-old former minimumweight title challenger Axel Aragon on March 13th as part of the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez 2
? 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 Champ Caleb Plant speaks on the challenges of training for a world
Former two-division champion Tim Bradley, who is part of ESPN’s broadcast team for their boxing events, is expecting Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to overwhelm and brutally knock out Avni Yildirim. Canelo will defend the WBC, WBA super middleweight titles against Yildirim on February 27 in Miami, Florida. Yildirim is the mandatory challenger to the WBC’s