Fighting

One day after the WBA announced a series of sanctions on Russian and Belarusian fighters, its fellow alphabet organizations released their own restrictions, namely a resolution to “not certify any championship fights involving boxers from Russia and Belarus.” The announcement is desperately short on specifics, such as whether fighters originally from those countries but now
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Earlier this week, we shared the news that former heavyweight champions Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko committed to defend their country against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Now, former lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko has joined the fight as well. A Facebook post from Lomachenko said: The Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Territorial Defense Battalion has been formed and armed. In the
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Showtime Championship Boxing is back tonight, with Chris Colbert taking on Hector Garcia in a WBA 130 lb eliminator in the short notice main event. Colbert was originally slated to face WBA titleholder Roger Gutierrez, who withdrew late with COVID, and Garcia, a 29-year-old former Olympian and untested pro from the Dominican Republic, stepped in
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Lawrence Okolie will make the second defense of his WBO cruiserweight title in a rare Sunday main event for Matchroom Boxing, facing Poland’s Michal Cieslak in a 12-round bout from London’s O2 Arena. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage on Sunday, Feb. 27, starting at Noon ET, with the fights streaming live on DAZN.
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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz It’s now official, coming from the horse’s mouth, as Canelo Alvarez has just announced on social media platforms that he will go ahead with a DAZN deal that will have him face WBA light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol in a May 7th pay-per-view attraction. ¡Es oficial! #CaneloBivol Pelearé este
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Josh Taylor returns to defend his undisputed 140 lb championship this Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland, facing mandatory challenger Jack Catterall in the main event, which will air on ESPN+ in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. Taylor (18-0, 13 KO) is a big favorite, but we’ve seen some big favorites fall
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Showtime has some Friday night action in store just two weeks from now. Unbeaten super welterweights Ardreal Holmes and Mekhrubon Sanginov headline a four-fight card on March 11th, live from Deadwood, South Dakota. 2016 Olympic alternate Holmes (11-0, 5 KO) hasn’t seen action since a November 2019 knockout of Jose Antonio Abreu. This will also
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WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero has been officially accused of sexual abuse in his home country of the Philippines after the Women and Children Protection Desk filed a complaint against the titleholder on February 11. Casimero has been accused of inappropriately touching a 17-year-old while she was asleep in his hotel on June 7,
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Slight adjustment to the schedule: Savannah Marshall’s upcoming title defense against Femke Hermans has been pushed back from March 12th to April 2nd. “I’m really happy to be going back to Newcastle Utilita Arena after the amazing reception I received there last time,” Marshall said. “Femke is a very tough girl and it’s going to
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