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Posted on 07/15/2021 By: Sean Crose It wasn’t all that long ago when lineal heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury was a true mess. Consumed by mental illness, food, drugs and alcohol, the man dropped out of his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, the former long reigning king of the heavyweight division, then seemed to

Posted on 07/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode Vergil Ortiz has continued to get better and better every time he steps foot inside the ring. As a result, his level of competition has continued to rise. Recently, the Dallas native took on former 140-pound titlist, Maurice Hooker. Although he was considered a step up in competition, Ortiz

Posted on 07/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode With Tyson Fury being forced to pull out of his third showdown against Deontay Wilder due to the British native contracting COVID-19, both sides have reportedly settled on a new date. On October 9th, Wilder and Fury will meet for presumably, the final time. Their heavyweight clash is set

Posted on 07/14/2021 By: Sean Crose The World Boxing Council has announced that Prichard Colon has successfully undergone a recent surgery. “Prichard ended up with serious health consequences, after a fight in 2015,” the WBC writes. “In recent weeks it was found that a collapse of his skull was pressing on the brain, for which

Posted on 07/14/2021 By: Sean Crose “Unlike a lot of the guys in the UFC and the MMA game,” Shawn Porter recently told DAZN, “(Tyron) Woodley really, really has worked on his hands for a number of years,”  Porter was referring to the much hyped upcoming boxing match between UFC notable Woodley and Jake Paul,

Posted on 07/14/2021 Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and former UFC champion Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley went face-to-face during a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday as they previewed their professional boxing showdown that will headline a SHOWTIME PPV on Sunday, August 29 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. JAKE PAUL “I saw fear in

Posted on 07/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Under normal circumstances, a fighter’s preferred time of preparation is approximately 12 weeks. However, with Tyson Fury forced to postpone his showdown against Deontay Wilder due to the WBC/Ring Magazine titlist contracting COVID-19, there July 24th date is officially pushed back. Although it is unclear when the two will

Posted on 07/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Tyron Woodley has accomplished plenty in his mixed martial arts career. At one point, he was considered the best UFC welterweight in the world and one of the best fighters around. However, at the age of 39 and riding a four-fight losing streak, the end of his career appears

Posted on 07/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Although Canelo Alvarez wants nothing more than to create history, he could be forced to travel down a familiar road instead. As first reported by Lance Pugmire of The Athletic, DAZN officials have recently had a word with current IBF middleweight titlist and long-time rival of Alvarez in Gennadiy

Posted on 07/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Joe Smith Jr. is currently lining up his next two fights, one of which, would see him face Daniel Jacobs. After taking down Maxim Vlasov via majority decision earlier this year, Smith Jr. celebrated his first world title win. Now, for his next act, the Long Island native is

Posted on 07/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jermell Charlo is simply watching the clock tick down at this point. The unified 154-pound titlist is a mere days away from making history. This coming Saturday night on July 17th, Charlo will put his IBF, WBA, and WBC titles on the line against WBO belt holder, Brian Castaño.

Posted on 07/11/2021 By: Hans Themistode Errol Spence Jr. never took the easy route to where he is today. The unified welterweight champion fought as an Olympian in 2012 then quickly took on a murderous row of fighters at the professional ranks. His time in the ring includes all out brawls against former champions such

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 07/11/2021 By: Hans Themistode Floyd Mayweather figured them all out. No matter the name, the newly inducted Hall of Famer analyzed what was in front of him on fight night, and found a way to unlock the puzzle they presented to him. Amongst the long list of

Posted on 07/10/2021 By: Hans Themistode Heading into his showdown against unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr., Manny Pacquiao hoped to be introduced as not only an eight-division world champion but the current WBA belt holder. However, after long discussions behind the scenes between WBA committee members, Pacquiao will now saunter into his matchup against

Posted on 07/11/2021 By: Hans Themistode The boxing future of Conor McGregor will have to wait, at least for now. Heading into his third and, presumed, final showdown against Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor believed everything was going to go his way. After knocking out Poirier seven years earlier, McGregor saw the series tied at one

Posted on 07/10/2021 By: Hans Themistode His time in the boxing ring was a spectacle but it didn’t go the way he was hoping. It wasn’t the first time that someone was a dominant figure inside the UFC but it just felt different. Once Conor McGregor broke onto the mixed martial arts stage, he became

Posted on 07/10/2021 By: Sean Crose “I don’t know the ins and outs, the facts, what to believe,” Eddie Hearn says of the third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder fight supposedly being pushed back. Still, he’s quick to tell iFL TV: “I’ve told you the fight wouldn’t happen.” Suffice to say Anthony Joshua’s promoter is a bit

Posted on 07/08/2021 By: Sean Crose For a sport that perpetually exists under a barrage of criticism, boxing certainly has its appeal. While it’s true UFC star Conor McGregor earned himself a fortune when he slipped on a pair of gloves to face Floyd Mayweather in 2017, a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao, while still