10:15 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder and Robert Helenius are in the process of finalizing a deal for a PBC pay-per-view fight on Oct. 15, sources confirmed to ESPN. Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs) contemplated retirement following a brutal 11th-round KO loss to Tyson Fury in their bout in October 2021 that
Daniyar Yeleussinov is in somber spirits and has the look of a man who has been worn down by the bureaucracy and red tape of professional boxing. “I don’t really like boxing, I just like to win,” the 31-year-old Kazakh welterweights tells Bad Left Hook. “I need a promoter; I need to fight,” he continued.
If Adrien Broner is concerned that he doesn’t throw enough punches in his fights, he certainly isn’t showing it. The multiple weight-division titlist from Cincinnati was recently asked to respond to criticism regarding his relatively low-volume offense, a topic that has come up in some of the biggest fights of his career, including his 2015
7:47 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Teofimo Lopez Jr. returns to the ring on Saturday to take on Pedro Campa in his first bout since losing his lightweight titles to Geroge Kambosos last November. The fight headlines a Top Rank on ESPN card at the Resorts World Las Vegas on Saturday (ESPN, ESPN+, 10 p.m.
Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall was pitched as an all-woman card, and that’s what we’re getting. BOXXER officially revealed the nine-bout undercard, which includes four Tokyo 2020 Olympians. Leading the way is gold medalist Lauren Price (1-0, 0 KO), who debuted in June and now faces Hungary’s Timea Belik (6-6, 2 KO) at 147. Featherweight
Light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury is not giving up on a potential fight with Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul. They were initially set to collide last December. The fight fell out when Fury withdrew with a rib injury and chest infection. He was quickly replaced by former UFC champion Tyron Woodley, who was brutally
12:28 AM ET Cris Cyborg‘s next fight won’t be inside an MMA cage — it’ll be in a boxing ring. Cyborg, one of the best women’s MMA fighters of all time, said on her “The Catchup” YouTube show Monday that she is in the process of finalizing a contract for her professional boxing debut. Cyborg
Omar Figueroa Jr and Adrien Broner are both in pretty much a must-win position when they meet in their Aug. 20 Showtime main event. Figueroa has lost his last two fights, neither of them competitive, and says he had to look inward to address the issues that led to those performances. “I’m just worried about
(Aug. 7. 2021) Unbeaten welterweight and two-time Venezuelan Olympian Gabriel Maestre defeats Mykal Fox with a unanimous decision victory and captures the Interim WBA World Welterweight Title. Gabriel Maestre made a worthy sacrifice. He bypassed a shot in Tokyo, Japan, for Olympic gold with the thought that he would be fighting 5-foot-10 Canadian southpaw Cody
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One of the best rivalries in modern British boxing history has officially entered the next generation. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that plans are finalized for a showdown between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. The long-discussed grudge match is now set to headline an October 8 DAZN show from The O2 in London. The fight will
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 08/09/2022 By: Sean Crose The Tyson Fury saga continues. “I’ve decided to come back to boxing,” Tyson Fury, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world declares in a video released Tuesday, “because I can be the first heavyweight champion in history to have two
10:06 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury, who confirmed in April that he was retired, has announced that he’s returning to the boxing ring. The heavyweight champion’s preferred opponent is Derek Chisora, whom he already defeated twice in lopsided fashion. There is no deal yet, with the sides seven figures apart on Chisora’s purse, a
When last we left Terence Crawford vs Errol Spence, negotiations had hit an unspecified snag, and it looked as though this sport would once again fail to produce one of the most obvious and desirable matchups on the table. Now, however, Dan Rafael reports that a deal is “nearing completion” for either November 12th or
On Friday afternoon, Golden Boy Promotions head Oscar De La Hoya offered a positive update around negotiations for a potential fight pitting budding contender Ryan Garcia against knockout artist Gervonta Davis. De La Hoya said they were talking with Tank’s team and that the development was a great start, adding that Golden Boy was planning
5:31 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. There are 17 men’s boxing divisions (not counting WBC’s new bridgerweight) that are sanctioned by the four major organizations: WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF. They range from 108 pounds to unlimited weight after 200 pounds. Some of those divisions include some of the best fighters in the world. Others
Tyson Fury may officially be retired, at least in his own public statements, but basically nobody is taking it seriously as something long-term, and that can only change if Fury himself just stays away. Promoter Frank Warren tells talkSPORT that he doesn’t expect that will be the case, saying Fury has “itchy feet” and “wants
Adrien Broner may have a few losses on his boxing record, but as far as the former titlist is concerned, he is undefeated when it comes to life. In a recent interview, the flamboyant boxer from Cincinnati flatout rejected the perception that his upcoming fight against Omar Figueroa Jr. has a redemptive, win-or-go-home, tinge to