Posted on 08/15/2022 By: Sean Crose With Adrien Broner having removed himself from Saturday’s scheduled bout with with Omar Figueroa, Sergey Lipinets, who was scheduled to fight on the undercard, has been chosen to take Broner’s place. “Former world champ @unionsamurai,” Showtime Boxing tweeted, “steps in to battle @OmarFigueroaJr in a WBC 140-lb title eliminator
33-year-old heavyweight knockout artist Arslanbek Makhmudov has signed a “multi-year co-promotional contract” with Top Rank, who will work alongside existing promoter Eye of the Tiger to manage “The Lion’s” career going forward. “I’m fortunate to work with the top promoters in the world,” Makhmudov said. “This represents an important step toward achieving my goal of
Alberto Puello is only days away from his high stakes bout with Batyr Akhmedov, as they collide for the vacant WBA junior welterweight belt. The bout is part of a Showtime televised quadrupleheader, on Saturday, August 20, from Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Josh Taylor vacated the title
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 08/15/2022 By: Sean Crose Rewatching the first Anthony Joshua-Oleksandr Usyk fight from last September, it becomes instantly obvious that Usyk controlled the tempo. From the opening bell on, the Ukrainian employed an extremely fast paced, herky-jerky style, effectively throwing Joshua off his rhythm from the start. In
11:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Adrien Broner withdrew from his junior welterweight fight Saturday vs. Omar Figueroa because of the need to address his mental health, he announced on Instagram. Sergey Lipinets will replace Broner in the PBC on Showtime main event in Hollywood, Florida, sources told ESPN. This is the second time a fight
#FigueroaLipinets Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-082022 Watch LIVE as fighters on the fight card headlined by a WBC super lightweight title eliminator between Omar Figueroa Jr. and Sergey Lipinets weigh-in ahead of their respective bouts on August 20, 2022, live on SHOWTIME from Hard Rock Seminole in Hollywood, FL! #Weigh-in #LiveStream Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info.
It’s official. After news broke this morning that Adrien Broner was withdrawing from this weekend’s Showtime main event against Omar Figueroa, Showtime has just announced that they’ve slotted Sergey Lipinets to take Broner’s place in the featured fight. Lipinets had already been lined up to appear on the undercard of this fight, and will now
Omar Figueroa Jr. quickly secured a new opponent Monday morning in the aftermath of Adrien Broner’s abrupt withdrawal from their fight scheduled for Saturday night. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Figueroa will square off against Sergey Lipinets in a “Showtime Championship Boxing” main event in Hollywood, Florida. Lipinets (16-2-1, 12 KOs) was readily available to step
Posted on 08/15/2022 By: Sean Crose “Sorry to all my fans,” Adrien Broner posted on Instagram Monday morning, “but #MentalHealth is real and I’m not about to play inside the ring I’ve watched a lot of people die playing with they boxing career and that is something I won’t do (sic).” With those words, Broner made it
9:56 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 If you want some insight into how Saturday’s world heavyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua will go, Joe Joyce is a
ProBox TV, 9:00 pm ET, Juan Carlos Camacho Jr vs Fernando Diaz. This is a Miguel Cotto-promoted show and ProBox’s first from Puerto Rico. Glad to see them with another card so quickly, and looking to expand around for different deals and ideas. Bad Left Hook might have live coverage (at the very least we’ll
The animosity between Gennadiy Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez was significantly elevated in 2018 – after Canelo tested positive for banned substance Clenbuterol, which postponed their rematch. Golovkin would call Canelo a cheater and questioned his past performances – including his ability to take big shots in their 2017 encounter which ended in a controversial
Posted on 08/14/2022 By: Sean Crose A dedicated North American boxing fan no doubt has known for a while that Anthony Joshua will try to win back the heavyweight belts he lost last fall to Oleksandr Usyk when he rematches the masterful Ukrainian this coming weekend in Saudi Arabia. What that dedicated North American boxing
Eddie Hearn, promoter of Anthony Joshua, believes Tyson Fury’s most recent retirement is nothing more than a publicity stunt to take away from of the shine from Joshua’s upcoming rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. Joshua will attempt to reclaim the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight belts when he faces Usyk on August 20th in Saudi Arabia.
12:14 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former champion Teofimo Lopez rebounded from his first pro defeat with a seventh-round TKO of Mexican journeyman Pedro Campa on Saturday in Las Vegas. Lopez, 25, floored Campa with an up jab in Round 7 before he pinned his foe on the ropes and unloaded with a flurry of overhand
The rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua has finally been officially announced for DAZN in the United States and other markets, something that has been anticipated, reported independently, but still sat without an official announcement until today, six days before the bout on Aug. 20. Usyk (19-0, 13 KO) will be defending his WBA,
An Olympian with the Turkish National Team, Batyr Akhmedov carries himself like a silent assassin. He’s quiet, but is fundamentally sound and extremely dangerous. When he fought Manny Perez in September 2020, his body focused attack was more than enough to get him a victory inside of one round. Akhmedov returns to the ring on
Chris Eubank Jr. says he will have to call it a day if he can’t get his hands raised over Conor Benn. The longtime middleweight and super middleweight contender will face rising welterweight Benn in an intriguing all-British catchweight bout on Oct. 8 at The O2 Arena in London. Both fighters originate from distinguished British