Dean Longeran, promoter for newly crowned IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia, is open to the idea of matching his boxer against the winner of the upcoming clash between Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain. Billam-Smith and Chamberlain will collide on July 30 in Bournemouth, live on Sky Sports. Earlier this month, Opetaia shocked the division when he outboxed
Posted on 07/12/2022 by John “Gutterdandy” Walker Back when WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury of the UK knocked out former title holder Deontay Wilder in November, 2021, it seemed as if the stock of the Fury clan–Tyson Fury, his father “Gypsy” John Fury, his half-brother Tommy Fury–could only keep rising. Tyson Fury had now
4:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jake Paul hopes his fight against Hasim Rahman Jr. on Aug. 6 in New York — his first against a boxer with professional experience — is the springboard to an eventual title reign for the social-media influencer. Paul, 25, told ESPN’s First Take on Tuesday that his “goal is to
The flyweight division’s most desirable fight may be on the horizon, as ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that WBC champion Julio Cesar Martinez and IBF champion Sunny Edwards are “close to finalizing” an October 22nd unification. Martinez (18-2, 14 KO) had been ordered to renegotiate with McWilliams Arroyo (21-4, 16 KO) after withdrawing from that mandatory
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Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo will put aside their title consolidation bout to instead allow for the first flyweight unification bout in nearly a decade. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that terms were reached between Martinez and Arroyo that will see the two enter separate fights in lieu of an ordered WBC flyweight title fight rematch.
Posted on 07/12/2022 By: Sean Crose Former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman clearly is not a man to pull his punches, either literally or physically. “My son has really underperformed, and underprepared for pretty much all of his fights,” he said on Tuesday, “but he will be ready for this one.” These words, uttered at a
7:08 PM ET Le’Veon Bell said Tuesday that he won’t be playing in the NFL this season as he shifts his focus to boxing. The running back made the announcement at a news conference held by Social Gloves to promote his upcoming fight against fellow star running back Adrian Peterson at Crypto.com Arena in Los
This week junior lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson put it out there that he’ll soon be making the move up to lightweight, which would put him in line for several potentially big fights with some big names in the division. The name with all the major titles, howdfever, is Devin Haney and here in this interview
(July 9,2022) Unbeaten rising star Frank Martin (16-0, 12 KOs) showed the full complement of skills that has made him one of the most talked about up-and-comers in the 135-pound division, as he delivered a methodical destruction on his way to stopping Jackson Mariñez (19-3, 7 KOs) in the 10th and final round. After a
Two-time lightweight world champion Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (29-1-1, 15 KOs) has reunited with his original head trainer when he turned pro in 2009, Orlando Cuellar, for his July 30th fight airing on Showtime against undefeated 2016 US Olympian Gary Antuanne Russell (15-0, 15 KOs) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. A celebrated Cuban
Posted on 07/11/2022 By: Sean Crose “Recently on social media I’ve seen more shit on me than ever,” says a shirtless Tommy Fury on a video posted to social media Sunday. “I just want to get one thing straight, that the reason this fight didn’t take place is because I couldn’t get in the country,
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Longtime middleweight contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko and welterweight prospect Vito Mielnicki Jr both have returns set for the Garcia vs Benavidez card on July 30, with both fighters coming back in prelim action. The Showtime tripleheader that night will be Danny Garcia vs Jose Benavidez Jr in the main event, of course, plus Adam Kownacki vs
Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul (5-0, 4 KOs), explains that his upcoming opponent, heavyweight prospect Hasim Rahman Jr., is now looking to secure a bigger purse for their fight. Paul and Rahman are scheduled to go face to face on Tuesday, as a press conference in New York City to officially announce their showdown.
Posted on 07/11/2022 By: Sean Crose “September 17, we are back,” says WBC super flyweight titlist Jesse Rodriguez. “It’s an honor to be a part of this card and I want to thank Matchroom and Teiken for giving me this opportunity.” The card Rodriguez refers to is the high profile Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin card set
2:49 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez’s breakout 2022 campaign continues with a 115-pound title defense vs. Israel Gonzalez in the chief support bout to Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin 3 on Sept. 17 in Las Vegas, Matchroom Boxing announced Monday. Rodriguez (16-0 11 KOs) scored the biggest win of his budding career last month with
The WBA have officially ordered light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol to defend his belt against Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, potentially ending any speculation about Bivol’s next opponent this fall. Bivol (20-0, 11 KO), of course, is coming off of a huge career-booster win over Canelo Alvarez on May 7, and has been slated to return in