Posted on 11/12/2021 By: Sean Crose Hard hitting super middleweight David Benevidez was supposed to face Jose Uzcategui this weekend at Phoenix’ Footprint Center. Uzcategui, however, tested positive for the banned substance Recombinant erythropoietin, and was subsequently removed from the fight. Now the undefeated 24-0 Benevidez, who has twice held the WBC super middleweight title,
Seems like this fight just isn’t meant to be. Unified super bantamweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev’s WBA-mandated title defense against Ronny Rios already got pushed back once when “MJ” came down with COVID, and now it’s Rios who’s caught the virus just a week from fight night. “I hope that Ronny is feeling well, it’s a
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John Fury invited BT Sport to his natural surroundings for a special sit down interview to look back at Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder 3 and to assess what the future holds for his son. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT
Hiroto Kyoguchi and Esteban Bermudez have finally come to an agreement. A negotiation period that has extended more than five months has produced a deal in place for the World Boxing Association (WBA)-ordered junior flyweight title consolidation clash. The Panama City-headquartered sanctioning body confirmed the news Friday, hours ahead of a previously scheduled purse bid
Posted on 11/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Making history usually comes with shocked faces and incredulously raised eyebrows but for Bernard Hopkins, there was nothing out of the ordinary about it. This past weekend, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Canelo Alvarez navigated tricky waters against Caleb Plant to become the first
7:56 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The most-avoided-fighter-in-boxing label is not just a badge of honor, it’s also an unfathomable test of patience for the person who bears it. That status is earned, if you truly can earn something you don’t want, by virtue of a few different attributes. The fighter has to be immensely talented
Super middleweight David Benavidez is scheduled to fight tomorrow night as he takes on Kyrone Davis, but naturally the former titleholder is looking for something more, hungry to secure a big-time fight at 168. Benavidez tells ESPN that he’s had difficulty getting some of the bigger names to seriously consider him as an opponent because
David Benavidez didn’t dismiss Kyrone Davis entirely as they sat on a stage Thursday in Phoenix. Benavidez predicted he would extend his knockout streak to five when he faces Davis on Saturday night at Footprint Center, where the Phoenix-born Benavidez intends to put on a show for his hometown fans. When it came time to
Posted on 11/11/2021 By: Sean Crose “Realistically weighing one’s abilities against one’s opponent’s abilities is not an easy thing to do. There is a fine line between self-confidence and wishful thinking; and opponents are usually very good about letting you know when that line is crossed.” This rather unique statement appeared on Chris Algieri’s Instagram
Okay, seriously, somebody needs to pick a different date. December 18th is now even more bloated with boxing, as David Morrel Jr. will defend his WBA “world” super middleweight title against Alantez Fox at The Armory in Minneapolis on FOX. The card will go head to head with both Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury on
Canelo Alvarez’s return to boxing’s traditional pay-per-view platform Saturday night was a bigger success than anticipated. BoxingScene.com has learned that the total buy rate for the Showtime Pay-Per-View event headlined by Alvarez’s 11th-round knockout of Caleb Plant is on track to reach 800,000. That total includes only domestic buys in the United States through cable
Posted on 11/11/2021 By: Hans Themistode The momentum swings were enough to keep Andy Ruiz Jr. on the edge of his seat. On October 9th, at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, both Tyson Fury, and Deontay Wilder squared off for the third and presumably final time in their respective careers. In the early
2:16 PM ET Undisputed junior middleweight and IBF, WBA and WBC middleweight champion Claressa Shields has signed a multifight deal worth seven figures with European broadcast company Sky Sports and the BOXXER promotion company. The deal for up to three fights will pay Shields an undisclosed seven-figure sum over the length of the contract. That
The anticipated match-up between domestic rivals Chris Eubank Jr (31-2, 23 KO) and Liam Williams (23-3-1, 18 KO) now has an official date and location, December 11th in Cardiff, Wales. The fight is presented by Boxxer and will be aired on Sky Sports. Both boxers have been talking up a potential meeting for a little
John Fury opens up on the mental and physical battles Tyson Fury had to overcome to pull off his sensational victory over Deontay Wilder in The Trilogy. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSpo… Follow us
GLOBAL boxing and media company Probellum announced the return of Lewis Ritson and the comeback of Scottish legend Ricky Burns. The event next month will be the first UK promotion by Probellum, a next generation sports company designed to blend promotion, media and content whilst supporting grassroots boxing. Three-weight world champion Ricky Burns (43-8-1, 16