11:57 AM ET World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has signed a new “career-long” agreement with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom, the promoters announced on Tuesday, although the length of the deal is undisclosed. Joshua will put his WBA, IBF and WBO world title belts on the line when he fights Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Boxing’s consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, Mexican superstar and unified WBA/WBC/WBO Super Middleweight World Champion Canelo Álvarez and undefeated IBF Super Middleweight World Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant met for an intense stare down that turned into a scuffle Tuesday at a press conference previewing their historic and highly anticipated undisputed super middleweight championship showdown. (photos
Posted on 09/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode With their November 6th, showdown still a long ways away, both Caleb Plant and Canelo Alvarez decided to get things started early. At the kickoff press conference, which took place earlier today in Los Angeles, California, both Alvarez and Plant met face to face for the first time since
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 6:19 PM ET BEVERLY HILLS — Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant started their scheduled fight more than a month early. The two boxers got into an ugly punching exchange during a staredown at a news conference Tuesday at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Alvarez and Plant are scheduled to fight
Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant have barely gotten their press conference underway in Los Angeles, and we’ve already seen fireworks. Canelo was abnormally chatty in their face-to-face to lead off the event, and while you couldn’t hear what was being said, the Mexican superstar gave Plant a hard shove that sent him backwards. Plant came
Joe Smith Jr. will have to wait a little longer for his first title defense. The reigning WBO light heavyweight titlist will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time after recently testing positive for COVID. The development puts on hold a planned showdown with mandatory challenger Umar Salamov, which was being eyed for October
Posted on 09/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode Despite the questions surrounding his overall resume, Caleb Plant’s confidence is through the roof as he prepares for what appears to be the most difficult test of his career. The IBF super middleweight titleholder is set to defend his crown against unified champion Canelo Alvarez, at the MGM Grand
11:51 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Probellum, a boxing promotion and media company, launched on Monday, the company’s president, Richard Schaefer, told ESPN. The company aims to take a global approach to the sport, using alliances in different territories — Europe, Eastern Bloc, Asia, Middle East and Africa among them — in an attempt to unify
With Anthony Joshua set to defend his heavyweight world titles against Oleksandr Usyk this weekend in London, Joshua tells ESPN that he’s been much more concerned about preparing himself to deal with Usyk’s southpaw style rather than worry much about whatever power Usyk might be packing. “He’s fought many men that are orthodox and during
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The Heavyweight Debate panel gave their assessment of how they think Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder 3 goes down on October 9th, in Las Vegas. Watch Fury v Wilder 3 live on BT Sport Box Office on October 9. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️
Four division world champion Mikey Garcia believes Caleb Plant is capable of pulling off a big upset when he faces Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in a full division unification. Plant and Canelo will collide on November 6, with the IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC super middleweight titles at stake. The contest, being carried by Showtime Pay-Per-View, takes
Posted on 09/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode For a number of years now, Ryan Garcia has called for a showdown against knockout artist, Gervonta Davis. The pair have traded words on social media on numerous occasions, with Garcia claiming that if he was granted a shot at the multiple division titlist, he’ll leave him concussed on
2:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Manny Pacquiao has not made a decision on his future despite comments from the boxer suggesting he has retired, Sean Gibbons, the president of Pacquiao’s promotional company, told ESPN on Monday. The future Hall of Famer, during an interview with Filipina star Toni Gonzaga on Sunday, said his “boxing career
So here’s the latest on the Nonito Donaire situation: while Bob Arum has proposed a rematch with Naoya Inoue, the WBC bantamweight champion restarted talks with WBO champion John Riel Casimero, whom he was slated to face in the summer before withdrawing due to a social media spat. Al Haymon now claims that Casimero rejected
The most important weekend for boxing in the month of September is just a few days away. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London this Saturday will host the heavyweight showdown between WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO champion Anthony Joshua and challenger Oleksandr Usyk. (photos by Mark Robinson) The 31-year-old Brit will be making the second defense of
Posted on 09/20/2021 By: Sean Crose “I don’t always want to be the best in the gym,” WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua has told Sky Sports. “Every time I spar, I spar like I’m performing. I have had tough spars. I am doubting myself.” These are not the sort of things you
5:31 PM 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 Anthony Joshua has been concentrating on overcoming Oleksandr Usyk’s southpaw stance in preparation for Saturday’s world heavyweight title defence. The WBA, IBF and WBO