Deontay Wilder is putting the finishing touches on his training ahead of his October 9 trilogy bout with Tyson Fury, and while the ex-WBC titleholder went silent at their one presser in June, he’s spoken plenty on his own terms since, and continues to do just that. “Come October 9th, I will be REINVENTED, I
The chips are falling into place. Ever since former lightweight and Jr. welterweight champion Terence Crawford (37-0, 28 KO), 33, rose to win a WBO belt at welterweight in June 2018, a vocal contingent of boxing fans have made it clear what they want to see. They’re not getting it. Yet. Former two-time welterweight titlist
Posted on 09/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was a merry-go-round of names that were presented at the doorstep of heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte. However, after Eddie Hearn failed to finalize deals against both Jermaine Franklin and Chris Arreola, the long-time promoter has decided to go in another, and possibly, more dangerous direction. As first reported
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter won’t be the only Top Rank/PBC collaboration on the schedule. The WBC has announced that Friday’s purse bid between light heavyweight champ Artur Beterbiev and mandatory challenger Marcus Browne has been pushed back to September 28th by mutual request. Dan Rafael and Julius Julianis
Jaime Munguia fully expects to soon enter the middleweight title picture. It won’t happen in the immediate future, though also not too far beyond that point. Despite being named in an ordered WBC title eliminator with Sergey Derevyanchenko, Tijuana’s Munguia (37-0, 30KOs) awaits a fight date with a long-discussed showdown versus Philadelphia’s ‘King’ Gabriel Rosado
Posted on 09/15/2021 By Sean Crose “I’ve never lost a fight,” WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said in a lengthy interview with The Overlap’s Gary Neville. “I don’t think I’ll ever lose a fight.” He may be facing the explosive Deontay Wilder for the third time on October 9th, but the towering Englishman
4:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Dillian Whyte, who has made a career out of taking on tough opposition, has another formidable opponent lined up. “The Body Snatcher” and Otto Wallin have agreed to terms for an Oct. 30 bout at the O2 Arena in London, sources tell ESPN. Whyte, ESPN’s No. 6 heavyweight, owns victories
Marc Ramsay is on the ascent. The respected trainer and longtime fixture on the Montreal boxing scene will head the boxing department for the promotional company Eye of the Tiger Management, according to a press release sent out by the company Monday. Camille Estephan, the founder and president of Montreal-based EOTTM, confirmed the announcement
Posted on 09/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode Shane Mosley couldn’t believe what he was looking at. After rubbing his eyes and pinching himself to confirm, the former multiple division titlist began flashing a bright grin. Heading into his 2012 showdown against Canelo Alvarez, Mosley was taken aback when he was pegged as a significant underdog on
7:51 AM ET WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford will get the signature fight he’s wanted when he faces former champ Shawn Porter on Nov. 20 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs), 33, of Omaha, Nebraska, hasn’t fought since a fourth-round TKO victory over Kell Brook in November
Teofimo Lopez vs. George Kambosos Jr. has had its fair share of supporting casts during its long and troubled genesis; the June 19th date included Franchon Crews-Dezurn vs. Elin Cederroos, Michael Hunter vs. Mike Wilson, and Andy Vences vs. Jono Carroll. Those bouts wound up scattering to the winds when Lopez caught COVID, and Triller
In part five of INSIDE Fury vs Wilder III, Tyson Fury discusses what makes motivates him to keep fighting, even though he was so close to giving up on life. Some people say boxing has saved their life. Tyson Fury lives by that mantra and boxing, training, and fighting has literally made him a champion
Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte have had an ongoing feud with several years, with sparring accusations and verbal jibes. In July 2019, Fury had some choice words for his heavyweight rival. Watch Fury v Wilder exclusively live on BT Sport Box Office on October 9th. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow
A visit to the gym where Katie Taylor trains in Connecticut in early 2018 said everything you needed to know about the undisputed lightweight champion. It’s a small place, no tanning beds, no smoothie bar, with the only “ornaments” being various banners celebrating some of the fighters who work there. Taylor had no banner at
Posted on 09/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode As some of the biggest names in the sport of boxing continue to face less than stellar opposition, Deontay Wilder begins to shake his head. The former WBC heavyweight titlist is simply disgusted with the current state of the sport he loves. If it was up to him, the
7:08 PM ET Jake Paul is moving on from the idea of a rematch with Tyron Woodley because Woodley failed to live up to a tattoo bet the pair made after the first fight, Paul told ESPN on Monday. Paul and Woodley seemed to make a gentlemen’s agreement in the ring after Paul beat Woodley
Earlier this summer, Frank Warren announced that he intended to stage the Lyndon Arthur vs. Anthony Yarde rematch on October 9th as a lead-in for Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder 3. That matchup wound up falling through, but Queensberry will still host an event in Birmingham that evening. The main event sees Brad Foster (14-0-2,
Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing has announced the signing of power-punching Cuban super featherweight Pablo “The Cuban Menace” Vicente to an exclusive promotional contract. Vicente, currently residing in Panama City, Panama, but originally hailing from Havana, Cuba, is currently ranked #10 in the world by the WBC. A former decorated amateur on the vaunted Cuban