3:35 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN For the third consecutive year, Canelo Alvarez won’t fight on Mexican Independence Weekend. The pound-for-pound king planned to fight Sept. 18, but after prolonged negotiations for two different fights, Alvarez has decided to move his next bout to November, promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN on Friday. The Mexican star wanted
Matchroom Fight Camp, Brentwood – In a heavyweight contest, Alen Babic (8-0, 8 KOs) broke down and stopped Mark Bennett (7-2, 1 KO) in five rounds of action. As expected, Babic came roaring forward and was throwing big punches. Bennett decided to trade and was rocked badly. Babic went on the attack and was going
Posted on 08/07/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was a quick night’s work for Andre Dirrell. After spending most of his 16-year career at the super middleweight division, the Flint Michigan native grew tired of squeezing down his 6’2 frame to the 168 pound limit for meager results. With two failed attempts on the world title
After two weeks, we have arrived at the end, and what a final day we’ve got on tap for boxing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Team USA will have two chances today to end the long men’s boxing gold medal drought, which dates back to Andre Ward in 2004. Lightweight Keyshawn Davis and super heavyweight
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 7:32 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 Michael Conlan increased his world title options with a unanimous points victory over TJ Doheny for
When Kid Galahad and Jazza Dickens first shared a ring, eight years ago, it is fair to suggest that no one present thought the rematch would have had a world title on the line. Both have been on a long path since that night in a converted steelworks in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, but when they
Posted on 08/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode At this point, Eddie Hearn is becoming more and more confused by what’s taking place. The long-time promoter has attempted to lure one of the big names at 135 pounds into the ring against WBC lightweight titlist Devin Haney. Yet, no matter how hard he tries, he’s been unable
Interviewed by Radio Rahim | Manny Pacquiao ahead of Errol Spence Jr clash on August 29 talks about his training at the age of 42. #Pacquiao #boxing Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader in boxing entertainment since 1999. Part of the Knockout TV
Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, Matchroom Boxing’s Fight Camp returns for the second of three straight weeks with an IBF featherweight title main event. The headline fight is a rematch, pitting Kid Galahad against Jazza Dickens for that vacant 126 lb belt. The two first met way back in 2013, with
Undefeated two-time super middleweight champion David Benavidez and older brother Jose Benavidez Jr., a former 140-pound titlist, join The PBC Podcast in separate interviews this episode. The Benavidez brothers return to the ring Saturday, August 21, in their hometown of Phoenix live on SHOWTIME. Plus, hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal recap last weekend’s fights,
Joe Joyce picks up the biggest win of his career against Carlos Takam, with the referee stepping in midway through the sixth round of their heavyweight contest at Wembley Arena. #JoyceTakam 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
8:14 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Andy Cruz Gomez glided around the ring in jubilation, then proceeded to perform the “floss,” motioning his hands to the front and back of his body rapidly in expression as Keyshawn Davis solemnly exited the ring through the ropes. The brilliant boxer from Cuba had just defeated Davis via unanimous
The president of the World Boxing Association, Gilberto Mendoza, is putting together a plan to reduce the number of belts that his organization holds in each respective weight class. Certain divisions have as many as four WBA champions – with super, regular, interim and gold belts being occupied. Mendoza may eliminate the “regular” and interim
Posted on 08/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode Michael Conlan had a point to prove. In order to do so, the 29-year-old Irishman officially shed the “prospect” tag and instead, replaced it with the word champion. In an all Ireland showdown against his fellow countrymen and former titleholder TJ Doheny, Conlan dominated his man. With the WBA
Michael Conlan stayed unbeaten with another win today in front of a spirited Belfast crowd, out-pointing TJ Doheny over 12 rounds of mostly one-sided boxing. Conlan (16-0, 8 KO) took the W on scores of 116-111, 116-111, and 119-108. Bad Left Hook had it 118-109 on our unofficial card, with Doheny (22-3, 16 KO) dropped
Jul 30, 2019 Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published in March 2019 ahead of Conlan’s fight against Ruben Garcia. BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Everybody wants to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Unless you’re a fighter. Then you always want to be Irish. It’s good business, after all. Freddie Roach — who’s,
Despite several changes leading to this point, the show is finally ready to go on this weekend. Eimantnas Stanionis and Luis Collazo both made weight for their scheduled 10-round bout just above the welterweight limit, which headlines a Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Fox tripleheader Saturday evening, live from The Armory in Minneapolis. The bout
Posted on 08/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode Freddie Roach watches carefully from his ringside seat in his nearly empty Wild Card gym. The Hall of Fame trainer leans across the ropes and observes as Manny Pacquiao continues to put his body through a grueling workout in preparation for his August 21st showdown against unified welterweight champion