6:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia has resumed training after a sabbatical to address his mental health, and his return fight is already being planned. That comeback bout could come this fall against Joseph Diaz Jr., multiple sources told ESPN. It will be a clash of Mexican Americans from Southern California. The fight, if
Rolando “Rolly” Romero improved to 14-0 (12 KOs), retaining his Interim WBA Lightweight World Title following his seventh-round technical knockout victory over Anthony Yigit in their scheduled 12-round bout on July 17, 2021, live on SHOWTIME from AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. #RomeroYigit Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-071721 #Highlights #PBConSHOWTIME Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info.
A special fight week edition of No Filter Boxing takes you on the road with Joe Joyce as he visits Arsenal for their kit launch and takes on three head-to-heads with Carlos Takam in the space of three days. No Filter takes you behind the scenes giving you access to fight week that you would
Veteran trainer Buddy McGirt is impressed with his newest student, former super middleweight champion Callum Smith. Smith lost his title, and his unbeaten record, when he lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in their super middleweight unification. The once-beaten boxer was handled by longtime trainer Joe Gallagher. McGirt was approached by
Posted on 07/23/2021 By: Sean Crose There’ll be a fight card this Friday at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. New York’s Steven Galeano will be on the card, putting his undefeated record on the line against Marquis Hawthorne in a scheduled six rounder in the welterweight division. Galeano, whose record stands at 7-0, is developing
Tonight at 9 pm ET and 3 am ET, Olympic boxing is back, as we’ve got fights in various weight classes from Tokyo and 10 pm ET and 4 am ET for the first sessions. We’ll have live updates and highlights for both sessions tonight, streaming live on NBCOlympics.com: At 10 pm ET, we’ll see
6:48 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar De La Hoya’s comeback fight at 48 is now exactly that — a fight. The Hall of Fame boxer’s Sept. 11 return against former UFC champion Vitor Belfort, originally planned as a boxing exhibition, now will be a sanctioned fight, Triller Fight Club founder Ryan Kavanaugh told ESPN on
LOS ANGELES — The 42-year-old Manny Pacquiao was last in the ring in July 2019 in a fight against Keith Thurman, doing just enough to sneak by with a split decision win despite being outpunched 210 to 195, per CompuBox. Thurman even landed 79 more power punches, but it was Pacquiao’s singular punch in the
Posted on 07/22/2021 By: Sean Crose “I couldn’t have been more ready for next Saturday,” lineal and WBC heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury has told the Daily Mail. “After that I’d have been just as ready to knock out Anthony Joshua in December.” Fury was indeed supposed to meet Deontay Wilder for the
On Wednesday, the WBO sent out an order for welterweight titlist Terence Crawford to face Shawn Porter, opening a very good chance for Top Rank’s Crawford to finally get a big fight against one of the top Premier Boxing Champions welterweight contenders. Speaking with ESPN’s Mike Coppinger, Crawford said he’s ready for the fight, and
6:31 AM 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 As the Olympic boxing tournament in Tokyo starts on Saturday, Britain’s Joe Joyce will watch closely as he aims to build on his success
Adam Kownacki couldn’t believe it. The heavyweight contender had barely one week left to complete training camp for his long-awaited shot at redemption. Kownacki’s rematch with Robert Helenius had already been pushed back by several months, but their July 24 fight on the Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder undercard was just two weeks away. When he learned
Posted on 07/22/2021 By: Hector Franco This weekend at the Wembley Arena in London, rising heavyweight contender Joe “Juggernaut” Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) will take on perennial journeyman Carlos Takam (39-5-1, 28 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout. Joyce, 35, is one of the many “super” heavyweights that have been a large part of this
8:15 AM 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 Team Great Britain has had one of the most dominant teams in boxing across the last decade with at least nine medals in the
The boxing official at the heart of the Brian Castano vs Jermell Charlo scoring controversy this past Saturday has spoken up to defend his honor. While he acknowledges the fight was very close, fans might be skeptical of his justification for scoring it in such a lopsided manner. “It was a close fight, but in
Renowned trainer Freddie Roach gives an update on training camp as he prepares the legendary Manny Pacquiao to face undefeated unified welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. Saturday, August 21 on FOX Sports pay-per-view. Plus, 140-pound contender Darwin Price is calling out names as he seeks the big fights, and we review last Saturday’s entire
Hamzah Sheeraz opened up on his move to the US with new trainer Ricky Funez at the Ten Goose Gym at a London press conference on Thursday 22nd July ahead of his 13th professional fight. Watch Sheeraz v Gurria, this Saturday, live on BT Sport 1 HD from 7.15pm. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on
Moscow, Russia – Edgard Moskvichev (13-1-2, 4 KOs) is a new Russian middleweight champion after a solid ten-round unanimous decision over fellow compatriot Andrey Kalyuzhnyy. Fighting for the first time in his last four fights against a boxer of an origin that is different to Armenian, Moskvichev applied pressure against Kalyuzhnyy from the opening bell.