Shane Mosley Jr. (17-4) still can’t believe that he wasn’t awarded a victory when he fought Jason Quigley (19-1) on May 29th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The bout was streamed by DAZN on the Devin Haney-Jorge Linares udercard. Many ringside observers believed that Mosley had done enough to win the
Posted on 07/05/2021 By: Sean Crose You know fight time is fast approaching when Manny Pacquiao arrives in Los Angeles to begin camp with trainer Freddy Roach. Although his practice is to start preparing for a fight in his Filipino homeland, Pacquiao can usually be found heading to sunny California in the six to eight
Three time cruiserweight champion and reigning IBF belt-holder Mairis Briedis says he’s leaving the division and moving up to heavyweight. The 36 year old Latvian made his announcement on TikTok, which is apparently the latest social platform we’ll need to monitor for news like this. Briedis was last seen in action winning the finals of
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz IBF, WBA, WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo is only a few weeks away from his undisputed fight with WBO world champion Brian Castano. The Showtime televised fight will take place on July 17th from AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The undefeated Castano has barely been hurt in
Posted on 07/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was essentially a lateral, albeit still successful move. As first reported by ESPN’s Mike Coppinger, Gervonta Davis vs. Mario Barrios generated just over 200,000 pay-per-view buys. Coppinger also reported that the final figure for the event, which took place on June 26th, in Atlanta Georgia, will settle in
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Michel Rivera improved to 21-0 (14 KOs) following his eighth-round knockout victory over Jon Fernandez in their 12-round WBA Lightweight World Title Eliminator, live on Showtime from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson California. #RiveraFernandez Fight Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-070321 #PBConSHOWTIME #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT
Tyson Fury talks to British former UFC champion, Michael Bisping, about Deontay Wilder, Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, and his relationship with his father. John Fury expressed concerns about Tyson Fury’s preparations for his trilogy against Deontay Wilder on July 24th. Watch Boxing on BT Sport.
MTK Global announced the undercard lineup for the August 6 super-bantamweight showdown between Michael Conlan and former IBF champion TJ Doheny. This event is part of the Feile an Phobail (The Community’s Festival) in Belfast, Ireland. Perhaps the most interesting of the matchups (outside of the main event) is a super-lightweight contest between Tyrone McKenna
Posted on 07/02/2021 By: Sean Crose The list of fighters wanting to return to the ring is growing and growing since Mike Tyson’s highly successful exhibition bout against Roy Jones late last fall. For now, another former heavyweight king is planning to come back to the sport. Riddick Bowe, the early 90s heavyweight champ and
Eddy Reynoso, trainer and manager of Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, says his team will do everything possible to finalize a fight with IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant. Canelo, who hold the WBC, WBA, WBO world titles at 168, wants to unify the entire weight class in September. Back in May, Canelo stopped unbeaten
Dec 10, 2020 Editor’s note: This story was originally published in December 2020. Tszyu faces late replacement Steve Spark on July 7 on ESPN+. HE’S ONLY JUST begun unwinding the white Everlast wrist strapping amid a chorus of “well done, Timmy” and “good onya, mate,” when Tim Tszyu stops, takes a deep breath, and follows
Nonito Donaire is now officially out of his planned Aug. 14 bantamweight title unification against John Riel Casimero, ending a big, dumb whirlwind that began just a couple of weeks ago. Donaire-Casimero was announced on June 19, replacing a scheduled fight between Casimero and Guillermo Rigondeaux for the same date, also on Showtime. Now, Rigondeaux
Promoter Kalle Sauerland says fight fans will have a clear indication of what he’s been building by September or October. Sauerland and his family boxing company linked up with giant sport’s agency Wasserman earlier in the year, he has also announced the new season of the World Boxing Super Series and a partnership with social
Posted on 07/02/2021 By: Hans Themistode Although they’ve never met face to face, there has always been a deep amount of admiration between Gervonta Davis and Canelo Alvarez. Whenever posed with the question of who’s the number one pound for pound fighter in the world, Davis has never hesitated in siding with Alvarez. As for
ESPN+, 5:00 am ET, Tim Tszyu vs Steve Spark. Finally, someone in the States gets into the Tim Tszyu business again. I mean, look, is this really a good matchup for supposed emerging top contender Tszyu? No! It isn’t! Let’s be honest about it! It wasn’t when it was Michael Zerafa, either. Tszyu should really
Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. – Rising lightweight contender Michel Rivera (21-0, 14 KOs) scored a highlight-reel knockout over Jon Fernandez (21-2, 18 KOs) in the eighth round of their WBA lightweight title eliminator. “I’m so excited and beyond happy to get this win,” said Rivera. “Fernández was a strong, experienced opponent that
Posted on 07/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode Chris Colbert was initially disappointed when he got the news. After nearing the end of a long and arduous training camp, the Brooklyn, New York native was informed that Yuriokis Gamboa was no longer able to compete against him due to injuries. While the current WBA 130 pound interim
9:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Mauricio Lara and Josh Warrington will meet in a featherweight rematch Sept. 4 at Headingley Stadium in Leeds, England, sources tell ESPN. The bout will be streamed worldwide on DAZN with Katie Taylor defending her undisputed lightweight championship in the chief-support bout in an event promoted by Matchroom Sport’s Eddie