Yet another hurdle has been placed on the road to crowning an undisputed heavyweight champion. Lineal and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will have to honor a contractual clause which calls for a third fight with Deontay Wilder, arbitration judge Daniel Weinstein ruled on Monday. The case was the subject of a months-long legal battle,
Posted on 05/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode Reality is slowly setting in for Demetrius Andrade. The current WBO middleweight belt holder has always had an eye on a showdown against Canelo Alvarez. Following the Mexican native’s recent win over Billy Joe Saunders roughly a week and a half ago, Andrade took it upon himself to crash
Sep 23, 2020 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 Editor’s note: This story was originally published in September. It has been updated to reference that Josh Taylor will face Jose Ramirez on May
Showtime’s May 29th tripleheader is official. As previously established, Nordine Oubaali will defend his WBC bantamweight title against Nonito Donaire in the main event, while Subriel Matias and Batyr Jukembayev duke it out in an IBF eliminator one fight prior. “I’m very excited that this fight is finally here,” said Oubaali. “I know that fans
Josh Taylor was impressed by Billy Joe Saunders’ performance in his career-defining fight against Canelo Alvarez. The unbeaten IBF/WBA 140-pound champion had their super middleweight title unification fight even through eight rounds. Though that high-profile fight ended in disappointment for Saunders on May 8, Taylor thinks the British southpaw proved himself at boxing’s elite level
Posted on 05/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode The sport of boxing has always had a specific pecking order. Those who are at the top have constantly dictated terms on when, how and where a showdown will take place. Long before Floyd Mayweather became the top dog several years ago, he was forced to acquiesce to the
Daniel Roman defeated Ricardo Espinoza by unanimous decision following 10 action-packed rounds in their super bantamweight bout on May 15, 2021, live on SHOWTIME. Fight Night Recap: http://pbcham.ps/FightNight-051521 #RomanEspinoza #PBConSHOWTIME Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
David Haye called on David Adeleye to immediately rematch Kamil Sokolowski after a fortunate win. 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 ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSpo… Follow us on Instagram ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read more on upcoming fights on BT Sport
After months of negotiation and delays, Tyson Fury says the deal is finally done. Fury announced on social media earlier today that his highly anticipated heavyweight unification against Anthony Joshua is happening on August 14th in Saudi Arabia. It has been a long and uncertain road to this four belt undisputed heavyweight unification. Seven months
Unbeaten prospect Gary Antuanne Russell will aim to keep his streak of knockouts going on May 29, when he faces Jovanie Santiago in a 10-round super lightweight clash. Their Showtime televised bout will take place at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The main event will feature a bantamweight clash between WBC champion
Posted on 05/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode For a number of months now, fans were unsure what to believe. Seemingly every week, promoter Eddie Hearn would announce that a showdown between unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and WBC/Ring Magazine titlist, Tyson Fury, was signed, sealed and delivered. Yet, no matter how confident Hearn appeared to be,
Fightzone (UK), TBA, Myron Mills vs Lucas Ballingall. Fightzone is a UK streaming service with, being honest, lower-tier fights, but lower-tier fights aren’t always a bad thing, necessarily. Look how great Jake Paul is! This is for the English lightweight title, which is a stepping stone toward a British title. You may have seen Mills
At the AO Arena in Manchester, the skilful Lerrone Richards comprehensively out-boxed Italy’s Giovanni De Carolis to claim the vacant European Super-Middleweight Title. Richards, who had previously won British and Commonwealth honours, ran rings around De Carolis to secure a unanimous decision. De Carolis, a former WBA World Champion, could not lay a glove on
Posted on 05/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Over the past few weeks, Stephen Fulton was asked to put on his analysis cap. The WBO super bantamweight world champion was bombarded with numerous questions pertaining to the showdown between WBC titlist Luis Nery and WBA ‘Regular’ champion Brandon Figueroa. Although the betting public leaned heavily towards Nery,
2:44 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN Tyson Fury has received assurances from Prince Khalid Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Saudi defense secretary, that his four-belt heavyweight unification fight with Anthony Joshua will happen Aug. 14 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. “I just got off the phone with Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia,” Fury said in a video posted
For the European bantamweight title, Jason Cunningham (29-6, 6 KOs) scored three knockdowns to win a twelve round unanimous decision over Gamal Yafai (18-2, 10 KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson) The scores were 115-110, 114-111 and 114-111. Yafai had captured the title in December with a shock decision win over Luca Rigoldi. Yafai had a
Posted on 05/16/2021 By: Sean Crose The 31-0 Luis Nery put more than his record on the line Saturday night as he faced the 21-0-1 Brandon Figueroa in a scheduled 12 rounder for WBC and WBA super bantamweight titles. The 26 year old Nery won his WBC strap in his previous fight, in which he
Unbeaten Xavier Martinez defeated veteran Juan Carlos Burgos by unanimous decision following 10 rounds of non-stop action in their super featherweight bout on May 15, 2021, live on SHOWTIME. Fight Night Recap: http://pbcham.ps/FightNight-051521 #MartinezBurgos #PBConSHOWTIME Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions