Posted on 05/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode Leonard Ellerbe couldn’t help but smile once it was revealed that Deontay Wilder won his legal arbitration against Tyson Fury. The former WBC heavyweight titlist enlisted the help of Daniel Weinstein as he pursued a third showdown with Fury. After settling for a draw in December of 2018, Wilder
7:55 PM ET A huge heavyweight fight is scheduled for this summer, but it’s not the one that has been discussed for the past six months. After rumors of a heavyweight unification against Anthony Joshua, WBC champion Tyson Fury will instead face Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight on July 24 or August 14 in
Former European super welterweight champion Sergio Garcia has officially vacated his title ahead of a planned summer clash with Sebastian Fundora, and as a result, the EBU has ordered fellow Spaniard Kerman Lejarraga to face unbeaten Frenchman Dylan Charrat for the belt. The pair have until June 9th to negotiate. Lejarraga (32-2, 25 KO) has
Josh Taylor (17-0) and Jose Ramirez (26-0) will finally meet in the ring on Saturday night. The ESPN main event will take place at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. The highly anticipated fight for all of the super lightweight belts has been talked about for awhile but had been put on hold for
Posted on 05/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode Promoter Eddie Hearn is doing all he can to get former middleweight champion, Daniel Jacobs, one of the biggest fights of his career. According to reporter Mike Coppinger, Hearn revealed to him several weeks ago, that he fully intended on making a multi-million dollar offer to WBO light heavyweight
11:01 PM ET There is a deal in place for a boxing match between boxing luminary Oscar De La Hoya and UFC legend Georges St-Pierre. But the fight cannot happen unless the UFC gives its approval, according to Ryan Kavanaugh, who is attempting to promote the bout under his Triller Fight Club banner. Kavanaugh told
Watch Manny Pacqiuao’s lighining punches as he works the mitts with his legendary trainer Freddie Roach
Two-time world welterweight champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter and newly-crowned WBC and WBA World Super Bantamweight Champ Brandon Figueroa are this week’s guests. Porter discusses his many roles in and out the ring, why negotiations with Terence Crawford fell through and who he is targeting next. Figueroa recaps his big win over Luis Nery last weekend
Daniel Dubois spoke to BT Sport ahead of his bout against Bogdan Dinu on June 5th. He revealed how he felt watching his defeat by Joe Joyce, praised Billy Joe Saunders and reflected on sparring with Derek Chisora before Chisora faced Joseph Parker. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport
WBA “regular” junior welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios believes his career-defining moment has finally arrived, as he’s scheduled to defend his title against unbeaten star Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Their fight will headline a Showtime pay-per-view card on Saturday, June 26, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Davis captured titles at super featherweight
Posted on 05/19/2021 By: Sean Crose Gervonta Davis is now officially set to fight Mario Barrios on June 26th in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. The bout will be the main event of a Showtime Pay Per View card presented by Premiere Boxing Champions, which represents Davis. Davis was last seen knocking out Leo Santa Cruz
9:09 PM ET Jake Paul, one of the most polarizing up-and-coming stars in boxing, has a new home. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter has a deal in place for his next boxing match to be distributed by Showtime Sports, Paul’s adviser Nakisa Bidarian told ESPN on Wednesday. Paul’s team and Showtime are in advanced talks about the potential
Boxing is known as the theater of the unexpected, yes, but I didn’t see this one coming. ESPN is reporting that Jake Paul is now set to sign a deal with Showtime, the premium cable platform which had been regarded as something of an old guard stalwart. It’s a rather surprising move away from younger,
Former unified junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario is eager to bounce back when he faces top contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin in a WBC super welterweight title eliminator. Their fight has been set down as the Showtime pay-per-view co-feature, with Gervonta “Tank” Davis returning in the main event against WBA “regular” super lightweight champion Mario “El Azteca”
Posted on 05/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode For the first time since being knocked off the super welterweight division mountain top, Julian Williams will return to the ring. The Philadelphia native is set to take on fringe contender Brian Mendoza on June 26th, at the State Farm Arena, in Atlanta Georgia. For Williams (27-2-1, 16 KOs)
4:38 PM ET The fate of a proposed heavyweight unification match between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could be greatly determined in the next two days. In a letter to Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn on Wednesday, the WBO ordered Hearn to “show cause” within 48 hours why the sanctioning body should not force Joshua (24-1,
After winning titles at super featherweight and lightweight, Gervonta Davis is officially set to challenge WBA “world” super lightweight champion Mario Barrios on June 26th in the main event of a four-fight Showtime pay-per-view. Davis (24-0, 23 KO) took the IBF super featherweight title from Jose Pedraza in 2017 and defended it with a three-round
Kazuto Ioka has been cleared of any wrongdoing following a doping investigation surrounding the biggest win of his career, although the ruling hasn’t exactly left him in a celebratory mood. The Japanese Boxing Commission (JBC) confirmed to local media that Ioka (26-2, 15KOs) was no longer subject to punishment over allegations of producing a positive