6:44 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 Jamel Herring sent Carl Frampton into retirement with a sixth-round TKO win in a third defense of his WBO world junior lightweight title Saturday.
Where exactly are we as a nation regarding COVID and how people are behaving? It sure seems to me in the East, as the temps edge up, thoughts of spring are conjured. People I know are reserving tickets to see live music, and anyone reading this has a good idea that plenty of people are
Youtuber Logan Paul believes a fight with his younger brother, Jake Paul, would be ’one of the highest grossing pay-per-view combat sports events of all time’. Both social media stars have transitioned to the sport of boxing in the last few years. Logan is scheduled to face five division champion Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition bout in
Posted on 04/03/2021 By: Sean Crose “What’s impressive about (Carl) Frampton,” I wrote way back in late 2013, “isn’t so much his punching power – though it’s impressive – as it is his ability to change styles. One minute he’s fighting like a small version of Roberto Duran, the next he’s fighting like a really
6:16 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 In a crossroads fight for Jamel Herring and Carl Frampton, the winner was left looking forward to a world title unification fight while the
Jamel Herring has secured his legacy win. A fight deemed as a virtual pick-‘em heading into the night turned into a showcase performance by Herring, who scored a 6th round knockout of Belfast’s Carl Frampton to defend his WBO junior lightweight title Saturday at Caesars Palace Bluewaters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Herring scored knockdowns
Posted on 04/03/2021 Donnie Nietes had little to no trouble in taking care of his younger opponent Pablo Carrillo. The two battled it out at Caesars Palace in Dubai in front of a sparse crowd. Although he recently spent a long stretch on the sidelines due to various reasons, he showed no ill effects as
Former four-division titleholder Donnie Nietes got back in action today in Dubai, scoring a decision win over Pablo Carrillo and putting himself back into the mix at 115 lbs. Nietes (43-1-5, 23 KO) certainly had to shake some rust and didn’t look completely at his best here, and one judge did have it very close,
(February 9, 2019) Gervonta Davis defended his WBA Super Featherweight World Championship with a thrilling first-round TKO of former world champion Hugo Ruiz before a sellout crowd of 8,048 at Dignity Health Sports Park Saturday on SHOWTIME. Baltimore’s Davis (21-0, 20 KOs) recorded his eighth career first-round knockout as referee Jack Reiss called off the
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Shakur Stevenson expects to fight for the WBO junior lightweight title in his next bout. The former WBO featherweight champion just doesn’t anticipate getting that opportunity against either of the boxers who will fight that WBO belt Saturday night in Dubai. Stevenson predicted that Jamel Herring will retain his title by beating Carl Frampton in
Today at 2 pm ET, Jamel Herring headlines against Carl Frampton in Dubai, with Herring’s WBO junior lightweight title on the line in a much-delayed fight that finally hits the ring. The fight will stream live on ESPN+ for those in the U.S., and air on Channel 5 for fans in the U.K. and Ireland.
One was almost an afterthought coming out of the 2012 Games after an early exit. The other has scaled some of the sports highest walls with titles in two divisions, two unified belts at Jr. featherweight, and a Fighter of the Year campaign in 2016. What’s the old adage? It’s not where you were… Carl
Posted on 04/02/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jeison Rosario will have an opportunity to jump right back into the title hunt in his next contest. As first reported by boxingscene.com, the former unified Jr middleweight titlist has agreed to terms with contender Erickson Lubin. Currently, no date or venue has been revealed as of yet but
8:31 PM ET Budding lightweight contender Ryan Garcia and former champion Javier Fortuna have agreed to terms on a fight this summer, a source confirmed to ESPN. In March, the WBC ordered Garcia to fight Fortuna in a defense of the WBC’s interim lightweight title. The winner will likely be in contention to face Devin
No purse bid needed. The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger reports that WBC interim lightweight champion Ryan Garcia has “agreed to terms” with mandatory challenger Javier Fortuna for a July title defense “in either Los Angeles or Las Vegas.” Both men had previously been named mandatories for world champion Devin Haney, who defends his belt against Jorge
Moscow, Russia – Father Time is nearing on former IBF/IBO light welterweight champion Eduard “Troya” Troyanovsky, although it hasn’t finally dropped him down for the count. Young gun Valery Oganisyan couldn’t do that either, yet his efforts were sufficient enough to get a convincing unanimous decision over the veteran fighter in a scheduled ten-rounder. Oganisyan,
Posted on 04/02/2021 By: Sean Crose “When you fight at home, defending what belongs to you, that’s probably the most important fight,” says WBA Super and IBF World Super-Bantamweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev of fighting in his homeland. “To give a good fight under the bright lights, that’s what I’m looking forward to. It’s a dream