WBC Featherweight World Champion Gary Russell Jr. successfully defended his title by winning a unanimous decision over mandatory challenger Tugstsogt Nyambayar live on SHOWTIME Saturday night in a Premier Boxing Champions event from PPL Center in Allentown, Pa. Russell won by the scores of 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112. Russell (31-1, 18 KOs) made the fifth
Tommy Fury looked at how his career is going to progress with his dad John Fury as they spoke about Tyson Fury’s influence, watching Floyd Mayweather and avoiding social media. 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 ➡️
DAZN, 2:00 pm ET, Conor Benn vs Samuel Vargas, Shannon Courtenay vs Ebanie Bridges, Savannah Marshall vs Femke Hermans. Matchroom return in the UK with a mild step up for Benn, more a test of style for him than a big step up from his last fight against Sebastian Formella. Vargas definitely brings a different,
In a perfect world, Maxim Vlasov would have been back in the ring long ago. Sadly, the universe would not allow him to fight, several times, in the last few months. The veteran light heavyweight contender continues to go with the flow, confident that through patience would come good fortune. A planned title eliminator versus
Posted on 04/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode There were questions surrounding Jamel Herring. The WBO lightweight titlist may have taken home the victory in his last ring appearance against Jonathan Oquendo but many believed he quit the moment an inadvertent headbutt ended their bout. With former two-division world champion Carl Frampton up next, the betting world
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
Mark Chamberlain moved to 8-0 by stopping Jordan Ellison with an impressive left hook to the body, on Saturday 27th March. 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/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on Instagram ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read more
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