Puerto Rican contender Christopher Diaz, 26-years-old, explained that because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, opportunities to fight did not present themselves and the balance of his savings account plummeted. Diaz (26-2) understood that he could not continue with his arms crossed, since he had a family to support. Diaz knew he had to find some way to produce income.
Posted on 02/04/2021 By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury is well aware of what it’s like to be inactive. After stunning the world by besting long reigning heavyweight champ Vladimir Klitschko back in 2015, the towering Englishman descended into a world of depression, drugs, booze and overeating. After nearly killing himself, Fury – whose title belts
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Middleweight Raphael Igbokwe stopped hard-hitting Juan Carlos Rodriguez in round 3 Saturday night at the Oxigeno Human Playground in Heredia, Costa Rica. Igbokwe, who resides in the Houston, Texas suburb of Fresno, improves to 16-2, 7 knockouts. The southpaw Igbokwe was the more-accurate puncher of the two, landing straight left hands to the head of
8:41 AM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette The big fight that
It’s been a while since the last update, but it looks like Gennadiy Golovkin vs Jaime Munguia is still on the table. Zanfer’s Fernando Beltran tells ESPN Knockout that “Munguia and his representatives are pushing hard” to stage the fight on Cinco de Mayo weekend, but that they have a backup plan to fight in
Ukrainian standout Ivan Golub is looking to continue his push up the world ratings on February 20, as he features on One For All Promotions card at the Caribe Royale Resort, Orlando, Florida. Golub, who is guided by Split-T Management and DiBella Entertainment, holds an impressive 18-1 record with 14 of these victories coming within
Posted on 02/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode It doesn’t seem like the questions surrounding his return will ever end. Mostly because of how surprising his retirement was in the first place. For former multiple division champion Andre Ward, he’s fought the urge to enter the ring after officially hanging up the gloves following a decisive knockout
Some of Japan’s finest current and former fighters will lace up the gloves to raise money for the country’s medical workers on February 11th. Earlier today, a press conference revealed the exhibition lineup for LEGEND, which features a number of major figures in Japanese combat sports. The six fight roster: Reigning WBA “super” light flyweight
WBC World Featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. joins The PBC Podcast this week to discuss how he and his family are dealing with tragedy, his potential ring return and who he is targeting–you don’t want to miss what Russell had to say! Plus, hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal predict 2021’s big winners, dissect last
Joe Joyce looked to a potential bout between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Joyce has sparred both men and believes the fight will produce fireworks, but warned Fury that he may have to change his tactics from the second Deontay Wilder fight, if he is to gain the scalp of Joshua. Subscribe to BT Sport
UFC superstar Conor McGregor admits that he focused too much on a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao while preparing for last month’s rematch with Dustin Poirier. In the main event of UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi, Poirier knocked out McGregor in two rounds. In the weeks leading up to that fight, McGregor’s team was negotiating a
Posted on 02/03/2021 By: Sean Crose “The new target is, of course, Holyfield versus Tyson before the end of 1988.” The above quote comes from a Sports Illustrated article called “Tuning Up For Tyson,” dated December 14th, 1987. One of the aggravating things about targets is how frequently they’re missed. Had someone informed author Clive
Top tier boxing promoter Eddie Hearn made his usual weekly drop-in on the Ak and Barak program on SiriusXM, and as he’s currently working with superstar Canelo Alvarez on a two-fight deal — Feb. 27 against Avni Yildirim and a May 8 target date for Billy Joe Saunders — he had some thoughts on Canelo’s
Kudratillo Abdukakhorov’s prolonged pursuit of a welterweight title shot will resume March 13. BoxingScene.com has learned that Abdukakhorov will face Javier Flores that night in a 10-round fight Showtime will televise from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Uzbekistan’s Abdukakhorov (17-0, 9 KOs) and Puerto Rico’s Flores (15-2, 13 KOs, 1 NC) will meet on
Posted on 02/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jermell Charlo is as confident as they come. To the unified Jr middleweight champion, he is head and shoulders above the rest of his contemporaries. Ranking himself number one in the division isn’t solely based on just his belief, but mainly because of the level of opposition he has
1:47 PM ET Lightweight star Teofimo Lopez Jr., focused on keeping all five of his lightweight titles, is beginning to gear up for his next fight. Mandatory IBF challenger George Kambosos Jr. is the frontrunner to fight Lopez next in a bout that would likely take place in the early spring in the United States,
Unified WBA, IBF, and WBO lightweight titlist Teofimo Lopez has been outspoken for months that boxing needs its promoters and other power plays to simply make the biggest fights possible, and continued that push this week on social media. “In order for us to bring boxing back to its fullest, we have to fight the