WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is not planning to box Anthony Joshua – the ‘Gypsy King’ is vowing to come forward and make it physical fight from the first round. Their handlers are in serious negotiations to finalize a two-fight series in 2021. The first contest would land on a date in May or June.
Errol Spence Jr. Appears To Call Out Yordenis Ugas: “All You Needed Was Something I Want” Posted on 01/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 28: Erroll Spence Jr. reacts in the ring after defeating Shawn Porter (not pictured) in their IBF & WBC World Welterweight Championship fight at Staples Center on September
In a battle between young, undefeated heavyweights. Michael Coffie (12-0, 9 KOs) kept his record unblemished with a powerful third-round knockout victory over Darmani Rock (17-1, 12 KOs). Coffie, a 34-year-old Marine Corps veteran from The Bronx, N.Y., took a couple of rounds to figure out Rock of Philadelphia. When he did, it was lights
Way back in 2015, Joanna Jedrzejczyk had established her rule atop UFC strawweight (115 lb.) division with awe-inspiring displays of violence. Despite the Pole’s fan-friendly style and marketable heel persona, however, the promotion instead focused its efforts on 21-year-old young gun Paige VanZant. It seemed like a good move at the time; in addition being
Audie Attar of Paradigm Sports has sent a firm legal warning to anyone trying to involve themselves in the business dealings of eight division champion Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao has been inactive since July 2019, when he won a twelve round decision over Keith Thurman to capture the WBA welterweight title. A few days ago, the
Posted on 01/31/2021 By: Hans Themistode Although Edgar Berlanga is still making a name for himself in the super middleweight division, The Athletic’s 2020 prospect of the year appears to be ready to take a humongous leap forward. In what many expected to be a one-sided affair, IBF titlist Caleb Plant dominated former belt holder
With Caleb Plant’s win last night over Caleb Truax to retain the IBF super middleweight title, the 28-year-old Tennessee native kept his place in line for the real prize at 168 pounds, and in boxing overall: a fight with Canelo Alvarez later this year. Canelo officially moved to 168 to stay in December, beating Callum
Marie-Eve Dicaire’s patience will be rewarded when she returns to the ring on March 5 in Flint, Michigan, for her unification fight against Claressa Shields. Dicaire is overjoyed at the contest finally taking place, after it was postponed several times due to the coronavirus pandemic and other issues outside of her control. The contest, which
Posted on 01/30/2021 By: Sean Crose Heavyweight Michael Coffie appeared on Saturday’s Fox card, as he took on Darmani Rock in a scheduled 10 rounder. The 11-0 Coffie was previously seen stopping Joey Abell in the second round back in November. The 17-0 Rock had last been spotted retiring Lorenzo Smith way back in 2019.
2:39 PM ET Future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao is still a world champion. Well, kind of. Pacquiao was designated by the WBA as a “champion in recess,” the sanctioning body said in a statement on Friday night. With the vacancy, Yordenis Ugas has been promoted to become the WBA’s top titleholder in the welterweight
More than any other time in modern history, any schedule right now still needs to come with a solid knock on wood, but after a very slow run where we got almost nothing of real note in January, the boxing schedule is set to heat up and get really busy in February. It’s honestly against
Mixed martial arts veteran Ben Askren, a former Bellator and ONE champion, admits he was surprised when Youtube star Jake Paul approached him for a pay-per-view boxing match. In fact, Askren barely knew who Paul even was. “Honestly, when he first called me out, I had heard the name but I didn’t know anything about
Posted on 01/30/2021 By: Sean Crose IBF super middleweight titlist Caleb Plant took on the popular veteran Caleb Truax in defense of his championship belt in the main event of Saturday’s PBC card, which was broadcast live by Fox from LA’s Shrine Exhibition Center. The PBC made a big deal out of the 20–0 Plant
10:48 PM ET Caleb Plant retained his IBF super middleweight title with a unanimous decision win over challenger Caleb Truax on Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. All three judges gave every round to Plant, who won 120-108 on all three scorecards in a dominant performance in which he
Unbeaten super welterweight prospect Joey Spencer continued his fast rise up the ranks with an impressive first-round KO victory over Isiah Seldon (14-4-1, 5 KOs). In a bizarre sequence of events, the 20-year-old Spencer (12-0, 9 KOs) dropped Seldon with a hard right hand. Seldon rose at the count of eight. When action resumed, Seldon
Frank Warren hinted at a breakthrough in the Tyson Fury v Anthony Joshua talks and said there is a strong possibility Oleksandr Usyk will end up facing Joe Joyce. Warren also spoke about Liam Williams ahead of a potential Andrade bout, Carl Frampton as he bids to become a three-weight world champion, Daniel Dubois as
Former two-time super middleweight titleholder Anthony Dirrell will return to the ring on Saturday, Feb. 27, headlining a PBC on FOX show that almost nobody will be paying attention to, as it is set to go head-to-head with Canelo Alvarez’s return on DAZN. There was some talk of the 36-year-old Dirrell (33-2-1, 24 KO) possibly
Joey Spencer knocked out Isiah Seldon almost as fast Saturday night as Mike Tyson knocked out Seldon’s father, Bruce, in their heavyweight title fight 24 years ago. Spencer dropped Seldon twice in the opening round before referee Jerry Cantu stopped their scheduled eight-round middleweight match just two minutes and 15 seconds into it. An emotional