CARL FRAMPTON WILL bid to become a three-weight world champion when he takes on the WBO world super featherweight champion Jamel Herring on February 27 in London, live on BT Sport in the UK. The special occasion of ‘The Jackal’ bidding to make boxing history will be Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions’ first show of 2021,
Posted on 01/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Although Manny Pacquiao hasn’t officially fought since 2019, the eight-division titlist has been quietly doing his homework. From the moment current unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. stepped foot inside of the ring, he’s been lauded for his ability. The footwork, timing, defensive responsibility and of course, the power
Mikaela Mayer won her first world title back on Oct. 31, beating Ewa Brodnicka to claim the WBO junior lightweight title in Las Vegas, and continues to set her sights on full unification in what she rightly believes is one of the best — if not the best — divisions in women’s boxing. The 30-year-old
Lausanne, Switzerland – AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev signed an agreement with International Testing Agency (ITA), represented by Director General Benjamin Cohen, extending the collaboration between AIBA and ITA for 2021. ‘AIBA is fully committed to clean sports. In boxing, we continue to fight doping at all levels to make sure our sport is completely
Posted on 01/11/2021 By: Sean Crose After losing a close decision to the forty year old Manny Pacquiao in the summer of 2019, former WBA welterweight titlist Keith Thurman walked away from the public eye. Although he did an interesting interview with the Boxing Insider podcast late last year, and has spoken with several other
On November 14, 2020, Efetobor Apochi scored a dominating third-round knockout victory over Joe Jones in their scheduled 10-round cruiserweight bout. This fight was broadcast live on FS1 from Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA as part of the Premier Boxing Champions series. FIGHT RECAP: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-11-14-20 #PBConFS1 #ApochiJones #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN
Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce weigh-in and face off ahead of their highly-anticipated British, Commonwealth and European title fight on Saturday, November 28th live on BT Sport 1 HD. #DuboisJoyce 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 ➡️
Well, that didn’t last long. Just days after news broke that Adrien Broner would end a two-year hiatus against Mexico’s Pedro Campa in a February 13th Showtime main event, “AB” is in need of a new opponent. Fernando Barbosa revealed earlier this afternoon that Campa was out, while Mike Coppinger later clarified that one of
Two weeks ago, Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) made a big statement when he knocked out 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell to capture the WBC interim-lightweight championship in Texas. Garcia was decked hard by Campbell in the second round and managed to weather the storm. In the fifth, Garcia had Campbell in serious
Alexander Krassyuk, manager Of Oleksandr Usyk, Expects Him To Challenge For A World Title This Spring Posted on 01/11/2021 By: Hans Themistode Oleksandr Usyk just can’t seem to process why there has been so much buzz surrounding the possibility of an undisputed heavyweight contest between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Mainly because he isn’t moving
6:32 AM 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 Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. has signed with European promoter Team Sauerland as he targets a world title shot in 2021. Eubank Jr. (29-2,
According to a statement just released by the British Boxing Board of Control, the commission will allow for boxing activities to resume in the middle of next month after a spike in COVID cases forced a temporary suspension of all cards planned for January. “The British Boxing Board of Control will be resuming boxing tournaments
Oleksandr Usyk, the mandatory challenger for the WBO championship, is not backing away one inch from his ordered title shot. The current champion, Anthony Joshua, who also holds the WBA, IBO, IBF titles, is more interested in a full division unification with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. But in order for the WBO belt to be
8:49 AM ET Mikaela Mayer Amid the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, boxer Mikaela Mayer had a breakout 2020. Despite fight cancellations and postponements, including a false positive prefight test for the virus that led to her removal from Top Rank’s first card back from hiatus in June, Mayer captured the attention of the boxing
Mike Borao, manager of undefeated Cuban heavyweight contender Frank Sanchez, says his boxer is inching closer and closer to a world title shot. Sanchez was in action last month, as part of the undercard to Canelo Alvarez’s big super middleweight title win over Callum Smith in Texas. In that undercard bout, the 28-year-old blasted Julian Fernandez right out of
Adrien Broner has a dance partner for his February return to the ring, though it’s not anyone you’ll recognize. Mike Coppinger, confirming an earlier report from Fernando Barbosa, reports that “AB” will meet Mexico’s Pedro Campa in a Showtime main event that BoxRec has down for the 13th. If you do recognize Campa (31-1-1, 21
Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. (26-0, 21 KOs) unified the IBF and WBC Welterweight World Titles Saturday night against two-time champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter (30-3-1,17 KOs) in an action-packed main event of a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. “It feels good to win,” said Spence. “This is a lifetime dream.
#NoFilterBoxing takes you behind the scenes as Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce face off one final time ahead of their huge fight tomorrow night. Watch #DuboisJoyce live on BT Sport 1 HD from 7:30pm on Saturday, November 28th. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing