6:30 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 David Avanesyan’s European welterweight title fight with Josh Kelly has been postponed again after professional boxing in the United Kingdom was suspended for January
A dry month just got drier. With COVID cases skyrocketing in the United Kingdom and a new, more contagious strain making itself known, the British Boxing Board of Control today suspended all “tournaments” for January 2021. This impacts two noteworthy events: MTK Global’s January 22nd Karim Guerfi-Lee McGregor card and Matchroom’s January 30th David Avanesyan-Josh
Former two division world champion Ricky Hatton was very impressed with Saturday’s performance by Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs). The 22-year-old rising lightweight knocked out 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell in seven rounds to capture the WBC’s interim-world title. Garcia had to overcome adversity, when he was dropped for the first time in
Luke Campbell Gives Nothing But Praise To Ryan Garcia: “He’s Very Heavy-handed, I Wanted To Beat The Count But Just Couldn’t” Posted on 01/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode Luke Campbell has been hit with some hard shots during his career. None however, have left him as debilitated as Ryan Garcia’s left hook to the body did
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Ryan Garcia picked up a huge win in Dallas today, stopping Luke Campbell on a wicked seventh round body shot, a performance and victory that establishes him firmly as a real rising star in the boxing world. One person obviously happy about that is promoter Oscar De La Hoya, whose Golden Boy Promotions is in
Unbeaten rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) was motivated to prove a big point in his scheduled fight with 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell. Before a crowd of 6,000 at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas, Garcia was forced to get off the floor to score a sensational knockout of
Posted on 01/03/2021 By: Sean Crose Showmanship can get a fighter far, particularly in this over the top era. A fighter, however, ultimately has to be more than a showman. A fighter has fight well if he or she doesn’t wish to simply remain a novelty act. Anyone can talk the talk, and indeed some
7:15 PM ET Ryan Garcia proved he’s worthy of the hype. Garcia survived an early knockdown to pick up a stunning seventh-round TKO victory over former title challenger Luke Campbell at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday night. Garcia dropped Campbell for good with a big left hook to the body that sent
Ryan Garcia’s Saturday in over Luke Campbell has legitimized the young American star with the huge social media platform as a serious lightweight contender, and now all questions are, as usual, about what’s next. Garcia (21-0, 18 KO) will have his say, and there are big fights out there to make if he’s ready to
DALLAS—Luke Campbell knew he was facing a potentially special fighter from the moment he watched Ryan Garcia rise from perfect punch. The DAZN-televised main event from American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas kicked the new year off to a booming start, with both boxers hitting the deck in their interim lightweight title fight. Campbell produced the
Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell Undercard Results: Sean Garcia, Younger Brother Of Ryan Garcia, Ekes Out Majority Decision Win Against Rene Marquez Posted on 01/02/2021 Things almost got off to a disastrous start for the Garcia household. With his older brother Ryan Garcia in the main event, younger brother Sean Garcia (7-0, 2 KOs) kicked
Posted on 01/02/2021 By: Hans Themistode At times, it’s hard to see exactly what’s happening. Fans of lightweight contender Ryan Garcia frantically search for their remotes whenever he steps foot inside of the ring. Once found, they immediately press the slow down button to catch exactly what happened. For Garcia, the California native has become
7:47 PM ET Ryan Garcia was carried to the ring like boxing royalty Saturday night, and he left having proved his “King Ryan” persona has more behind it than impressive YouTube videos and 7.8 million Instagram followers. Garcia stopped Luke Campbell with a body shot in the seventh round before about 6,000 fans at American
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Luke Campbell came up short in another big fight on Saturday, knocked out in the seventh round by Ryan Garcia in an interim WBC lightweight title fight. The 33-year-old Campbell (20-4, 16 KO) has already said that the final body shot from Garcia was the hardest he’s ever been hit with, and was very positive
A great victory for Ryan Garcia as he came off the canvas to outland Luke Campbell 77-51 in power shots, landing 43.8% of them. 32 of Garcia’s 94 landed power shots were to the body including the one that stopped the fight. Undefeated Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) has claimed the interim-WBC lightweight title after