Mike Tyson (220lbs) and Roy Jones Jr (210lbs) hit the scales and then faced off ahead of their comeback fight tomorrow night. Click here to buy #TysonJones on BT Sport Box Office on Saturday, November 28th ➡️ https://bt.com/sport/box-office Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya took some time to chat with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV and answers questions about his supposed comeback attempt and what big fights he’d like to make a promoter. In particular De La Hoya says Mike Tyson has inspired him to inspire the next generation of fighters
In a recent interview, World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman was pressed about the confusing situation in the lightweight division – where currently there are three WBC champions. Teofimo Lopez, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF titles, is also recognized as the WBC’s Franchise champion. In the same division, Devin Haney is the WBC’s regular
Posted on 01/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode There’s been a bit of a debate taking place amongst boxing fans, pundits and even boxers themselves. Depending on whom is asked, the question of who is the best fighter pound for pound will generate a different answer. For the most part, there are two names at the top
6:22 PM ET Former four-division title-holder Adrien Broner will make his return to the ring on Feb. 13, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday, marking the first time in over two years he will fight. Broner hasn’t appeared in the ring since Jan. 19, 2019, when he lost a unanimous decision to Manny Pacquiao
After Ryan Garcia took out Luke Campbell last week he became the mandatory challenger to Devin Haney’s WBC ‘world’ title. Garcia, however, made it clear that he’s much more interested in a fight against Gervonta Davis, leaving Haney to look elsewhere for a notable lightweight fight. And if Garcia is currently tied up with Tank,
Promoter and former champion Barry McGuigan was ringside in Dallas, Texas, and watched rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia score a knockout win over Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell to capture the WBC interim-title. Campbell is trained by Barry’s son, Shane McGuigan. Garcia was dropped down hard in the second round, when Campbell landed a
Posted on 01/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode Canelo Alvarez has quite possibly the biggest target on his back. With the pound for pound star dipping his toes in multiple weight divisions, he’s been picked out by numerous fighters as their main choice for the person they would love to face the most. For former super middleweight
When Teofimo Lopez stepped into the ring to face Vasiliy Lomachenko in a lightweight title unification fight, the stakes seemed simple enough. If Lopez upset one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighters, he would immediately position himself as one of the best in the 135-pound division, and one of boxing’s biggest attractions. When Lopez won
Camille Estephan, promoter for undefeated heavyweight puncher Arslanbek Makhmudov (11-0, 11 KOs), would like to match his dangerous fighter against another big banger in the division, Olympic silver medal winner and EBU champion Joe Joyce. There is interest in go straight to a fight with Joyce in the coming months. Joyce is coming off the
Posted on 01/07/2021 By: Hans Themistode At the age of 31, unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is presumably smack-dab in the middle of his prime. With a growing number of boxers fighting well into their late 30s and early 40s, there’s reason to believe this is only the beginning for the British native. However, if
Canelo Alvarez hasn’t fought in Mexico since 2011, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. Though he’d initially intended to face WBC mandatory super middleweight challenger Avni Yildirim in his native Guadalajara this upcoming February, ESPN reports that the fight will instead take place stateside due to COVID. Per the article, he still intends
Super welterweight sensation Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora (16-0-1, 11 KOs) delivered a dominating second round TKO of former title challenger Habib Ahmed (27-2-1, 18 KOs)in their WBA Super Welterweight Title Eliminator. Fundora was in control from the outset, stunning Ahmed in the early moments of round one with a left uppercut from his intimidating
Boxers both past and present answered the question: ‘What’s the best fight you’ve been to?’ David Haye, Josh Taylor, Amir Khan, Shakur Stevenson, Tommy Fury and many more shared their ringside memories with BT Sport. 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
Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis even have the former baddest man on the planet in on the act. The pair of unbeaten boxers continue to circle one another as interest grows over the thought of a superlight between two of the sport’s brightest young stars. That energy spilled over into a recent edition of ‘Hotboxin’
Gervonta Davis: “I’m Definitely Looking Forward To Fighting Ryan (Garcia) My Next Fight.” Posted on 01/07/2021 By: Sean Crose “Whoever’s willing to fight me – I’ll fight them.” So said Gervonta Davis on a recent interview with Elie Seckbach of ESNews. Davis just finished up meeting Ryan Garcia for the first time on Mike Tyson’s
6:39 PM ET WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney said he doesn’t believe his mandatory challenger, Ryan Garcia, is willing to fight him next, and he’s begun shifting his attention to a potential bout with unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez for all the belts in the division. Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) is coming off a seventh-round
Ryan Garcia was on the set of Mike Tyson’s Hot Boxin’ podcast, talking big shit after his most recent win and calling out Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis for a lightweight showdown. It just so happens that Tank called Tyson on FaceTime during the show, and Garcia let him have it. “Two rounds, baby, Two rounds” Garcia