Having thoroughly destroyed mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta earlier this month, IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin has some freedom when it comes to choosing his next opponent. Eddie Hearn shared a proposal with Sirius XM’s Ak & Barak: WBO champion Demetrius Andrade. “Boo Boo,” who hasn’t fought since January thanks to COVID scrapping a November clash
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is gaining confidence that a deal will be finalized for a full division unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury. Hearn is currently in serious discussions with Fury’s co-promoters, Bob Arum of Top Rank and Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions. The two sides are
Terence Crawford: “If I Don’t Get Errol Spence Or Manny Pacquiao Then I Would Have To Fight Shawn Porter” Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Hans Themistode WBO welterweight belt holder Terence Crawford has long wanted to face WBA titlist Manny Pacquiao or unified champion Errol Spence Jr. However, the 33-year-old has gained no traction in terms
Lightweight titlist Devin Haney is outlining his holiday wishlist, and it’s headlined by a pair of potential mouthwatering fights for 2021. “My next [fight] will be Teofimo Lopez because that would be for all the belts of course and I would want to be undisputed champion of the lightweight division, and then I would say
Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Sean Crose Call it the shot heard round the boxing world. With a single punch, the widely unknown, masterfully skilled Mike McCallum knocked out former welterweight kingpin Donald Curry on a summer night in 1987, rattling a public that saw Curry as being on the comeback trail. Not that McCallum-Curry was
7:15 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN SAN DIEGO — It’s not what I’d expect of a Gen Z playlist, much less from a fighter losing himself in the imagined aggressions of shadowboxing: “Married Life,” better known as the theme from “Up”; Debussy’s “Clair de Lune”; and Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major. “It calms
During this conversation with Fight Hype, Ryan Garcia talks about his January 2nd fight against Luke Campbell, clearly confident that he’s going to win as he sets his sights on a Gervonta Davis fight, which he says he wants next. “Lookout for the call out after I beat Luke Campbell,” Garcia said. “Fuck Devin Haney,
Fight week. Two words WBC / WBO super middleweight champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn didn’t know if she would be hearing anytime soon, but here she is, a few days away from a non-title bout against Ashleigh Curry on Saturday that puts her back in the ring for the first time in nearly a year. “I don’t
Amir Khan On Kell Brook: “I Think It’s Time To Put Him In His Place And Shut Him Up For Good” Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Hans Themistode Better late than never. For years now, both Amir Khan and Kell Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) have bashed one another whenever a microphone was present. Throughout most of
Thursday, Dec. 31 TBS (Japan), 3:00 am ET, Kazuto Ioka vs Kosei Tanaka. There are various ways to see this, and Patrick set up a handy guide for Americans in particular to watch the fight. If you’re in the UK, BoxNation have you covered. If you’re in Latin America, the fight will be on ESPN
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When most of the people in the world were gathering for dinner on Christmas Eve on December 24, middleweight contender Juan Macias Montiel of Sinaloa was with his uncles Pedro and Eduardo from the Kochul Gym team in California, avoiding food and liquids in order to make weight for his upcoming fight. On Saturday night
Bernard Hopkins Backs Canelo In Possible Errol Spence Jr. Showdown:”I Don’t Think Spence Understands On That Level Yet” Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Hans Themistode Bernard Hopkins has a ton of respect for unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. However, with the Dallas product stating on several occasions that he would love a matchup with four-division
One of England’s best amateur heavyweights has joined forces with one of the country’s top promoters ahead of his planned professional career. Matchroom Boxing today announced the acquisition of 2017 national champion and World Series of Boxing veteran Solomon Dacres. “I turned over with my management team S-JAM Boxing and we were looking at getting
Oscar De La Hoya envisions Ryan Garcia handling Luke Campbell like none of the British southpaw’s previous opponents. Garcia’s promoter predicted during a virtual press conference recently that Garcia’s uncommon combination of speed and power will be too much for the 2012 Olympic gold medalist January 2. Campbell battled Vasiliy Lomachenko in his last bout,
How Canelo Alvarez Went From Floyd Mayweather Opponent To The Best In The Business Posted on 12/28/2020 By: Sean Crose He no longer gets frustrated. That, perhaps, is the biggest improvement Saul Canelo Alvarez, known mainly these days as Canelo, has made since suffering his only loss to Floyd Mayweather back in 2013. Late in
8:57 AM ET By the time we reach the weekend, the calendar will flip to 2021. The new year in the boxing world kicks off right away on Saturday, as one of the sport’s most intriguing prospects, Ryan Garcia, vies for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title against Luke Campbell. The action is set to