Posted on 10/13/2020 By: Sean Crose It’s a story as old as the sport itself. The established great versus the determined up and comer. This sort of thing can be traced back to at least the time of the Sullivan-Corbett fight of 1892 – or was it the Ryan-Sullivan fight of 1886? No matter. This
Month: October 2020
8:58 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 Andres Ferrari Close ESPN Editor Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com’s boxing and MMA editor. The much-anticipated fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr. to
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium After a summer flirtation with the hardcore’s affections, Eddie Hearn is once again a figure of hate IT didn’t take long for the inevitable to occur. Eddie Hearn is again being cast as the villain after a triumphant summer spent planning, hosting and executing a four-week fight festival in
Fitness • Technique Tony Jeffries demonstrates the combinations Floyd Mayweather and Tyson Fury have mastered BELOW I’ll show you four great head-body combinations that you can be using on the heavy bags. I’m sure you have heard people talking about boxing being like a chess match. Well, what they mean when they say that is
Guido Vianello (7-0-1) had the toughest fight of his career last Saturday night when he battled Kingsley Ibeh (5-1-1) to a majority draw that was streamed on ESPN+ on the Jose “Chon” Zepeda-Ivan Baranchyk undercard. The fight took place inside of “The Bubble” at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino where Top Rank has staged
Bob Arum: “Lomachenko Technically Is The Best Fighter I’ve Seen Since Early Ali” Posted on 10/12/2020 By: Hans Themistode At one point in time, comparing anyone to the late great Muhammad Ali was a laughable and offensive subject. Promoter Bob Arum has spent the better part of half a century promoting some of the best
Scottish veteran Hannah Rankin is set to face England’s Savannah Marshall this Saturday (DAZN, 1:30 pm ET) with the vacant WBO middleweight title at stake, and like Marshall, Rankin has experience against the woman who ruled the division before moving down in weight, Claressa Shields. Rankin fought Shields for the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles
Issue • News • Premium Matt Bozeat and Matt Christie pay tribute to the heavyweight who greeted Lennox Lewis into the pro ranks has passed AL MALCOLM, the former Birmingham heavyweight who died last week aged 62 years old, used to say he was inches away from rewriting boxing history. Malcolm was chosen as Lennox
Prince Ranch Boxing’s undefeated contender Victor Pasillas (16-0, 9 KOs), after a star-making performance on FS1 PBC Fight Night, is now ranked WBA #8 at super bantamweight. Pasillas picked up his sixth consecutive knockout when he destroyed previously unbeaten Ranfis Encarnacion (17-1, 13 KOs) on September 23, 2020. Pasillas, who was an East Los Angeles
Posted on 10/12/2020 By: Sean Crose The amazing Manny Pacquiao (you don’t have to be a fan to admit the man’s achievements are incredible) has entered a new stage of his career. For the fighter, who is now over forty years of age, has partnered up with Paradigm Sports. Pacquiao had claimed he teamed with
5:21 PM ET Tyson Fury said he wants to fight again this year, but it doesn’t appear that Deontay Wilder will be his next opponent. Fury was expected to have a trilogy fight with Wilder at Allegiant Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, on Dec. 19, but plans seem to have fallen
As Liam Williams (23-2-1, 18KO) and Andrew Robinson embraced centre ring following Saturday night’s main event, blood trickled down the cheeks and torso of both men, indicating the heat of battle they’d just endured. A cut to the head of the victor and one to the left eye of the beaten challenger; war wounds in
John Riel Casimero successfully defended his WBO Bantamweight World title against Duke Micah by way of a third-round technical knockout, live on September 26, 2020, from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. This fight was broadcast live on SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View as part of the Premier Boxing Champions series. Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/CharloTwinsWinBig #CharloDoubleheader #PBConSHOWTIME
Frank Warren announces Anthony Yarde v Lyndon Arthur for December 5th at Royal Albert Hall, talks Fury v Wilder 3, Jamel Herring v Carl Frampton and explains how Daniel Dubois v Joe Joyce was made. 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
MUHAMMAD ALI CANNOT wait for the chance to unleash his formidable brand of featherweight action on his rivals when he gets to make his return to the ring in the near future. The 2016 Olympian and one of Britain’s Blue Chip prospects made his professional debut back in February, shortly before the trading of punches
Posted on 10/12/2020 By: Hans Themistode Tyson Fury has waited, waited and waited some more. But now, the 32 year old heavyweight champion is through sitting on the sidelines. For months now, Fury has been waiting to prove that his seventh round stoppage win over Deontay Wilder earlier this year was anything but a fluke.
Dec 12, 2019 Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published before Lopez’s fight against Richard Commey in Dec. 2019. PITTSTOWN, N.J. — Early last August, Teofimo Lopez and his bride of three months boarded a flight home from Athens. It had been an idyllic Greek vacation: four-wheeling, jet skiing and traipsing through ancient
Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET. Ranked fights this week: Lightweight: (1) Vasiliy Lomachenko vs (2) Teofimo Lopez, Oct. 17 Just one, but a big one. Upcoming Fights: (10) Oleksandr Usyk vs Derek Chisora, Oct. 31 … (6) Luis Ortiz vs Alexander Flores, Nov. 7 … (5) Alexander Povetkin vs (8) Dillian Whyte,
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