6:27 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN MARQUETTE, Mich. — THOSE WERE DARK months after Vernon Forrest died, shot to death in a gas station robbery at 38. Al Mitchell had lost kids before. But that was back in North Philadelphia, where it seemed for a time that the natural progression of life — his own included
Month: October 2020
Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Leo Santa Cruz will meet at 130 pounds for belts in the 130- and 135-pound weight classes in Saturday night’s Showtime PPV (9 pm ET), with both fighters taking steps back up in competition, and a lot of reasons to see this fight going one way or the other. Who gets
Issue • Premium • Preview Paul Wheeler surveys the five fights on the Oleksandr Usyk vs Dereck Chisora undercard FIVE fights make up Matchroom’s Oleksandr Usyk vs Dereck Chisora undercard, which takes place at the SSE Arena in Wembley this Saturday (October 31). Sky Sports Box Office televise in the UK, while DAZN broadcast stateside.
Matt Christie examines the factors that might decide the Oleksandr Usyk vs Dereck Chisora winner AGE AND PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT USYK: The 33-year-old Ukrainian might already be past his prime. He has a long career behind him (amateur and pro) and is yet to prove his credentials in the top division after a significant rise in
Sulem Urbina will always fight the good fight, in and out of the ring. Urbina does not mince words and freely tells things as it is, which may rub people the wrong way in a male-dominated sport. That is okay with Urbina. She may be outspoken in terms of issues in the sport, but has
Posted on 10/29/2020 By: Hans Themistode If there was anything that Regis Prograis enjoys more than fighting, it’s getting the recognition for being the best in his weight class. By all accounts, the New Orleans product was identified as such, at least according to Ring magazine. Prograis (24-1, 20 KOs) would spend time sifting through
9:04 AM ET Gervonta “Tank” Davis packed up his things, left his home in Baltimore and traveled west to prepare for the biggest fight of his young career. For three months, the rising lightweight has been stationed in Las Vegas, under the direction of his mentor and promoter, Floyd Mayweather. Ever since Davis appeared on
Premium • History James Slater spoke to Angelo Dundee in 2011 about Muhammad Ali FOUR decades ago when the incomparable Muhammad Ali chopped down the seemingly invincible and ferociously hard-hitting George Foreman in the African jungle. A big underdog going into the fight that would see 32-year-old Ali attempt to regain the heavyweight crown he
With just two days left before their Showtime PPV showdown on Halloween night, titleholders Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz held their final press conference event before the fists start flying. Check out some press quotes below with the full video available above thanks to Fight Hub TV. GERVONTA DAVIS Esther Lin/Showtime “My team and
Unbeaten contender Xavier Martinez survived two knockdowns to win a unanimous decision over Claudio Marrero in their WBA Super Featherweight Title Eliminator on October 24, 2020, live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. FIGHT NIGHT RECAP: http://pbcham.ps/Oct24Recap #PBConSHOWTIME #MartinezMarrero Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US:
Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jnr are raring to return to the ring in their one off bout between two of the biggest legends boxing has seen. 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 ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSpo… Follow us
SAN ANTONIO – Gervonta Davis, Leo Santa Cruz and their teams are satisfied with the panel of judges and referee who’ve been approved to work their title fight Saturday night. The Texas Combative Sports Program has assigned Connecticut’s Glenn Feldman, California’s Alejandro Rochin and Oklahoma’s David Sutherland to judge their 12-round, 130-pound championship match at
Gervonta Davis – Leo Santa Cruz Press Conference: “It’s Going To Be Explosive.” Posted on 10/29/2020 By: Sean Crose Sitting on stools on a largely empty stage, Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz answered questions from Brian Custer on Thursday as part of the lead up to their pay per view showdown Saturday night. It
9:07 AM ET Naoya Inoue is one of the world’s best pound-for-pound fighters, and on Saturday in Las Vegas, he’ll make his promotional debut with Top Rank inside the bubble at the MGM Grand conference center. The 27-year-old bantamweight is a superstar in Japan and his signing with Top Rank presented an opportunity for a
Dusty Hernandez-Harrison still had some capacity of self-destruction left in the tank, apparently. Mike Coppinger initially reported, and Dan Rafael later confirmed, that the former welterweight prospect is apparently nowhere near the super middleweight limit a month from fight night. As such, he’s been pulled from a career-best opportunity, and both Coppinger and Rafael name
Fitness • Training Olympic medallist Tony Jeffries explains the balance you need to strike between hard and light sparring in your training On this video I give you my opinion on hard sparring vs light sparring. Being retired now since 2012 I look back at some of the sparring I have done in my time,
Tureano Johnson is facing a younger and stronger foe in Jaime Munguia Friday night, but do not tell him he has zero chance of winning. Instead, Johnson will state he has the edge in terms of other noteworthy intangibles and plans to defeat the unbeaten former world junior middleweight titleholder and contend for a world
Posted on 10/28/2020 By: Hans Themistode At the age of 27, Rashidi Ellis has had the word prospect attached to his name for far too long. Having spent the vast majority of his career in boxing obscurity, the undefeated welterweight has grown tired of both his inactivity and his inability to land big fights. Come
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