12:49 AM ET A devastating left uppercut from Gervonta “Tank” Davis put Leo Santa Cruz to sleep and launched Davis into boxing stardom Saturday night. Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) defended his WBA regular lightweight title and won Santa Cruz’s WBA super junior lightweight title with his sixth-round KO, which immediately becomes a top contender for
Month: November 2020
Opinion Mark Robinson In the latest podcast Matt Christie and Alex Steedman react to Oleksandr Usyk vs Dereck Chisora and more IN yet another contest that seemingly split opinion, Oleksandr Usyk got the nod over Dereck Chisora after 12 rounds of heavyweight action. The big question: Why did some seasoned observers believe that Chisorsa had
On Saturday, in the middle of a huge fight day where we saw Oleksandr Usyk beat Derek Chisora, Naoya Inoue knock out Jason Moloney, and Gervonta “Tank” Davis really knock out Leo Santa Cruz, former WBC heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder created quite a stir with a hugely controversial video statement. In the statement, Wilder accused
Opinion Deontay Wilder makes a series of unsubstantiated and wilder unfair claims about Tyson Fury’s gloves and “disloyal” trainer Mark Breland DEONTAY WILDER has broken his silence. He’s barely made any public statements since Tyson Fury overwhelmed him earlier this year. He failed to agree to a third fight with Fury, allowing the WBC heavyweight
SSE Arena, Wembley, London – Savannah Marshall became Britain’s latest World Champion by stopping Hannah Rankin in seven rounds to win the vacant WBO Middleweight World Title. The former amateur World Champion was a class above her Scottish rival from the opening bell and kept herself on course for a potential showdown with American star
Posted on 10/31/2020 By: Sean Crose Reigis Prograis, 24-1, was looking to come back after suffering his first loss last year when he was bested by Josh Taylor in England. He therefore stepped into the ring at the Aladmodome Saturday night to face the 16-0 Juan Heraldez in a scheduled 10 rounder in the super
Posted on 11/01/2020 By: Hans Themistode Jason Moloney thought he had it all figured it out. After coming up short in his first bid to win a world title back in 2018 against Emmanuel Rodriguez via split decision, the Australian born product believed that the loss actually turned him into a better fighter. Since then,
1:42 AM ET A wildly entertaining month of boxing rose to a fittingly exciting conclusion Saturday night, with a pair of world title fight main events that each ended with highlight reel knockouts. Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz seemed to be on even footing in their battle for titles at both 130 and 135
News Top Rank Japanese knockout artist Naoya Inoue defends his unified titles with highlight reel finish against Jason Moloney in Las Vegas THE ‘Monster’ Naoya Inoue made his mark in America when he halted Jason Moloney in seven rounds inside Top Rank’s Bubble in Las Vegas on Saturday (October 31). The Japanese sensation, a three
Super lightweight contender Subriel Matias scored a TKO victory over Malik Hawkins after six rounds of action on October 24, 2020, live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. FIGHT NIGHT RECAP: http://pbcham.ps/Oct24Recap #HawkinsMatias #PBConSHOWTIME Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
Ed Harrison was very close to being a very unhappy man, but then the referee noticed the mistake and awarded him the win. 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/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on Instagram ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing
As soon as Gervonta “Tank” Davis landed his perfect counter left uppercut, the fight was over, and the reactions came pouring in on social media. Fans, media, fighters, everyone is buzzing about Davis’ unreal knockout of Santa Cruz in the sixth round, which gave “Tank” titles in two weight classes in the Showtime PPV main
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas – In a battle for the WBA super featherweight and lightweight titles, Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) pulled off a brutal one-punch knockout of Leo Santa Cruz (37-2-1, 19 KOs) in the sixth round. Santa Cruz was working the jab the fight started, with Davis working good counters. A cut opened
Posted on 10/31/2020 By: Sean Crose The WBA super lightweight title was on line Saturday at the Alamodome when the 18-2 “Cowboy” Ryan Karl faced off against the 25-0 defending champion Mario Barrios in a scheduled 12 rounder. Barrios landed on his man effectively in the first. Karl, however, came forward and did good work
Deontay Wilder spoke publicly for the first time in months Saturday about his loss to WBC heavyweight titleholder Tyson Fury in their second fight earlier this year, accusing Fury of having loaded gloves and also calling him out about not honoring the rematch clause in their contract. In a Twitter video and three subsequent tweets,
News Dave Thompson/Matchroom Oleksandr Usyk remains Anthony Joshua’s mandatory challenger, but brave Briton Chisora puts him under genuine pressure THE former undisputed cruiserweight and London 2012 Olympic gold medallist, Ukraine’s excellent Oleksandr Usyk remains the mandatory challenger for Anthony Joshua’s WBO heavyweight title. But he had to battle through 12 punishing rounds with Dereck Chisora