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
Month: December 2020
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
2020 was a challenging year, but boxing is a resilient sport. PBC would like to extend our deep appreciation to all the fighters who put themselves in harm’s way to continue to entertain fans during these demanding times, to all PBC staff members who were responsible for keeping everyone safe during our events, and to
Mike Tyson came out in his black shorts, black boots and no socks for his fight with Roy Jones Jr. #TysonJones 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 Read more
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
Feature • Long read In his own words Colin Jones reveals the attitude of a natural fighter and extraordinary account of his passage through boxing In the debate to determine the greatest British boxer never to capture a world title, you’d struggle to eclipse the claims of monster-punching Welsh welter Colin Jones. A scowling silent
Former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, who was knocked out by Floyd Mayweather in 2011, believes his former foe will have trouble with his upcoming opponent, Youtube star Logan Paul. Mayweather, a former five division world champion with a perfect 50-0, record, is scheduled to face Paul in an exhibition clash on February 20. Paul made his
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
During this conversation with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya discusses Ryan Garcia’s upcoming fight with Luke Campbell on January 2nd and where Garcia might go from there. Check out some excerpts from the interview below… On Luke Campbell being a live underdog in this fight: “It’s mind-boggling
WBC junior welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron is hoping to secure a future showdown with unified lightweight champion Katie Taylor. Cameron captured the WBC title back in October, with a dominant win over Brazil’s Adriana Dos Santos Araujo. Cameron (13-0, 7 KOs) has been urging to get some payback, for the outcome of her meeting with Taylor in the
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
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
It’s that time of year again. With boxing pretty much wrapped up for the year it’s time to decide on the year’s best. 2020 was an awfully atrocious year for a lot of reasons — the pandemic obviously leading the way — but let’s check out some of the ballot via RingTV and have some
Five new Committees were established under the adopted AIBA Constitution during the virtual Board of Directors meeting. In addition to four Committees standing in the Constitution – Disciplinary Committee, Ethics Committee, Athletes Committee and the Audit Committee – the directors created five new committees. These are: 1. Coaches Committee – which will solve the issues of
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
Gervonta Davis thrilled a boisterous crowd of 14,129 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, winning the vacant WBA World Lightweight title with a twelfth-round TKO over the courageous Yuriorkis Gamboa in the main event of an entertaining card on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing. Making his lightweight debut, Davis, a two-time champion at super featherweight, went into
Jake Paul wants to fight Conor McGregor and knock him out in the boxing ring after his devastating win over Nate Robinson. 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 Read
Pray you never have reason to hate something as ferociously as the universe hates Artur Beterbiev. The unified light heavyweight champ’s January 30th title defense against Adam Deines is off after Beterbiev tested positive for COVID. Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KO), whose career has been thoroughly plagued with inactivity, hasn’t seen action since overpowering Oleksandr Gvozdyk
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