10:36 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 Al Bello/Getty Images Tyson Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren insists the WBC world heavyweight champion will box this year, if it is against Deontay Wilder
Year: 2020
This week on The PBC Podcast, Otto Wallin drops by to discuss the heavyweight division, Wilder-Fury 3 and his upcoming showdown versus Travis Kauffman this Saturday, August 15. Also, fresh off his TKO win on FS1 PBC Fight Night last weekend, Vito Mielnicki Jr. joins us to talk future plans. Plus, we review all the
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Shannon Courtenay says she is ready to justify her hype when she takes on Rachel Ball over eight rounds in a Super-Bantamweight contest at Matchroom Fight Camp this Friday August 14 in Brentwood, Essex, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. ‘The Baby Face Assassin’ turned heads with five wins
Friday, August 14th Felix Cash vs. Jason Welborn Brentwood, Essex, England (Sky Sports/DAZN) Saturday, August 15th Cecilia Brækhus vs. Jessica McCaskill Tulsa, Oklahoma (DAZN) Saturday, August 15th Rolando Romero vs. Jackson Marinez Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime) Saturday, August 15th David Benavidez vs. Roamer Alexis Angulo Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime) Saturday, August 22nd Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Natasha Jonas and Terri Harper should be championed for their ability, not their gender writes Matt Christie SOME Boxing News readers don’t like women’s boxing. That’s fair enough. Just last week we received a letter from a long-time subscriber who has decided not to renew their subscription because of
Harry Simon is still unbeaten but he’s no longer the man he was. Everything changed when the car he was driving in 2002 killed a baby and two other passengers. He talks to John Evans “ONE thing you should know,” there is a weight to Harry Simon’s voice. “Sometimes people ask me, ‘How are you,
Despite facing a seemingly insurmountable disagreement over purse size late last month, The Athletic reports that WBC franchise/WBO/WBA “super” lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and IBF champion Teofimo Lopez have “agreed to terms” to meet in an October unification match. Originally penciled in for an October 3rd pay-per-view, the bout is now targeted for the 17th
Matt Bozeat previews Carl Frampton’s and Michael Conlan’s fights this Saturday CARL FRAMPTON wants his name at the top of the list when the conversation turns to Ireland’s greatest ever boxer. To be sure of that, the 33-year-old believes he needs a world title at a third weight and it’s that thought that has kept
9:30 PM ET Steve KimESPN A deal has been reached for a bout between unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and IBF titleholder Teofimo Lopez. The fight is targeted for Oct. 17 and, according to sources, the bout will be broadcast on ESPN. Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs), the WBA and WBO titleholder and WBC franchise champion,
Issue • Premium • Preview Felix Cash vs Jason Welborn is another tasty-looking encounter atop the latest Matchroom Fight Camp, writes Matt Bozeat THE Ted Cheeseman-Sam Eggington war may be topped for action when Eddie Hearn promotes in the back garden of his family’s Essex mansion again on Friday (August 14). In the top-of-the-bill fight,
The scheduled high stakes match between Russian fighters Ruslan Fayfer and Alexey Papin has been relocated from Sochi to Kazan, with a new event date of August 22. The final decision was confirmed to TASS by the press service of the Russian Boxing Federation. The change was made due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in the Sochi
Friday, August 14th Felix Cash vs. Jason Welborn Brentwood, Essex, England (Sky Sports/DAZN) Saturday, August 15th Cecilia Brækhus vs. Jessica McCaskill Tulsa, Oklahoma (DAZN) Saturday, August 15th Rolando Romero vs. Jackson Marinez Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime) Saturday, August 15th David Benavidez vs. Roamer Alexis Angulo Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime) Saturday, August 22nd Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn emphatically states that Dillian Whyte will finally have his time to shine in 2021, when he’s expected to finally get his mandatory title shot at the bet currently held by Tyson Fury. The WBC ordered Whyte to get his shot by February, but with the way this pandemic has been making
7:30 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 Carl Frampton insists his career is still in his own healed hands despite a delay in fighting caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Northern
In the last few days, Tyson Fury’s co-promoters, Top Rank’s Bob Arum and Queensberry’s Frank Warren, have explained that there is very little interest in having their fighter make a mandatory defense of his WBC heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte. Fury is scheduled to face Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight on December 19. But there
Jermall Charlo on Sergiy Derevyanchenko Showdown: “This is One of Those Fights Where Fans Can’t Say nothing About The Opponent” Posted on 08/12/2020 By: Hans Themistode There’s a certain shine that comes with a 30-0 record. Yet for WBC middleweight titlist Jermall Charlo, his undefeated mark has always been viewed in a less pristine manner.
9:04 AM ET Steve Kim 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 Carl Frampton, Michael Conlan, David Benavidez and Otto Wallin return to the ring in key fights this weekend for the first time