6:39 PM ET After months of conflict between Canelo Alvarez, his promoters and his broadcast partners, Alvarez is finally heading back to the ring. Alvarez will meet Callum Smith to unify WBA super middleweight titles in Texas in December, sources close to the negotiations revealed to ESPN. This will be Alvarez’s first appearance since his
Year: 2020
Good news for those bummed by Luke Campbell’s positive COVID test scrapping his December 5th meeting with Ryan Garcia. Oscar De La Hoya tells Mike Coppinger that the fight will “most likely” land just two weeks later on December 19th, as Campbell “was already 10 days into quarantine” when word came of the positive test.
Ricky Hatton, who is part of Tyson Fury’s training team, has fired back at the recent allegations that were made by Deontay Wilder. Last month, Wilder took to social media and made several controversial claims regarding his February rematch with Fury. Fury won the bout by way of a seventh round stoppage to capture Wilder’s
Luis Ortiz Knows Exactly Who He Wants Next: “Andy Ruiz, It’s Two Fighters Looking For Redemption Posted on 11/11/2020 By: Hans Themistode Heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz has been clamoring for another shot on the big stage. After suffering two losses to former WBC titlist Deontay Wilder, Ortiz sat idle on the sidelines until this past
7:57 PM ET Shakur Stevenson will fight Toka Kahn Clary in the main event of a Dec. 12 card on ESPN, Top Rank’s Carl Moretti told ESPN on Tuesday. Top Rank had previously announced last week that Stevenson would headline the card against a yet-to-be-named opponent. Stevenson, 23, vacated his WBO featherweight championship in July
News Updates from the Boxing News team over the course of the week IT’S a relief to know that Kell Brook and Terence Crawford have come through the first (of two) COVID-19 tests ahead of their WBO welterweight title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday. Boxing News subscribers can read exclusive columns from Brook here
Boxers • Issue • Premium George Storr talks to an unexpected crossword fiend in Jamie Cox When and why you started boxing:I started boxing when I was eight. My dad and my uncle got me into it. Favourite all-time fighter: Joe Calzaghe. My mother’s Welsh, so I grew up on him. He’s the best fighter
The struggle remains in the quest to secure the best welterweights in the world for arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. That will never prevent Top Rank from continuing to promoter Terence Crawford as if he’s the biggest star in the world. Ahead of his upcoming title defense versus former champ Kell Brook
Posted on 11/11/2020 By: Hans Themistode With only a few fights under his belt, Errol Spence Jr. placed an emphasis on facing the best of the best early on in his career. Little by little his wishes were granted as he began climbing up the welterweight ladder. The Dallas native now stands as a unified
10:15 PM ET The result of a quick knockout in a heavyweight boxing match between Luis Ortiz and Alexander Flores is being called into question by a regulatory body. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) is withholding Flores’ fight purse pending an investigation into the finish of the bout. Ortiz knocked out Flores in just
This era of boxing, like most of them, has upsides and downsides to it. But the upside/downside dynamic which applies to a Terence Crawford is a sticky one. The separation of platforms and promotional firms can mean that a guy like a Crawford finds himself in a weight class where there isn’t as much action
Issue • Opinion • Premium The recent success of Teofimo Lopez must come with a warning, writes Jack Hirsch WHEN Teofimo Lopez defeated Vasiliy Lomachenko last month a new star was born. Not just the fighter himself after a virtuoso showing, but the man who has trained him from childhood, his father Teofimo Lopez Snr.
#PBCTimeOut: WBA World Super Featherweight Champion Chris “Prime Time” Colbert joins Ray Flores on PBC’s Time Out ahead of his title bout against Jaime Arboleda on November 28, 2020, live on Showtime. FIGHT DETAILS: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-112820 #ColbertArboleda 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
Zak Chelli reflected on winning Boxxer. His 4am runs marshalled by his father he insists were harder than his exploits in the ring, and he called for a shot at the British title or European title next. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join
Former two division world champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez has finalized a new date for his next ring return. Martinez will be back on December 19 for the second fight of his comeback to the sport of boxing. The veteran boxer will face Finnish contender Jussi Koivula, over ten round distance, in the middleweight division. The originally scheduled date for the event was December
Posted on 11/10/2020 By: Sean Crose After a long time in near isolation due to Covid, the sport of boxing finally came back to life in the fall with some pretty high profile matchups. Teofimo Lopez met Vasyl Lomachenko, the Charlo Brothers really started to make their mark on the sport, and Gervonta Davis battled
4:47 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Entering the ring again wasn’t even a thought for former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson until several propositions hit his radar, 15 years after his last professional bout. First, there was a proposed MMA fight versus Bob Sapp, then boxing matches against former heavyweight titlist Shannon Briggs and longtime rival Evander
Last weekend’s announcement of Canelo Alvarez’s free agency came with the side note that the Mexican superstar was pursuing a December 19th return against IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant. As further evidence that 2020 is a never-ending loop from which there is no escape, ESPN Deportes reports that WBA “super” champ Callum Smith and
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