Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET. Upcoming Fights: Super Middleweight: (2) Caleb Plant vs Caleb Truax, Jan. 30 Notes: No official updates to make, but Fury-Joshua seems to be trending in the right direction. Bob Arum is very confident it’s getting done, and Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren seem to believe it will,
Month: January 2021
Given the way factions align, and subsequently behave, in the current environment there are realistic and sometimes unrealistic hopes for fans. The most realistic hope, the place where fans should hold factions most accountable, is in delivering the best of what they can. Where healthy matches are available under one umbrella, are they being made?
Floyd Mayweather Continues To Dog Conor McGregor: “Conor Can’t Even Win In His Own Sport” Posted on 01/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode Floyd Mayweather doesn’t have an issue with anyone attempting to put a few bucks in their pockets, no matter how whacky the idea. However, some ideas just don’t make any sense. For the past
7:55 AM ET The COVID-19 pandemic robbed fans of some big boxing fights in 2020, but hopefully the circumstances ultimately give the boxing world even more to look forward to in 2021. Although some of those previously postponed fights are likely to come in the second half of this year, when a vaccine is more
Feature • Issue • Premium Renowned photographer Neil Leifer tells Paul Wheeler about his life in boxing WITH over 160 of his pictures having adorned the front cover of Sports Illustrated, and more than 40 having graced the cover of Time, Neil Leifer is what you would call photography royalty. And there is one subject
History • Issue • Premium Looking back at the careers of Jim and Bob Williams IN November last year, Watford referee Bob Williams was officiating at Wembley Arena on a bill topped by Conor Benn. Bob handled two of the five contests – a six and an eight-rounder – and acted as a judge for
Feature • Issue • Premium ‘Fighters should know what boxing is doing to their brain.’ Margaret Goodman has been a fierce advocate for the health and safety of fighters for decades. Now she’s getting her due, writes Thomas Hauser SOMETIMES the boxing gods get things right. This June, Dr. Margaret Goodman, a pioneering ring physician
Friday, Jan. 29 DonKing.com, TBD, “Return to Greatness”. Don King is promoting a card behind a $19.95 PPV paywall, which would be one thing, except (1) it’s totally up in the air whether or not this actually happens right now, and (2) the web site the card is supposed to stream through pings as a
There was a moment of amazement on the Showtime telecast’s commentary on Stephen Fulton’s title-winning performance over Angelo Leo on Saturday night. With ten seconds to go in the second round, Al Bernstein chimed in, breaking convention of letting play-by-play man Mauro Ranallo tie a bow on the round. As if he were just remarking
Posted on 01/24/2021 By: Sean Crose If you thought Manny Pacquiao facing UFC star Conor McGregor in a boxing ring would be an over the top endeavor, consider and consider well the possibility of Pacquiao squaring off with boxing’s most notable rising star, Ryan Garcia…because, according to reliable sources, a Pacquiao-Garcia bout is a legit
Queensberry Polska promotes a show in Lublin (Poland) on March 6. Headlining the bill is Polish-British light heavyweight Pawel August (12-0). As for the opponent it’s still not clear yet. On the undercard French amateur star Sofiane Oumiha makes his long awaited pro debut. Oumiha won bronze in the Olympics 2016 and became amateur world
Posted on 01/24/2021 By: Sean Crose First things first – there’s a lot of gloating and mockery going on now that Conor McGregor has lost another fight. That’s understandable. McGregor wasn’t interested in making friends when he was on top of the world and there’s a flip side to every coin. Here’s the thing, though
Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez are not sworn enemies, there’s no huge grudge angle to sell their Feb. 20 ESPN main event. It’s just a good fight people want to see, one that could very well be an absolute war. And Berchelt, despite his friendship with his Mexican countryman, says he’s not going to show
Rolando Romero (13-0, 11 KOs) remained unbeaten against late replacement Avery Sparrow (10-4, 3 KOs) with a dominating performance that led Sparrow’s corner to call an end to the fight in seventh round. All three judges had the fight scored 60-51 at the time of the technical knockout stoppage, as did SHOWTIME’s unofficial ringside scorer
Premium • Reports Amanda Westcott/Showtime Stephen Fulton demonstrates another side to his game by impressively outfighting Angelo Leo HEADING into his WBO super-bantamweight title tilt against Angelo Leo, everyone knew that Stephen Fulton was a slick and skilful boxer. Now, everyone knows that he can fight too. Instead of boxing from range and keeping his
Jake and Logan Paul have gotten a mixed bag of feedback from fans and fighters alike ever since both brothers revived the cottage industry of celebrity boxing. Count Conor McGregor as one of the stars who support YouTubers, entertainers and social media personalities in their quests to cross over into the ring. “As they say,
Posted on 01/23/2021 By: Sean Crose The undefeated Angelo Leo defended his WBO super bantamweight title against the likewise undefeated Stephen Fulton in a scheduled 12 round affair broadcast live by Showtime from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut on Saturday. Leo, 20-0, and Fulton, 18-0, both came out aggressively in the first. It was
12:44 AM ET Stephen Fulton had to wait several months to get a crack at the WBO’s junior featherweight belt. When he finally got his opportunity on Saturday, Fulton didn’t squander it. The Philadelphia native knocked off Angelo Leo via unanimous decision to win the title. In a bout that wasn’t short on action, Fulton
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