Amateur • Issue • Premium Gareth Jones remembers one of the great Welsh boxers, Malcolm Collins MALCOLM COLLINS, one of the greatest names in the history of Welsh amateur boxing, died at his Cardiff home on February 4. He was 85. An exceptionally skilful southpaw, he claimed silver medals in successive Empire Games, as the
Month: February 2021
Jordan Gill is looking to throw himself back into Featherweight Title contention by beating Mexico’s former World Title challenger Cesar Juarez in style when they collide over ten rounds at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday February 20, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S. and more than 200
Posted on 02/14/2021 By: Sean Crose “I know he trains all the time,” famed coach Freddie Roach told FightHub TV. “He sends me tapes all the time.” Roach was referring to a report that his most famous fighter, Manny Pacquiao, is back in training, a report that’s being interpreted as Pacquiao preparing to get in
Issue • Premium • Q and A Dave Thompson The British Boxing Board of Control’s Robert Smith talks to Matt Christie following yet another controversial night in a British ring There have been suggestions that Josh Warrington should have been pulled out sooner. What was your perception of the main event from your position at
With less than two weeks to go until his scheduled clash with WBC mandatory super middleweight challenger Avni Yildirim, Canelo Alvarez sat down with TUDN to discuss his current and future plans. First off, despite a brief sojourn to light heavyweight to maul Sergey Kovalev in 2019, Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KO) has no intention of
(June 3, 2016) Undefeated 160-pound prospect Caleb Plant gained a fourth-round KO of Carlos Galvan on PBC on Spike at the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Fl. Plant spent much of the first two rounds displaying his trademark showmanship and feeling out Galvan. Plant said his strategy entering the ring was, “To be sharp and
Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker will be looking for a knockout victory when he faces unbeaten country rival Junior Fa on February 27 at Spark Arena. Parker, who has a superior edge in experience, is viewed as a big favorite to win the fight. The two boxers have traded plenty of words over the years – which
Posted on 02/15/2021 By: Sean Crose Manny Pacquiao: “We told Bob I get $40 million and Crawford gets $10 million.” Teofimo Lopez: “If you can’t meet the terms, then like I said, I’m taking my talents somewhere else.” These two quotes are maddeningly indicative of modern boxing. Talk of money has replaced the fights people
Following his WBO junior middleweight title win over Patrick Teixeira over the weekend, newly-crowned world champion Brian Castano talks about his big win and where he wants to go from here. Check out some excerpts what he had to tell our friends from Fight Hub TV below… Castano on how he feels after winning the
On Saturday April 17, Eye of the Tiger Management will present a boxing card available exclusively on Punching Grace, before the fights of David Lemieux and Simon Kean on TVA Sports. This event will feature the rematch between Mathieu Germain (18-2-1, 8 KOs) and Steve “The Dragon” Claggett (29-6-2, 19 KOs). Local fans remember the first clash between
Posted on 02/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode Oscar Valdez almost couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Following a tenth-round stoppage win over fringe contender Jayson Velez in July of 2020, WBC super featherweight titlist Miguel Berchelt (37-1, 33 KOs) entered the ring, placed his arm around Valdez and posed for pictures. The win for Valdez was
News Top Rank After Covid delays Maxim Vlasov vs Joe Smith, Richard Commey steps up to be the main event AFTER Maxim Vlasov tested positive for COVID-19 just two days before his scheduled clash with Joe Smith Jnr for the vacant WBO light-heavyweight title, the contest had to be postponed. With a new headline bout
Speaking to Thomas Gerbasi, Roy Jones Jr looked back on what made him so special ROY JONES JNR was at ease before his retirement bout against Scott Sigmon in February 2018. That wasn’t a surprise, considering that a journeyman like Sigmon probably wouldn’t have lasted three rounds with a prime Jones. This wasn’t a prime
Now-former junior lightweight titlist Joseph Diaz Jr had a bit of a rough weekend, losing his IBF belt on the scales Friday, and then going to a draw with Shavkat Rakhimov in their Saturday night fight on DAZN. But Diaz (31-1-1, 15 KO) isn’t planning to move up from 130 pounds, and has called out
Freddie Roach, trainer for eight division champion Manny Pacquiao, views unbeaten lightweight contender Ryan Garcia as a good ‘tune-up’ fight for something bigger – like a clash with Terence Crawford or Errol Spence. For the last few weeks, Garcia has been calling for a showdown with Pacquiao, who competes two divisions north at welterweight. No
Posted on 02/14/2021 By: Sean Crose “I’m right here in Harlem,” Steven Galeano tells me. “I’m probably going to Florida next week or so for camp.” The 6-0 junior welterweight recently impressed again when he stopped Rynell Griffin in the second round of a scheduled six round fight. Yet Galeano wants that only to be
12:30 AM ET After losing his IBF junior lightweight belt on the scales when he missed the weight limit, JoJo Diaz appeared to be headed toward the second loss of his pro career Saturday night against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov. But a late rally allowed him to salvage an otherwise disappointing couple of days. Diaz and Rakhimov
(June 4) – As the world mourns the loss of Muhammad Ali, Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes telecast began with a “Ceremonial 10-Count” in memory of “The Greatest” and continued to pay tribute to him throughout the telecast that was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between hard-hitting Russian
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