Amateur Sam Mellish Efforts are ongoing to ensure the Tokyo Olympics take place but the qualification process has stalled. What should a potential Olympian do? Paul SmithWorld title challengerIf it’s 100 per cent guaranteed to happen in 2021 then I’d wait, there’s no point turning pro now if it’s only six months away. If it’s
Month: February 2021
Opinion Dave Thompson/Matchroom These fighters would fit the bill for the WBC’s proposed new bridgerweight division at 200-224lbs OLEKSANDR USYKAs a former undisputed cruiserweight king, Usyk’s talent is not in doubt, but it remains to be seen whether he will be big enough to conquer the heavyweight division. He is made to measure for bridgerweight.
Some of Japan’s finest current and former fighters will lace up the gloves to raise money for the country’s medical workers on February 11th. Earlier today, a press conference revealed the exhibition lineup for LEGEND, which features a number of major figures in Japanese combat sports. The six fight roster: Reigning WBA “super” light flyweight
25-year-old Australian-based Tanzanian Bruno “The Terminator” Tarimo, has cracked the WBA’s top 10 world rankings. Tarimo has a good record (25-2-2) and is on a hot streak, since coming to Australia he has won the IBF Pan Pacific, IBF International title and WBA Oceania title and his last four opponents have a combined record of 101
Posted on 02/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode It doesn’t seem like the questions surrounding his return will ever end. Mostly because of how surprising his retirement was in the first place. For former multiple division champion Andre Ward, he’s fought the urge to enter the ring after officially hanging up the gloves following a decisive knockout
Top tier boxing promoter Eddie Hearn made his usual weekly drop-in on the Ak and Barak program on SiriusXM, and as he’s currently working with superstar Canelo Alvarez on a two-fight deal — Feb. 27 against Avni Yildirim and a May 8 target date for Billy Joe Saunders — he had some thoughts on Canelo’s
UFC superstar Conor McGregor admits that he focused too much on a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao while preparing for last month’s rematch with Dustin Poirier. In the main event of UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi, Poirier knocked out McGregor in two rounds. In the weeks leading up to that fight, McGregor’s team was negotiating a
Posted on 02/03/2021 By: Sean Crose “The new target is, of course, Holyfield versus Tyson before the end of 1988.” The above quote comes from a Sports Illustrated article called “Tuning Up For Tyson,” dated December 14th, 1987. One of the aggravating things about targets is how frequently they’re missed. Had someone informed author Clive
1:47 PM ET Lightweight star Teofimo Lopez Jr., focused on keeping all five of his lightweight titles, is beginning to gear up for his next fight. Mandatory IBF challenger George Kambosos Jr. is the frontrunner to fight Lopez next in a bout that would likely take place in the early spring in the United States,
WBC World Featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. joins The PBC Podcast this week to discuss how he and his family are dealing with tragedy, his potential ring return and who he is targeting–you don’t want to miss what Russell had to say! Plus, hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal predict 2021’s big winners, dissect last
Joe Joyce looked to a potential bout between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Joyce has sparred both men and believes the fight will produce fireworks, but warned Fury that he may have to change his tactics from the second Deontay Wilder fight, if he is to gain the scalp of Joshua. Subscribe to BT Sport
The always outspoken Jermell Charlo just recently took to Instagram Live to voice his opinion on a number of topics — most notably about Canelo Alvarez, Floyd Mayweather, and the IBF never sending him his world title belt. During this rant Charlo claims he’s KO both Canelo Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather (if they fought him
Youtube star Logan Paul has finally acknowledged that his exhibition match with Floyd Mayweather has been officially postponed. The pay-per-view event was scheduled for February 20th, with the location, rules and undercard never being revealed by the organizers. Paul insists the fight will still go forward at a late date. He says the decision to postpone was
Feature • Issue • Premium Lennox Lewis heard talk in 2000 that Michael Grant was boxing’s next great heavyweight. By Thomas Hauser THE mid-20th century gave birth to a new breed of athlete; men who were big, well-coordinated, and faster than men their size had been before. By the start of the new millennium, athletes
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Turning a blind eye is not the solution to the problems in boxing, writes Matt Christie LAST Friday, a crooked old promoter persuaded a powerful sanctioning body to hastily attach a ‘world heavyweight title’ to a bout involving two fighters contracted to him, neither of whom could be deemed
The evil empire of Frankie Carbo and Jim Norris over boxing in the 1940s and 1950s left the sport’s reputation in tatters and several top fighters in financial ruin. Eric Armit tells the full story I SUPPOSE I am not the only one of a certain age (don’t ask) who longs for “the good old
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury agrees with Conor McGregor’s explanation for his recent defeat. Last month, in the main event of UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi, McGregor was shockingly knocked out in two rounds by Dustin Poirier in their pay-per-view rematch. McGregor, 32-years-old, was already in talks for a 2021 boxing match with eight division world champion
Posted on 02/02/2021 By: Hans Themistode Erickson Lubin has placed a lot of time between himself and the worst night of his boxing career. After winning ESPN’s prospect of the year in 2016, Lubin found himself standing across the ring from Jermell Charlo. Everything seemed perfect for the Florida native. With one more win against