7:36 AM ET On Saturday, Feb. 20, lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez went to Top Rank Promotions president Todd duBoef with a simple question: “Are we good?” It was an inquiry made during a difficult negotiation process surrounding Lopez’s mandatory IBF title defense against George Kambosos Jr. When Lopez asked the question, it appeared all parties
Month: February 2021
News Melina Pizano/Matchroom At the final press conference Canelo Alvarez confirms he intends to fight four times this year AHEAD of Saturday’s WBA and WBC super-middleweight title fight at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim faced one another in their last press conference on Thursday. Canelo is the overwhelming favourite
Issue • Premium • Preview Phil Walter/Getty Images Despite success over his countryman as an amateur it’s a huge ask for Junior Fa to beat Joseph Parker this time, writes Declan Taylor JOSEPH PARKER and Junior Fa only knew their clash, widely considered the biggest fight in New Zealand’s history, was definitely going ahead just
New Zealand’s David Nyika does things his own way, but it’s working. He will be one to watch at the Tokyo Olympics, even after making a professional debut on Saturday. He spoke to John Dennen after qualifying DAVID NYIKA is different. He trains his own way, he boxes with his own style and it is
Before Canelo Alvarez takes over the boxing airwaves Saturday night on DAZN, the streaming service has another fight for us from Auckland, New Zealand, as heavyweight rivals Joseph Parker and Junior Fa square off for bragging rights and more. Parker (27-2, 21 KO) and Fa (19-0, 10 KO) are very familiar with one another from
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. is ready for more exhibition fights in the near future. Back in November the 52-year-old Jones returned to the ring and fought to an eight round split draw with 54-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who retired from the sport in 2005. Jones has interest in a
Posted on 02/25/2021 By: Hans Themistode Forget about Canelo Alvarez winning world titles in four different weight classes. It also doesn’t matter that he’s the consensus number one fighter in the world. According to a long list of fighters that include the likes of WBO middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade and WBC belt holder Jermall Charlo,
9:46 PM ET Former two-division boxing champ Antonio Tarver will return to the ring to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir on April 17, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Tarver, 52, will box Mir, 41, on the undercard of a pay-per-view event headlined by a boxing match between former MMA champion Ben Askren
#DirrellDavis Fight Night Details: http://pbcham.ps/FightNight-022721 Former two-time super middleweight world champion Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell and Kyrone Davis address the media one final time before their 12-round showdown Saturday, February 27, 2021, live on FOX. #PBConFOX 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
Tommy Fury accepts that he needs to continue delivering knockouts, if he is to be perceived as a serious boxer, but is paying little attention to his critics. Fury has been training alongside brother Tyson and insists his camp has been all business as he prepares to go 5-0. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on
Julio Cesar Martinez’s return is once again postponed, as the WBC flyweight titleholder announced on Instagram that his bout with McWilliams Arroyo for Saturday’s Canelo-Yildirim card on DAZN is off: Martinez (17-1, 13 KO) was just at the Canelo-Yildirim final press conference today, but as you can see if you click the right arrow on
MIAMI – Julio Cesar Martinez has withdrawn again from his mandated title defense against McWilliams Arroyo, this time two days before they were supposed to fight. Martinez pulled out of their 12-round, 112-pound title fight Thursday afternoon due to an injury to his right hand, which he revealed in photos posted through his Instagram account.
Posted on 02/25/2021 By: Sean Crose “All this without a blue check from Twitter. Lol cool story bro! #The Takeover” So tweeted WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight titlist Teofimo Lopez after upstart Triller won a purse bid to broadcast his upcoming mandatory defense against contender George Kambosos. For those unfamiliar with the process, a purse
1:18 PM ET Triller just threw its name in the ring to promote the next fight of one of boxing’s rising stars. The upstart tech company won the rights to promote Teofimo Lopez’s lightweight title defense against George Kambosos with a bid of more than $6 million, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. Triller,
“I’m the greatest thing that ever lived, and I just turned 22 years old! I must be the greatest! I told the world! I talk to God every day, if God’s with me, can’t nobody stop me! I shook up the world! … I am the king of the world! I’m pretty! I’m a bad
Canelo Alvarez recently was granted a promotional license, and although Eddie Hearn is doing the heavy lifting as the promoter Saturday night, the Mexican-born star still has to pump up his underqualified adversary in Avni Yildirim to make sure the public doesn’t believe he’s fighting a pushover. The Turkish fighter is a 50-to-1 underdog who
Posted on 02/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jermall Charlo is starting to get pissed off. On numerous occasions, the WBC middleweight belt holder has called out high-level fighters across various divisions. From IBF 160 champion Gennadiy Golovkin to unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, Charlo wants to take them all on. Yet, no matter how loud
7:27 PM ET Jamel Herring’s constantly moving WBO junior lightweight title defense against Carl Frampton has a new date. The Herring-Frampton fight, which was supposed to happen Saturday in Great Britain, will now take place April 3 in Dubai, it was announced Wednesday. The fight was postponed last week because of a hand injury to
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