Feature • Issue • Premium Keyshawn Davis is making his debut on Canelo Alvarez’s undercard on Saturday. The American might just be the best prospect in the US. He speaks to John Dennen ERROL SPENCE was the star to emerge from the US men’s team at the 2012 Olympic Games, Shakur Stevenson was America’s leading
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Feature • Issue • Premium Al Bello/Getty Images Behind the scenes with Roy Jones on the night he realised he wasn’t Roy Jones anymore. By Thomas Hauser THE main arena at Madison Square Garden is a nice place to make history. On November 8, 2008, Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jnr did just that, although
Opinion For many the hardest fight comes when they’ve got to retire from boxing. But there is life after boxing, says Tony Jeffries THERE is no single better feeling in the world than getting your arm raise after a fight, especially a big fight. I’m guessing it’s like taking a high quality, addictive drug (I
During this media interview with Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn — ahead of this weekend’s Canelo Alvarez vs Avni Yildirim fight in Miami — Hearn fields questions about the importance of this fight, exposing Canelo to different territories, and why he doesn’t think Caleb Plant has much of a chance to beat Canelo if they meet
(April 29, 2016) Former world champion Anthony Dirrell needed less than two minutes to take apart Caleb Truax, winning by first-round TKO in a 169-pound bout. Anthony Dirrell entered Friday’s 169-pound clash with Caleb Truax two fights removed from being dethroned as a champion. It didn’t take long for the 31-year-old to prove he’s still
Archie Sharp is lining up a huge fight with Shakur Stevenson in 2021, admitting the American’s trash talk has made the bout even more mouthwatering for him. Sharp also looked ahead to Jamel Herring v Carl Frampton and broke down the impact of Josh Warrington’s loss against Mauricio Lara. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on
Main events, especially featuring superstars like Saul Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KO), often take up all the oxygen during fight week. This week is no different. The reigning WBC/WBA super middleweight titlist is expected to win big on Saturday night (DAZN, 7 PM EST) in a mandatory defense against Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KO). The intrigue,
Posted on 02/24/2021 By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury, the outspoken WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world, plans on fighting twice in 2021 – whether that means he faces fellow titlist Anthony Joshua in a much anticipated superbout or not. Tyson, who stopped defending WBC champ Deontay Wilder a year ago in Vegas hasn’t
12:02 PM ET WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury says he will absolutely fight twice in 2021, regardless of whether a megafight against Anthony Joshua comes together. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) has not stepped into the ring for over a year now, as the anniversary of his sensational knockout of Deontay Wilder passed on Monday.
The long-delayed junior lightweight title clash between WBO champion Jamel Herring and former two-division champion Carl Frampton has its latest (and hopefully final) date and location. The pair will meet on April 3rd at The Rotunda in Dubai atop a card that also features a pair of Filipino standouts. Though they were originally slated to
WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says he is ready for battle with Tyson Fury, who holds the WBC world titles. Their respective teams are currently engaged in serious negotiations to finalize a fight for the summer. The location, due to COVID restrictions, is still up in the air – but Joshua is
Posted on 02/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode If you were to ask around, it’s as though Canelo Alvarez is facing someone who is stepping into the ring for the first time in their life. Oddsmakers, fans and media personnel have essentially given mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim no chance of winning when the two face off at
9:27 AM ET Steve Kim Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Editor’s note: This story was originally published in Oct. 28, 2019. Canelo Alvarez is boxing’s biggest superstar. At 29, Alvarez — who will jump two weight classes to try to win a world title when
Tyson Fury’s rise from troubled former champion on the brink of retirement to the now WBC heavyweight champion should have come as no surprise, writes Elliot Worsell IF rising from the 12th-round knockdown in their first fight was a microcosm of the Tyson Fury story so far, the ‘Gypsy King’s performance in his rematch with
Floyd Mayweather uses his 50-0 record as evidence that he is ‘The Best Ever’. Eric Armit investigated some other unbeaten runs in boxing history that test ‘Money’s’ theory to the max PERHAPS the biggest controversy to emerge from Floyd Mayweather beating Conor McGregor in August of 2017 was that “Money”, while beating a debutant, officially
Josh Warrington say he does not remember the punches that knocked him down against Mauricio Lara, but says that he felt clear-headed when he was allowed to continue in the fight. The former IBF featherweight champion was knocked out by Lara, a little-known Mexican, in the ninth round at Wembley this month. He had been
Posted on 02/23/2021 By: Hans Themistode Oscar Valdez walked into his contest against Miguel Berchelt virtually without a single soul believing in him. However, by the time he left the ring a few minutes later, just about everyone was riding his coattails. From the moment the opening bell rang, it was clear that Valdez was
The IBF has yet to fill the heavyweight mandatory challenger vacancy left behind by Kubrat Pulev; considering the current push for total unification and ensuing cluster[expletive] of conflicting obligations, that’s not a huge surprise. That said, #4 contender Michael Hunter claims that with #3 Oleksandr Usyk otherwise occupied, the sanctioning ordered him to face #2
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