7:48 AM ET Canelo Alvarez defended his two super middleweight titles with a dominant victory over mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim on Feb. 27. Alvarez started fast and forced Yildirim to retire in his corner at the end of Round 3. That victory put Alvarez in position to face WBO world titlist Billy Joe Saunders on
Month: March 2021
David Benavidez remains unbeaten and improves to 24-0 (21 KOs) following his 11th-round technical knockout victory over a game Ronald Ellis in their scheduled 12-round WBC Super Middleweight Title Eliminator bout, live from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on March 13, 2021. This fight was broadcast on SHOWTIME as part of the Premier Boxing
The latest on Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua from Queensbury Promotions, Frank Warren. He speaks to Adam Catterall about the biggest British fight in history as well as Oleksandr Usyk v Joe Joyce, the return of Daniel Dubois, Billy Joe Saunders, and the potential fight between Tommy Fury and Logan Paul. Subscribe to BT Sport
Issue • Opinion • Premium He might have beaten me up but I will always adore Marvelous Marvin Hagler, writes Tony Sibson FOR some reason, Marvin Hagler took a shine to me. He bashed me up in six rounds (in Worcester, Massachusetts in February, 1983) and we stayed in touch. Every time Marvin was in
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Steve Bunce on the trials and tribulations of a heavyweight motley crew IT was a morning of true glory in Tokyo when the George Foreman roadshow started at 9am with Tommy Morrison in denial, Mark Gastineau in tears and the most ferocious women’s fight I have ever seen. The Bay NK
The late Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s wife Kay G. Hagler took to social media to refute claims that the legendary fighter’s recent death was due to the COVID vaccine, writing bluntly, “For sure wasn’t the vaccine that caused his death” as part of a larger statement on Facebook: Hagler died this past Friday at the age
Former two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman is backing Tyson Fury to defeat Anthony Joshua in their full division unification. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Joshua and Fury had both signed their respective portions of a two-fight agreement. The two sides are now working to finalize a date and site. Foreman, 72-years-old and the
Posted on 03/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode If Jermall Charlo gets his hands on David Benavidez, he’s as confident as ever that the outcome won’t be a pretty one for the former super middleweight belt holder. Charlo, 30, has spent the past several months calling for a showdown between the pair. Despite campaigning one weight class
12:14 AM ET WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade will defend his title April 17 against mandatory challenger Liam Williams at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Andrade’s promoter, Matchroom, announced Saturday night. The fight, which will air on DAZN, will be Andrade’s first in 15 months, since he landed a ninth-round technical
Opinion Michael Brennan/Getty Images What lessons should be taken from the life and career of Marvin Hagler Darren BarkerFormer IBF championThe mentality. Without being cocky he believed in himself, he trusted in his ability. He trusted his preparation. He was never arrogant, it was just pure belief. There’s a lot of lads out there who
Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada, the WBC and WBA super flyweight world champion, regrets the disgust and discomfort caused by the fact that in a photograph in which he appears with his team, prior to his fight last Saturday against Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, the flag of Nicaragua was upside down in the image. “It was 100%
Posted on 03/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Devin Haney hasn’t signed his name to any contracts just yet, but he knows a showdown against former multiple division champion Jorge Linares is most likely next for him. Currently, both sides are locked in negotiations with May being floated around as the target date. With Haney’s resume shallow
1:14 AM ET Who says sequels can’t top the original? It did Saturday night when Juan Francisco Estrada defeated Roman “Chocalatito” Gonzalez by split decision in an extremely close Fight of the Year quality bout at American Airlines Arena in Dallas to win the WBA, WBC, and The Ring magazine junior bantamweight titles. Eight years
With Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez all fighting over the past weekend, the conversation can naturally turn to what awaits each man. I’ve made no secret of my love for this division – in particular the rivalry between the new ‘Four Kings’ of the sport – and the future looks
Opinion Getty Images A panel of experts considers what was their favourite Marvin Hagler moment Darren BarkerFormer IBF championIt would have to be that fight with Hearns, in particular the first rounds. No words can really describe how special that was. Two warriors going at it, leaving it all in the ring, it was remarkable.
Unbeaten cruiserweight contender Lawrence Okolie is eager to make a big statement on Saturday night, when he faces former world champion Krzysztof Glowacki for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title. A stated in recent days, Okolie wants to capture as many world titles as possible in the cruiserweight division before making the move to the heavyweight
Posted on 03/15/2021 By: Sean Crose “I was the only person close to him until the last minute,” Kay Hagler, widow of middleweight great Marvelous Marvin Hagler posted on Monday, “and I am the only person that know how things went not even his (Hagler’s) family know all the details and I do NOT accept
7:49 AM ET Claressa Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and now two-division undisputed champion, is ESPN’s new No. 1 women’s pound-for-pound fighter. Shields dominated Marie-Eve Dicaire in a 10-round unanimous decision victory to unify all four major junior middleweight belts on March 6. Shields had already collected all four middleweight world titles with a
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