Posted on 03/09/2021 By: Hans Themistode Dereck Chisora wasn’t particularly amused when he flipped on his television roughly two weeks ago. The former heavyweight title challenger watched as Junior Fa and former WBO belt holder Joseph Parker threw punches lethargically at one another across his screen. In no time at all, Chisora found himself uninterested
Month: March 2021
Issue • News • Premium Michael Jennings went from being a world title challenger to a drummer supporting Ian Brown to a boxing trainer. He tells John Evans why his latest role will be his most successful ROCK and roll and boxing aren’t natural bedfellows. Late nights and excess don’t tend to fit in to
Feature • Issue • Premium Mikey Williams/Top Rank From the streets of Nogales to the top of the game, Oscar Valdez discusses his inspiration, what’s next and that knockout with John Dennen OSCAR VALDEZ swayed back. He weaved under punches before bursting upwards, uncorking a hellacious left hook. Now a signature shot, it left Miguel
Top Rank’s collection of promising young fighters grew by one today with the addition of 2016 Olympian and unbeaten super lightweight Lindolfo Delgado, who will make his promotional debut as part of the May 22nd Jose Ramirez vs. Josh Taylor undercard. The 26-year-old Delgado (11-0, 11 KO), who joined forces with the ever-growing MTK/Rick Mirigian
WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is not paying attention to the verbal antics of WBC champion Tyson Fury – and promises to avoid his in-ring antics as well. Fury is well known for the mental antics he applies before and during a fight. “He (Fury) can bring whatever he wants, it don’t
Posted on 03/09/2021 By: Hans Themistode Manny Pacquiao hasn’t officially named his next opponent but the eight-division world champion has a strong idea as to who he will be facing next. “We’re leaning towards Mikey Garcia,” Pacquiao told Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN. Like most fighters at 147 pounds, Garcia has spent several years in an
7:14 AM ET Kathleen McNamee This article is part of ESPN’s coverage of Women’s History Month. When Natasha Jonas met Ireland’s Katie Taylor at the 2012 London Olympics, the stadium was quite literally rocking. At 113.7 decibels the noise was as loud as a rock concert, which happens to be four decibels greater than the
Issue • News • Premium Danny McAlinden passed away 50 years to the day since his victory over Muhammad Ali’s younger brother Rahaman on the undercard of The Fight of the Century. Daniel Herbert pays tribute DANNY McAlinden, the former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion, passed away at the age of 73 on Monday (March
Joshua Buatsi has linked up with a new trainer ahead of his proposed ring return. The undefeated Olympic bronze medallist, who has raced to 13-0 in the light-heavyweight division since turning professional, is set to step between the ropes again in a couple of months’ time. Buatsi, 27, has been earmarked to headline a show
Posted on 03/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode The throne always belonged to Muhammad Ali. He had just been unjustly and temporarily removed from it. In the 1960s there wasn’t a soul alive that didn’t believe Ali was the best fighter in the world. Unless you were Joe Frazier of course. With Ali forced to spend three
8:16 AM ET FLINT, Mich. — It was a little past 8 p.m. on Friday and the music inside Claressa Shields’ dressing room started to heat up. She grabbed her portable speaker, thumbed with her phone and hit play. Cardi B’s “Up” came on. Shields turned her space into a dance party, twisting her body
Manny Pacquiao turned pro in boxing in 1995, just about a month after he turned 16 years old. He fought his first 23 bouts at home in the Philippines before heading to the famed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo in 1998 to meet Shin Terao. Pacquiao dropped Terao three times and won in 2:59. That was
Issue • Opinion • Premium In his own words, Josh Taylor explains how he intends to leave his own legacy when he fights Jose Ramirez for the undisputed title on May 22 in Las Vegas TRAINING for Jose Ramirez (on May 22) is going well. I started sparring last week, so it’s good to get
(February 17, 2018) Boxing’s youngest world champion, David Benavidez, left no questions in a rematch with Ronald Gavril, defending his WBC Super Middleweight World Championship with a dominating 12-round unanimous decision in Saturday’s co-feature on SHOWTIME. The 21-year-old Benavidez and Gavril had fought to a close split-decision in one of 2017’s best fights that saw
Tommy Fury secured his fifth professional career win with victory over Scott Williams at the Copper Box Arena. He closed the show with a big right hand in the second round. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group
A few days before the anticipated rematch between Jessica McCaskill and Cecilia Braekhus, the fighters took part in public training sessions in which they are preparing with passion to face each other again. This second episode between the 147 lbs. undisputed champion of the moment and the dethroned First Lady will take place on Saturday
Posted on 03/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode In what fans have grown accustomed to hearing from Gary Russell Jr., the WBC featherweight titlist will face a mandatory challenger. This time, in the form of Rey Vargas, the former super bantamweight world champion. Both sides have agreed to a deal and have avoided a purse bid. Presently,
6:16 PM ET Associated Press FEASTERVILLE, Pa. — Smokin’ Joe Frazier stood fearsome in bronze, his frozen left hook on the brink of connecting with Muhammad Ali, much as the power punch did 50 years ago in the Fight of the Century. Linked forever by a trilogy of bouts, it’s the first meeting — won
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