‘He looked like Popeye after the spinach.’ Steve Bunce remembered Matthew Hatton taking on future boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez on this day in 2011 THERE was always more than just Guinness, karaoke and drinking naked at dawn in Las Vegas between Ricky and Matthew Hatton. Each time they sat down to watch each other fight,
Month: March 2021
The Puerto Rican power of Bryan Chevalier proved to be too much for Carlos Zambrano to handle, as the island fighter scored three knockdowns and a third-round stoppage on Thursday night in their super featherweight fight. The 26-year-old Chevalier (15-1, 12 KOs) owned a 3 ½ inch height advantage and used his size to zing
Posted on 03/04/2021 By: Hans Themistode No matter how he tried, Caleb Plant just couldn’t end his night early. When the current IBF super middleweight titlist took on former belt holder Caleb Truax on January 30th, Plant promised that he would deliver a knockout on the night. While that proved to be false, he did
12:29 PM ET WBO featherweight world titlist Emanuel Navarrete will make the first defense of his belt on Saturday, April 24, against former title challenger Christopher Diaz, in the main event of a Top Rank card on ESPN at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Knockout artist Edgar
Tonight at 9 pm ET on NBCSN, Ring City USA returns with a junior middleweight main event between unbeaten Serhii Bohachuk and former middleweight title challenger Brandon Adams, plus more fights on the main card and also a streaming prelim show for anyone to watch free. Prelims will start at 7 pm ET on Twitch,
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Joseph Parker remains on the hunt for a second heavyweight title reign. That journey will come a with a new trainer along for the ride. New Zealand’s Parker has parted ways with Kevin Barry, the former heavyweight titlist confirmed on Thursday. The news comes days after Parker’s latest victory, a 12-round decision win over countryman
Posted on 03/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode Oscar Valdez was good, maybe even great but few, if any, believed he would be able to get the job done against Miguel Berchelt. The two fought in the main event slot at “The Bubble” in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada just a few weeks ago. On
8:05 AM ET Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show
Opinion Mikey Williams/Top Rank Does Teofimo Lopez’s move mark the beginning of the end for fighters being tied to promoters in the long term? Matt Christie and Alex Steedman discuss all this and more TEOFIMO LOPEZ is seemingly taking charge of his own career after a fall-out with Top Rank and Triller bidding a whopping
This Friday night on PPV (Mar. 5, 9 pm ET), Claressa Shields returns to the ring to try and fully unify the 154-pound division, facing Marie-Eve Dicaire in Shields’ hometown of Flint, Mich. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Shields (10-0, 2 KO) has dominated at 160 and 154 since turning pro in late 2016, and that’s
Boxers • Issue • Premium Chris Hyde/Getty Images Ranked at No. 2 by the WBO and No. 3 by the IBF, super-lightweight Liam Paro meets Terry Tzouramanis in Eatons Hill, Australia this Friday When and why you started boxing:I started boxing when I was 13 years old up in Mackay, Australia, while I was in
Heavyweight Jeremiah Milton returns to action Thursday night, with the former US National team standout featuring on a card in Delray Beach, Florida. Oklahoma native Milton, who is now based in Las Vegas, Nevada has mixed in good company prior to his showdown on Thursday evening, as he has spent time in camp with Charles
Posted on 03/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode For his past two fights, Gervonta Davis has fought at 130 and 135 pounds. Historically though, the two-division knockout artist has had issues making weight in both divisions. With that said, he should have no problem with the scale for his next contest. As first reported by Mike Coppinger
Issue • Premium • Preview Claressa Shields is striving to set yet more records, writes Paul Wheeler MAKING history, or “herstory”, as she calls it, is nothing new to Claressa Shields. It is what she does. Whether it is being the only American boxer to earn back-to-back Olympic gold medals, or winning world titles in
(May 17, 2016) Unbeaten cruiserweight contender Murat “Iron” Gassiev (23-0, 17 KOs) scored a sensational knockout victory over Jordan Shimmell (20-2, 16 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes Tuesday night from Black Bear Casino Resort in Carlton, MN on May 18,
Sam Noakes wasted no time in getting to work as he stopped Delmar Thomas in the first round to move to 5-0 as a professional. A straight right hand, followed by a peach of an uppercut helped him close the show early. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing
As first revealed by Twitter’s @rangerrollins and later confirmed by The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger, a clash between WBA 130/135-pound champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and 140-pound “world” champion Mario Barrios is “in the works” for this coming summer. Both the date and location “are still being decided at this time.” Going by some of Davis’ (24-0,