Sunny Edwards lifted the IBF flyweight title from Moruti Mthalane tonight at York Hall, taking the win by unanimous decision and becoming a first-time world champion. Edwards (16-0, 4 KO) won on scores of 115-113, 118-111, and 120-108. Giving him every round is pretty indifferent judging, particularly down the stretch when Edwards had stopped doing
Month: April 2021
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing ‘Instead I am making boxing work for me,’ says Derek Chisora DEREK CHISORA does not see Joseph Parker as a route to another world title shot. For him it’s a fight, nothing more, nothing less and the unpredictable British heavyweight will continue to chart his own course through the sport. “Let’s
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, has reacted to the recent claims by Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who promotes Tyson Fury. For the last few weeks, Hearn and Arum have been working to finalize the details for a full division unification between heavyweight champions Joshua and Fury. Hearn is in the process of securing
Posted on 04/30/2021 By: Sean Crose One thing is certain – Andy Ruiz is not James “Buster” Douglas. People had taken to comparing the two men after an out of shape Ruiz showed up to his rematch with Anthony Joshua and was easily beaten. Those who were around and of a certain age in 1990
7:51 AM ET As the boxing world slowly starts rolling back into full gear, this weekend’s fights represent a burst of momentum leading into the busiest month in boxing we’ve had in over a year. It kicks off on Friday in London (ESPN+, 4 p.m. main card; 2 p.m. ET undercard) with a card featuring
News Derek Chisora threatens to pull out of Joseph Parker fight but calmer heads believe the bout will go ahead DEREK CHISORA stayed calm on the scales, there were no histrionics bar the usual Union Jack bandana and sunglasses, he weighed-in for tomorrow’s bout with Joseph Parker at his lightest since 2018 and just when
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is back tonight for BKFC 17, and our live coverage will kick off at 8 pm ET for the card from Birmingham, Alabama. You can order the standalone PPV at Fite TV if you want, or you can watch cheaper via the BKTV app. Tonight’s main event will see Frank Tate
Pre-order #RuizArreola—May 1st on FOX Sports PPV—for $49.99: http://pbcham.ps/RuizArreolaPPV5 Fighters on the undercard of Ruiz vs Arreola take to the stage one final time ahead of their matchups, live on FOX Sports PPV on May 1, 2021. 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
Sunny Edwards and Moruti Mthalane look ahead to their upcoming World Title fight on Friday night at York Hall. Watch Mthalane v Edwards on BT Sport 1 HD on Friday April 30 from 7pm. 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
Jose Miguel Borrego continues his rise through the welterweight ranks as he takes on the battle-hardened Alan Sanchez this coming Saturday in Tampa, Florida. Sanchez comes into Florida with ambitions of bouncing back in style after coming up short against former amateur standout Daniyar Yeleussinov. Borrego continues his march towards titles as he looks to
Posted on 04/29/2021 By: Hector Franco This upcoming weekend, one of boxing’s more underappreciated pugilists will be moving up the weight scale to join the middleweight division. Two-time WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (27-3-3, 15 KOs) will make his middleweight debut against New Jersey’s Thomas Lamanna (30-4-1, 12 KOs) for a vacant version of
9:43 PM ET Top Rank promoter Bob Arum turned the Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight negotiating drama up a notch on Thursday when he referred to the discussed blockbuster boxing match for this summer as “dead in the water.” It happened as Arum, who co-promotes Fury in the United States, told the UK’s Telegraph that talks
Issue • Premium • Preview The weight of pay-per-view, and their own ambitions, hangs heavy over Derek Chisora vs Joseph Parker, writes Paul Wheeler JUST over 18 months after they were originally scheduled to collide, heavyweights Derek Chisora and Joseph Parker are set to do battle at Manchester Arena this Saturday (May 1) – atop
While Canelo Alvarez is currently scheduled to unify 168lb titles with Billy Joe Saunders, he’s just come out to explain how he had to deal with Mexican kidnappers in back in 2018 who had taken his brother. In an interview that’s scheduled to air this weekend on In Depth with Graham Bensinger, Canelo recounts what
Fighters competing on this Saturday’s stacked FOX Sports Pay-Per-View undercard and FOX PBC Fight Night event previewed their respective showdowns during a press conference Thursday before they step into the ring at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California in the event headlined by former unified heavyweight champion Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr. taking on
Posted on 04/29/2021 By: Sean Crose As if boxing isn’t in a strange enough place at the moment. As if the Paul brothers, and former greats taking up all the oxygen in the room isn’t enough – there is the news that the much anticipated Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury heavyweight title fight is now Dead Before
11:16 AM ET Boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez said he had to negotiate by telephone the release of one of his brothers, who had been kidnapped in Mexico, in the days before his 2018 fight against Rocky Fielding in New York. “In 2018, the Monday before the fight, and I was always on the phone. …
News Mark Robinson Eddie Hearn insists he’s still 100 per cent confident Joshua-Fury will happen and calls for support from Bob Arum EDDIE HEARN today revealed that he remains “100 per cent” confident that Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will fight in the summer, while indicating that an outdoor arena in Saudi Arabia is in
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