11:21 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields has a date and an opponent for her mixed martial arts debut with the Professional Fighters League. Shields will fight Brittney Elkin on June 10, the PFL announced Wednesday (TV: 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+; 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2). The
Month: April 2021
As Liam Williams readies himself for this weekend’s middleweight title fight against champion Demetrius Andrade, Williams tells RingTV that he’s become a much more well-rounded fighter since teaming up with trainer Dominic Ingle. Williams cites his dedication and focus but also says with his personal life also in a good place, he believes everything is
Feature Dan Azeez calls for Britain’s crop of talented light-heavies to get fighting one another DAN AZEEZ is taking an old school approach with his boxing. He is not looking to bypass the domestic scene. He’s hoping to thrive in it. In his 12-0 career, he’s boxed British rival after British rival, winning the Southern
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium The tales of Joe Bugner and co are cruel but irresistible chunks of boxing folklore, writes Steve Bunce THERE has to be a bit of truth, a few lies, excess, invention, delusion and suffering in any good boxing story. The history of the men and women that travelled on
The handlers for Maxim Vlasov (45-4, 26 KOs) have filed a protest with the World Boxing Organization over the officiating for this past Saturday’s fight in Tulsa, where the Russian boxer lost a twelve round majority decision to Joe Smith (27-3, 21 KOs). Based on scores of 114-114, 115-113 and 115-112 – Smith walked away
Posted on 04/13/2021 By: Sean Crose “I don’t think he has the same intensity as me,’ says Liam Williams as he prepares face WBO middleweight titlist Demtrius Andrade. “I wear my heart on my sleeve. I can punch harder than him. I have a better engine than him. I’m going to bring it all on
11:54 AM ET The date for Ryan Garcia bout against Javier Fortuna has been finalized. Garcia will face Fortuna on July 9, Golden Boy Promotions announced Tuesday. Venue and undercard details have yet to be determined. Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) is coming off the biggest win of his young career. The 22-year-old recovered after an
(August 5, 2016) Powerful 19-year-old prospect David Benavidez broke down Denis Douglin to gain a 10th-round TKO. Benavidez went deeper into a fight than he had ever been before the 19-year-old power puncher earned a 10th-round TKO of Douglin. Douglin was able to smother the 6-foot-2 Phoenix native for much of the fight despite giving
Nathan Gorman put on an impressive display to stop Pavel Sour in two rounds and set up a British heavyweight title shot in the near future. 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 ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on
YouTube star Jake Paul has been accused of forcing TikTok celebrity Justine Paradise to perform oral sex on him in 2019. Paradise released a 20-minute video to YouTube on Friday detailing her claims. Paul, who has a pay-per-view boxing fight with Ben Askren this coming Saturday, posted to Twitter to deny the accusations. His attorney
WBC, WBA super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is not concerned with the boxing ability of his upcoming opponent, WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders. Canelo and Saunders will unify their titles on May 8th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Saunders believes that he’s the best boxer that Canelo has faced since Floyd Mayweather, who
Posted on 04/13/2021 By: Max Padrid If you’ve ever had a chance to physically interact with an elite professional athlete, you’ve likely had a similar experience to the few that I’ve had. The way they carry themselves and move with such fluidity is immediately palpable. I remember spending some time with one of my favorite
5:25 PM ET A star on the social media platform TikTok said that YouTube-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul forced her to perform a sex act without consent in the summer of 2019. Justine Paradise said in a 20-minute video posted on YouTube last Friday that she didn’t say anything about the alleged attack sooner because she signed
Bryant Perrella hasn’t been in the ring since a controversial and dramatic stoppage loss to Abel Ramos in Feb. 2020, but is set to return Saturday in a new weight class, moving up to junior middleweight to face former titlist Tony Harrison in a PBC main event on FOX. The 32-year-old Perrella (17-3, 14 KO)
Ring City USA today announced the entire loaded undercard for its Thursday, April 22 event from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y, the first professional fight card to take place in the state since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. Five professional fights including top prospects and four amateur bouts featuring West
Posted on 04/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Despite claiming that he is only interested in facing either Gervonta Davis or Manny Pacquiao, Ryan Garcia will reportedly settle for a lesser-known foe. Garcia, the interim WBC lightweight champion, will face off against multiple division champion Javier Fortuna on July 9th from a yet-to-be-determined location. The 22-year-old California
8:24 AM ET While the world waits for Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury, Jose Ramirez-Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos, the boxing spotlight will be placed on the sideshows as celebrities and former champions are making their way into the squared circle. There is little doubt that boxing purists hate what’s on tap this weekend, but the
Issue • Opinion • Premium George Gigney examines Claressa Shields’ latest comments in his boxing media review WE could be on the verge of a potentially game-changing fight in women’s boxing after Savannah Marshall held onto her world middleweight title with ease at the weekend. Marshall holds an amateur win over America’s Claressa Shields, the
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