Joe Smith Jr has had some big highlight nights over the years, but has never won a world title. The light heavyweight “Common Man” will look to change that on Saturday, when Smith (26-3, 21 KO) takes on Maxim Vlasov (45-3, 26 KO) for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title in Tulsa, live on ESPN+
Month: April 2021
Opinion After Carl Frampton’s loss to Jamel Herring, Alex Steedman and Matt Christie reflect on the Northern Irishman’s career and legacy on the Opening Bell podcast FOLLOWING Carl Frampton’s loss to Jamel Herring in Dubai, Alex Steedman and Matt Christie reflect on the Northern Irishman’s career and legacy, from the headiest of highs in Belfast
Feature • Issue • Premium George Wood/Getty Images Dave Allen once left a casino at 5am and headed back to his hotel armed with a load of beer. The following day, he took part in a professional prize fight. He speaks to Elliot Worsell about his heavyweight career AT a time when a working-class sport
Jamel Herring respects and appreciates what the WBO has done for his career. The WBO junior lightweight champion still doesn’t intend to allow a mandatory title defense against Shakur Stevenson stand in the way of the fight Herring really wants now that he has beaten Carl Frampton. If that means giving up his WBO belt
Issue • News • Premium It wasn’t just Tristan Kalkreuth’s sheer size that caught the eye of the esteemed Ronnie Shields, writes Phil Rogers RONNIE SHIELDS has seen it all before. The renowned trainer’s resumé of tutelage includes Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Arturo Gatti and Pernell Whitaker; some of the greatest boxers in the history
Heavyweight Michael Hunter just shared some of his thoughts with Sky Sports on Oleksandr Usyk’s fairly recent move to campaign in the division, and makes it clear that he belives Usyk isn’t going to have an easy time landing big fights. In fact, Hunter says he thinks other heavyweights don’t really regard Usyk as one
#PBCTimeOut: Unbeaten welterweight prospect Jesus Ramos Jr. speaks with Ray Flores ahead of his matchup with Javier Molina on the Ruiz vs Arreola undercard on May 1, 2021, live on Fox Sports PPV. #RuizArreola Fight Night Details:https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-050121 #JesusRamos Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing
In Make It or Die Trying: The Frank Warren Story, premiering at 9.30pm, on Sunday 11th April, on BT Sport 1 HD, Frank Warren explains how he negotiated Frank Bruno’s winning world title bout with Don King. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join
A lot of boxers say they were born to fight. Some of them are right. Rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis definitely fits the latter category as the son of Derek “Bozy” Ennis Sr. and the brother of Derek “Pooh” Ennis and Farah Ennis. “I always knew I was gonna box and I knew I
Posted on 04/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode Tim Bradley’s eyes grow wide whenever he hears about the possibility of Terence Crawford taking on Manny Pacquiao. The two have been rumored to be locked in negotiations for a possible June 5th showdown that would take place in Dubai. In the mind of most boxing pundits, Crawford has
After joining forces with Frank Warren earlier this year, former light heavyweight title challenger Callum Johnson is officially set to end a two-year layoff against Bosnia’s Emil Markic on Queensberry’s April 24th Denzel Bentley-Felix Cash card. Johnson (18-1, 13 KO) has struggled badly with inactivity this last half-decade, managing just three fights since 2016. In
Issue • Opinion • Premium Christopher Lee/Getty Images I often think I should have stayed in Australia but my ambition is too great, says Conor Benn MANAGING expectation because of my surname was a massive challenge at first. It was hard because I was young but you become used to it and you are constantly
Carl Frampton has released a lengthy statement following his decision to retire from professional boxing over the weekend. Frampton (28-3, 16 KOs) had a very successful career, becoming a two-weight world champion after winning world titles at super bantamweight and featherweight. His fantastic success saw him fight all over the world, with The Jackal earning
Posted on 04/06/2021 By: Sean Crose Boxing has always gone hand in hand with controversy. Whether it’s the sport’s brutality, the unfair treatment of fighters, fixed fights, poor matchups, or media bias, there’s always something not to like about the sweet science. Fortunately, there’s so much more to love about what may well be the
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium ‘Watch it sunshine,’ Nosher Powell had to warn Jean Claude Van Damme. ‘Or you’ll find my knee in your b*****ks’ BEN HUR, Jean Claude Van Damme, Billy Knuckles, James Bond and Eddie Hearn are all part of Nosher Powell’s life in and out of the ring. Powell fought 53
Former junior middleweight titleholder Tony Harrison is the latest to join Brian Custer’s Last Stand Podcast, and during the interview he talks about a number of topics ranging from losing his father/trainer to COVID, his return to the ring, and his plans to target some big fights in the division. Check out some excerpts from
Joe Smith already had the rest of the month planned out by the time he hit the Las Vegas strip—win the light heavyweight title, get married, enjoy his honeymoon and hunt down his next divisional target. One out of four isn’t bad in the grand scheme of things. The phone call came during on the
Posted on 04/05/2021 By: Sean Crose With a rash of assaults on Asians and Asian Americans rocking the United States, one of the most famous athletes on the earth has something to say. “We have one color in our Blood!” Manny Pacquiao tweeted late last week. “Stop discriminating. LOVE AND PEACE TO EVERYONE!! #StopAsianHate” This
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