7:51 AM ET 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 Remember the comedy movie “Last Vegas” — featuring Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline? It was a story about a
Month: April 2021
Harry Mullan, at ringside, saw Sugar Ray Leonard seal one of the great comebacks with hotly disputed verdict over the formidable Marvin Hagler in 1987 THE richest fight in boxing history produced one of the sport’s most controversial decisions as Sugar Ray Leonard defied the odds and the still formidable skills of middleweight legend Marvelous
Rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis faces his most difficult test in pursuit of a world championship as he headlines his first SHOWTIME main event against Sergey Lipinets, a former world champion seeking a title in a second weight class, when the contenders meet in a 12-round welterweight showdown. #EnnisLipinets Fight night details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-041021 #JaronEnnis
Tyson Fury praised the impact of Frank Warren after he became a two-time world champion, which completed a remarkable turnaround. Fury explained in the BT Sport Films production, what made his promoter so special to him. Make It Or Die Trying: The Frank Warren Story premieres on BT Sport 1 HD on Sunday 11th April
After initially falling apart due to mutual bouts with COVID, the WBC bantamweight title fight between champion Nordine Oubaali and top contender Nonito Donaire has a new date. Julius Julianis, confirming an earlier report from Dan Rafael, claims that the pair will meet on May 29th in Los Angeles atop a three-fight bill. Oubaali (17-0,
Dmitry Ivanov, manager of former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, says his boxer was still suffering the effects of the coronavirus when he stepped in the ring for last month’s rematch with Dillian Whyte. Back in August of 2020, Povetkin recovered from two knockdowns to score a brutal one-punch knockout in the fifth round. A
Posted on 04/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode Boxing fans around the world have grown sick and tired of the proliferation of belts. After seemingly every bout, a new world title is wrapped around the waist of the winner. The breaking point for fans appeared to come when WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman introduced the ever confusing “Franchise”
Nestled between Murodjon Akhmadaliev’s stoppage of Ryoske Iwasa and Jamel Herring’s rout of Carl Frampton last Saturday, top IBF featherweight contender Kid Galahad revealed that his vacant title fight against Jazza Dickens will take place on the May 8th Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders card. MTK won the purse bid in February. June 2019 saw Galahad
The ideal of Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez meeting in the ring extends far beyond one last hurrah for a pair of ring legends. “Legends never leave unfinished business,” Cotto revealed through his verified social media platforms on Monday, verifying a previous report from BoxingScene.com of the upcoming clash of retired former four-division titlists.
Posted on 04/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode Bernard Hopkins can hear the criticism coming from all angles. The former two-division world champion and current partner of Golden Boy Promotions may not be involved in the handling of Canelo Alvarez and his career anymore, but he still notices what’s going on around him. The Mexican star is
Issue • Opinion • Premium Jamel Herring and Carl Frampton highlight their class but the event didn’t do a lot for promoting Dubai as a new world force in boxing, writes George Gigney in his media review AS Carl Frampton sought to make history and become the island of Ireland’s first ever three-weight world champion
History • Issue • Premium Larry Braysher Billy Thompson wanted to make sure his dad would never need to go down a mine again and lit up the British fight game in the gloomy post-war years, writes Alex Daley IN the aftermath of World War II, the British public craved excitement and entertainment like never
Dereck Chisora’s confidence is just as high as when he was supposed to fight Joseph Parker in October 2019. Chisora has since suffered his 10th professional loss – a 12-round, unanimous-decision defeat to Oleksandr Usyk on October 31 at Wembley Arena in London. He is 37 years old, too, but Chisora recognizes that he can
Posted on 04/03/2021 Donnie Nietes had little to no trouble in taking care of his younger opponent Pablo Carrillo. The two battled it out at Caesars Palace in Dubai in front of a sparse crowd. Although he recently spent a long stretch on the sidelines due to various reasons, he showed no ill effects as
Carl Frampton’s boxing career came to an end on Saturday in Dubai, where he was beaten inside of six rounds when making a challenge for Jamel Herring’s WBO junior lightweight title. The fight Frampton goes out on was an ambitious bid to win a world title in a third weight class, to add something more
(February 9, 2019) Gervonta Davis defended his WBA Super Featherweight World Championship with a thrilling first-round TKO of former world champion Hugo Ruiz before a sellout crowd of 8,048 at Dignity Health Sports Park Saturday on SHOWTIME. Baltimore’s Davis (21-0, 20 KOs) recorded his eighth career first-round knockout as referee Jack Reiss called off the
The Frank Warren Story is the latest production from the acclaimed BT Sport Films series. It takes a complete look at the life and times of one of sport’s most colourful figures. The film premieres for the first time on Sunday 11th April at 9.30pm on BT Sport 1 HD. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing
Mixed martial arts veteran Ben Askren is not impressed with the boxing ability of Youtube star Jake Paul. The two are scheduled to collide in a boxing match on April 17th, in the main event of a pay-per-view card from the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Askren, a former world champion with Bellator and ONE Championship,
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