Saturday night on Showtime, Nonito Donaire will attempt to make further history in his already Hall of Fame-bound career, as he looks to take the WBC bantamweight title from Nordine Oubaali and become the oldest bantamweight titleholder ever. Can he do it, or does Oubaali get the win and possibly send Donaire into retirement? Scott
Month: May 2021
LAS VEGAS – Devin Haney wouldn’t budge Thursday. No matter how many reporters asked after their press conference, Haney wouldn’t predict a knockout of Jorge Linares on Saturday night. Haney wouldn’t even allow Amari Jones, a junior middleweight prospect he mentors, to answer when Jones was asked during a joint interview if Haney will beat
Posted on 05/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode Julian Williams vividly remembers the night he fought Jermall Charlo. After the two talked smack to one another for several months, Williams goaded Charlo into staying at the 154-pound division for one final fight. With the two facing off for Charlo’s IBF world title, the Houstonian would ultimately prevail
News Justin Setterfield/Getty Images After years of work behind the scenes as an elite amateur, Cyrus Pattinson signs with Matchroom to make his pro debut in his Newcastle home town on Sky Sports THE life of a top amateur boxer is made up of gruelling, hard work, far from the limelight. For former GB boxer
Top Rank has officially revealed that their June 26th Vasiliy Lomachenko-Masayoshi Nakatani card will see former WBA “world” middleweight champion Rob Brant face Kazakh Olympian Janibek Alimkhanuly in the co-feature. Brant’s roller-coaster career saw him rise through the ranks at middleweight before making a one-and-done trip to 168 for the World Boxing Super Series, where
WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before their world title showdown taking place this Saturday, May 29 live on SHOWTIME from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Esther Lin). The press
Posted on 05/27/2021 By: Sean Crose “This isn’t an easy fight,” the 26-0 Mario Barrios says to ESNEWS during his training camp for his June 26th Showtime Pay Per View bout against the 24-0 Gervonta “Tank” Davis. “We’re both explosive.” The fight, which will go down at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, will be for Barrios’ WBA
Issue • Premium • Preview Scott Heavey/Getty Images Kash Ali determined to make fans forget his past when he takes on Salek on Friday in Sheffield, writes Matt Bozeat THINK of Rotherham heavyweight Kash Ali and you doubtless think of him biting David Price. The red tops rounded on him and the British Boxing Board
Four-division world champion and boxing legend Nonito Donaire and unbeaten prospect Gary Antuanne Russell join The PBC Podcast this week to discuss their respective bouts on PBC on SHOWTIME Saturday night. Russell takes a major step up in class against Jovie Santiago in the televised opener while Donaire aims to become champ once more against
During this media session captured by Fight Hub TV, Teofimo Lopez Sr explains how he and his son are seeking a match up against newly-minted undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor, saying Taylor is scared to face his son because he knows he can’t match up. Check out some of what Lopez Sr. had to
British light-heavyweight Callum Johnson discussed his future ambitions, as he lines up another world title shot and potential domestic bouts with Anthony Yarde and Lyndon Arthur. 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
Carlos Canizales has long ago come to grips that his title reign will require a lot of travel. That dynamic was never more apparent than during the two years he has been forced to sit out of the ring, largely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The undefeated secondary WBA junior flyweight titlist from Caracas, Venezuela
Posted on 05/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode Heading into his highly-anticipated showdown against Oscar Valdez on February 20th, earlier this year, many believed Miguel Berchelt would walk right through his man. Considering the streak he was on, which consisted of 16 straight wins with 15 of them coming by way of knockout, Berchelt was head and
Opinion Mark Runnacles/Getty Images The Opening Bell podcast discusses Josh Taylor’s victory, the latest fallout from Joshua and Fury and Manny Pacquiao’s audacious bid to defeat Errol Spence AS Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua went their separate ways after 11 months of dilly-dallying, Josh Taylor went to Las Vegas and proved he was the world’s
(Video By Ryan Burton) – Unified lightweight world champion, ‘The Takeover’ Teofimo Lopez, (16-0, 12 KOs), swung open the doors to his training camp, City Athletic Boxing Gym in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon for the media. (photos by Tom Hogan). Functional Cookies Disabled In order to view this content you need to enable Functional
Posted on 05/26/2021 By: Sean Crose According to Anthony Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn, his fighter “felt all along that they didn’t want the fight.” The “they” Hearn is referring to here is Tyson Fury and his team. Joshua and Fury were set for a major fight in Saudi Arabia to decide the undefeated heavyweight championship
Former Cincinnati Bengals star Chad Johnson has long been out of the sporting world’s spotlight, playing his last game for the New England Patriots in 2011, but now at 43, he’s set to make a boxing debut of sorts, participating in an exhibition on the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul card on Sunday, June 6. Johnson will
To this day, Teofimo Lopez Jr. couldn’t tell you whether George Kambosos Jr. deserved the nod in his last fight, or even how he got the job done on the road versus Lee Selby. All that was of concern to the lineal lightweight champion was that Kambosos was the only one standing in line by
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