1:43 AM ET ATLANTA — Earlier this week, in a back room of the Omni hotel in downtown Atlanta, Gervonta Davis said it could take a little while for him to get used to fighting up two weight classes. The first time he went up to 135 pounds was an adjustment, Davis said. “Saturday will
Month: June 2021
Fightzone (UK), TBA, Ramez Mahmood vs Michael Ramabeletsa. Featherweight Rhys Edwards is also in action. Ramabeletsa is one of the better UK journeyman types, a .500 career fighter who gets to fight for the English 122 lb title here against Mahmood, a once-beaten (in his last fight) prospect, of sorts. This is another Sheffield Arena
History Mike Tyson was disqualified for his outrageous conduct. Here is Ian Darke’s fascinating Las Vegas diary of the events that led to ‘The Bite’ SKY commentator Ian Darke was out in Las Vegas in June 1997, unaware that Mike Tyson was on the brink of tarnishing his reputation forever. The following is his day-by-day
Boxers • Issue • Premium ‘I love boxing so much, losing is a very hard thing.’ Joe Gallagher-trained Callum Thompson speaks to John Dennen When and why you started boxing:I started boxing when I was seven. I went down to the gym with two of my friends and never left really. It was Tower Hill
Regis Prograis is insulted because Gervonta Davis merely mentioned his name. Prograis gave Davis credit for dropping Mario Barrios three times and stopping a significantly taller, heavier opponent in the 11th round of his 140-pound debut Saturday night at State Farm Arena. The former WBA “super” 140-pound champion warned Davis, however, that the undefeated knockout
Posted on 06/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode Teofimo Lopez Sr. always believed that despite the naysayers, his son, Teofimo Lopez, would get the job done against Vasiliy Lomachenko. The two clashed in mid-October last year in a lightweight unification bout. To the surprise of many, Lopez walked away with the decisive win. Since then, Lopez Sr.
11:01 PM ET The management firm that represents Conor McGregor is suing boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. Paradigm Sports Management filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit Friday against Pacquiao in Orange County civil court, claiming breach of contract, among other assertions, per the complaint obtained Saturday by ESPN. Paradigm attorney Judd Burstein told ESPN that his client is
No one can accuse Premier Boxing Champions of truly making the most of their time slots on FOX, but it would also be impossible for a fight fan to have watched tonight’s show from Minneapolis and not had a good time with what we saw. In the main event, Cuban super middleweight David Morrell Jr
Nathaniel Gallimore delivered his best performance in several years, one which was properly rewarded by two of the three judges in his latest contest. The veteran junior middleweight pulled off a well-earned upset decision win over previously unbeaten Leon Lawson. Judges John Mariano had the contest 95-95, overruled by judges Patrick Morley (96-94) and Mike
Posted on 06/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode Both men desperately wanted it. For both Erickson Lubin and Jeison Rosario, it was a chance to move past the shadow that has been cast over their careers by Jermell Charlo. With the current unified champion holding wins against both men, they attempted to move past their one-sided knockout
12:59 AM ET ATLANTA — Gervonta Davis climbed to the top rope, jumped back and backflipped toward the center of the ring. The sellout crowd inside the State Farm Arena, cellphones up to record the occasion, roared. It had been more intermittent cheers throughout the 10 rounds prior, when Davis was in a much more
#GervontaDavis moves up two weight classes to become a three-division world champion with a spectacular body shot TKO over previously unbeaten Mario Barrios in the #DavisBarrios Showtime PPV Saturday, June 26, 2021 in Atlanta. ????: https://pbcham.ps/3eTpXxF 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
We’ve got some moderately rare Sunday night action for you tonight, as Premier Boxing Champions bring another blockbuster, superstar event to prime time network TV on FOX, featuring David Morrell facing Mario Cazares in the 12-round super middleweight main event. We’ll have updates and highlights for the full three-fight card, plus round-by-round for the main
We looked at how Anthony Yarde is honing his power in training camp, with Tunde Ajayi, ahead of his return to action, live on BT Sport on July 10th. 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/
Former three division world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko is looking for payback. Returning for the first time since last October’s twelve round decision loss to Teofimo Lopez, Lomachenko beat down and stopped Nakatani in the ninth round of a lightweight main event Saturday at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. “In case there was any doubt,
Posted on 06/26/2021 By: Sean Crose On Saturday night, the 14-2 Vasyl Lomachenko returned to the ring for the first time since his decision loss to Teofimo Lopez in a high profile lightweight title bout last year. This time, the fighter known as Loma took on Japan’s 19-1 Masayoshi Nakatani. The bout was broadcast live
12:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Vasiliy Lomachenko didn’t officially return to any lightweight throne on Saturday, but he sure looked like a lightweight king. Lomachenko (15-2, 11 KOs) delivered a masterful performance in a ninth-round TKO of Masayoshi Nakatani (19-2, 13 KOs) on Saturday, inside The Theater at Virgin Hotel. In his first appearance
News Amanda Westcott/Showtime Gervonta Davis breaks through the taller and rangier Mario Barrios in an exciting battle GERVONTA DAVIS did the business on his super-lightweight debut, stopping the previously unbeaten Mario Barrios in the 11th round of an entertaining encounter in Atlanta, Georgia. Rangy Texan Barrios used his height and reach advantages to good effect
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