Posted on 07/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode Rolando “Rolly” Romero continued his winning way this past Saturday night. The WBA interim 135-pound belt holder crushed late replacement opponent, Anthony Yigit. Before the two stepped into the ring, both men stepped onto the scales. Needless to say, Rolly wasn’t too pleased as Yigit came in 5.5 pounds
Month: July 2021
11:00 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 Anthony Joshua will defend his WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight titles against Oleksandr Usyk in front of what is hoped will be a
Feature • Issue • Premium A year on from his untimely passing, Elliot Worsell talks to rivals, friends and admirers of Pernell Whitaker who explain the wizardry of ‘Sweet Pea’ WHILE both stuck in time and stuck inside, my boxing comfort watch at the peak of last year’s COVID-19 lockdown seemed to be anything that
Amateur Karl Bridgeman/Getty Images/BOA The men’s and women’s featherweight divisions will intensely competitive at the Olympics. But in Peter McGrail and Karriss Artingstall GB have medal contenders in both THE 57kgs featherweight divisions, for both the men and the women, will be intensely competitive at the Tokyo Olympic Games. But Great Britain has medal contenders
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Amanda Westcott/Showtime Jermell Charlo vs Brian Castano still shows that matching the best versus the best should be the aim for every division, writes Matt Chrisite WITHOUT wishing to labour the point we’ve been making in recent weeks, but instead to make it abundantly clear, matching the best against
Former four division world champion Mikey Garcia was impressed with the recent performance by Gervonta Davis, who jumped up to junior welterweight to pull off a stoppage win over unbeaten Mario Barrios to capture the WBA “regular” junior welterweight title. Davis, who was considerably smaller when compared to Barrios, took a few rounds to get
Posted on 07/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode After spending the past few months telling the public that Anthony Joshua would take on mandatory challenger, Oleksandr Usyk, fans patiently waited for an official fight date from promoter Eddie Hearn. Now, after finalizing the entirety of their deal, both the where and when have been revealed. “Olympic Gold
7:55 PM ET Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate The last 12 months have been a revelation in boxing, in terms of boxers becoming undisputed champions or looking to join that elite group. It’s only
In this video interview with Fight Hub TV, trainer Ronnie Shields shares his perspective on the big upcoming welterweight showdown between unified champion Errol Spence and challenger Manny Pacquiao. In Shields’ estimation, he says he’s expecting a close fight that could go either way depending on the game plans implemented. Check out some excerpts of
On July 3rd Michel Rivera (21-0) made a major statement in the lightweight division. The 23-year-old fast rising prospect scored a highlight reel knockout of Jon Fernandez (21-2) in 8 rounds in their Showtime televised bout. The fight took place on the Chris Colbert-Tugstsogt undercard. Early on in the fight Rivera was confident that
Posted on 07/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode After picking up the biggest win of his career, Oscar Valdez won’t receive a soft touch in his return to the ring. The current WBC super featherweight world titlist made it look extremely easy in his previous ring appearance against Miguel Berchelt. Although Valdez was viewed as the prohibited
1:48 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez is inching toward his goal of collecting all four titles at 168 pounds. Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, and Caleb Plant are closing in on a deal for a Sept. 18 bout in Las Vegas — a PBC on Fox pay-per-view — that will crown an undisputed super middleweight
Rolando “Rolly” Romero improved to 14-0 (12 KOs), retaining his Interim WBA Lightweight World Title following his seventh-round technical knockout victory over Anthony Yigit in their scheduled 12-round bout on July 17, 2021, live on SHOWTIME from AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. #RomeroYigit Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-071721 #Highlights #PBConSHOWTIME Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info.
American viewers, or at least ones without VPNs, won’t be totally bereft of boxing action this Saturday, as FITE will stream Queensberry’s Joe Joyce vs. Carlos Takam card stateside. Those interested will need to pony up $12.99, or around 1/3rd of a monthly BT Sport subscription. Joyce (12-0, 11 KO) hasn’t fought since Daniel Dubois’
Hamzah Sheeraz sat down with Steve Bunce to discuss his training camp in America with Ricky Funez, how he reacted to being tipped as a future world champion by David Haye and Carl Frampton, plus his plans for the future, starting with Ezequiel Gurria at Wembley Arena. Watch Sheeraz v Gurria this Saturday on BT
Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano was Showtime’s most-watched live boxing match since December 2019. Nielsen Media Research released viewership figures Tuesday that indicated an average of 422,000 watched the highly competitive, thoroughly entertaining battle between Castano and Charlo on Saturday night from AT&T Center in San Antonio. Showtime’s audience peaked at 536,000 toward the end of a
Posted on 07/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode Mario Barrios has had quite a bit of time to reflect on the first loss of his professional career. Just over a month ago, the 140-pound contender attempted to use his size, strength and overall skills to punish Gervonta Davis. The two squared off in Atlanta Georgia at the
8:17 AM ET In a parallel universe, we’d be days away from the high-stakes heavyweight title trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder that was originally scheduled to take place Saturday. Unfortunately for fight fans looking forward to another big heavyweight clash, Fury contracted COVID-19, and that fight appears destined to take place in
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