Three time cruiserweight champion and reigning IBF belt-holder Mairis Briedis says he’s leaving the division and moving up to heavyweight. The 36 year old Latvian made his announcement on TikTok, which is apparently the latest social platform we’ll need to monitor for news like this. Briedis was last seen in action winning the finals of
Month: July 2021
IBF, WBA, WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo is only a few weeks away from his undisputed fight with WBO world champion Brian Castano. The Showtime televised fight will take place on July 17th from AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The undefeated Castano has barely been hurt in his career, but Charlo feels that
Posted on 07/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was essentially a lateral, albeit still successful move. As first reported by ESPN’s Mike Coppinger, Gervonta Davis vs. Mario Barrios generated just over 200,000 pay-per-view buys. Coppinger also reported that the final figure for the event, which took place on June 26th, in Atlanta Georgia, will settle in
Michel Rivera improved to 21-0 (14 KOs) following his eighth-round knockout victory over Jon Fernandez in their 12-round WBA Lightweight World Title Eliminator, live on Showtime from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson California. #RiveraFernandez Fight Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-070321 #PBConSHOWTIME #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by
Lyndon Arthur is on the verge of a world title shot, sitting in the number one position with the WBO, after his victory over Anthony Yarde in December 2020. IBF flyweight world champion Sunny Edwards joined King Arthur in camp, alongside Pat Barrett, to tell us more about how he trains and his strengths as
Eddy Reynoso, trainer and manager of Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, says his team will do everything possible to finalize a fight with IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant. Canelo, who hold the WBC, WBA, WBO world titles at 168, wants to unify the entire weight class in September. Back in May, Canelo stopped unbeaten
During this video interview with respected trainer Robert Garcia, Garcia gives us his thoughts on the upcoming welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence. Garcia shares a bit of his perspective on the style matchup and explains why he thinks the fight could go either way. Garcia on who he thinks win Pacquiao-Spence
News Jed Jacobsohn/Allsport Lehlo Ledwaba falls to Covid-19 at the age of just 49 LEHLO LEDWABA, a leading super-bantamweight at the turn of the century, has died at the age of just 49. He passed away in his native South Africa after contracting Covid-19. “Hands Of Stone” fought as a professional between 1990 and 2006,
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images On the Friday Frank Bruno was cleared to fight and on Saturday night Michael Watson came close to death. Steve Bunce on a weekend that no one could forget ON Friday night Frank Bruno was cleared to fight and on Saturday night Michael Watson came close to death.
Promoter Kalle Sauerland says fight fans will have a clear indication of what he’s been building by September or October. Sauerland and his family boxing company linked up with giant sport’s agency Wasserman earlier in the year, he has also announced the new season of the World Boxing Super Series and a partnership with social
Posted on 07/02/2021 By: Hans Themistode Although they’ve never met face to face, there has always been a deep amount of admiration between Gervonta Davis and Canelo Alvarez. Whenever posed with the question of who’s the number one pound for pound fighter in the world, Davis has never hesitated in siding with Alvarez. As for
Issue • Opinion • Premium Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images News that Riddick Bowe is set to return to boxing at the age of 53 is the most depressing story of the week, writes George Gigney THIS column has probably focused too much on retired fighters getting back into the ring, but this time a true stand
Nonito Donaire is now officially out of his planned Aug. 14 bantamweight title unification against John Riel Casimero, ending a big, dumb whirlwind that began just a couple of weeks ago. Donaire-Casimero was announced on June 19, replacing a scheduled fight between Casimero and Guillermo Rigondeaux for the same date, also on Showtime. Now, Rigondeaux
Boxers • Issue • Premium Hennessy Sports Paul Wheeler speaks to Irish middleweight prospect Brett McGinty When and why you started boxing:I started boxing when I was nine years old. I initially did it just to lose weight and get fit for football. I come from a big footballing family. Favourite all-time fighter:Gennady Golovkin is
German veteran Erkan Teper is a good opponent for former world champion Murat Gassiev at this stage of his career, according to the Russian boxer’s coach Vitaly Slanov. The fight between Gassiev and Teper is scheduled to take place on July 22 at the Dynamo Arena in Moscow. Gassiev, a former WBA and IBF cruiserweight
Posted on 07/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode Chris Colbert was initially disappointed when he got the news. After nearing the end of a long and arduous training camp, the Brooklyn, New York native was informed that Yuriokis Gamboa was no longer able to compete against him due to injuries. While the current WBA 130 pound interim
9:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Mauricio Lara and Josh Warrington will meet in a featherweight rematch Sept. 4 at Headingley Stadium in Leeds, England, sources tell ESPN. The bout will be streamed worldwide on DAZN with Katie Taylor defending her undisputed lightweight championship in the chief-support bout in an event promoted by Matchroom Sport’s Eddie
ESPN+, 5:00 am ET, Tim Tszyu vs Steve Spark. Finally, someone in the States gets into the Tim Tszyu business again. I mean, look, is this really a good matchup for supposed emerging top contender Tszyu? No! It isn’t! Let’s be honest about it! It wasn’t when it was Michael Zerafa, either. Tszyu should really
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