Issue • News • Premium New trainer Buddy McGirt plots a fresh course with Callum Smith, Elliott Worsell reports IT’S hard to imagine former WBA super-middleweight belt-holder Callum Smith returning to his corner and not seeing Joe Gallagher standing over him offering instructions, but that is now a scenario he – and the rest of
Month: July 2021
Posted on 07/28/2021 By: Hans Themistode Everything appeared to be going smoothly between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant. The two sides were working out intense negotiations behind the scenes for an upcoming September 18th showdown. The moment Alvarez landed the deleterious blow on Billy Joe Saunders in early May to rip away his WBO super
2:31 AM ET New Zealand boxer David Nyika did not face much trouble on his way to a 5-0 victory against Youness Baalla in his Olympics heavyweight debut on Tuesday other than having to contend with an attempted bite from his Moroccan opponent. Nyika, a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, had won the first two
Amateur Karl Bridgeman/Getty Images/BOA In his own words, GB boxing captain Frazer Clarke describes the Olympic experience, a friendly challenge from his super-heavyweight rival and looks forward to his first contest in Tokyo I didn’t expect to be at the Opening Ceremony. I didn’t think we would be allowed to go. But the opportunity came,
Women’s featherweight (Quarterfinals) Winners guaranteed at least a bronze medal. Karris Artingstall (Great Britain) def. Skye Nicolson (Australia), 3:2: Utter heartbreak for Nicolson, and, man, this was so close. Just an extremely competitive fight in every round, all of them really could have gone either way. Nicolson in the third just needed either the Kazakh
Eddie Hall has vowed to come back stronger after a bicep injury forced him to get surgery and delay his strongman showdown with Thor Bjornsson. MTK Global are acting as the official boxing advisers to CoreSports for the fight, dubbed as ‘The Heaviest Boxing Match in History,’ but Hall’s injury has led to a postponement
Posted on 07/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode For the past few weeks, Canelo Alvarez saw himself move closer and closer to his ultimate goal of becoming an undisputed world champion at 168 pounds. However, as first reported by Mike Coppinger of ESPN, his dream of holding all four world titles will have to wait. Initially, all
4:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Vitor Belfort says he is already in talks about his future in boxing, even before his foray into the ring against Oscar De La Hoya in September. Belfort, one of the most accomplished knockout artists in UFC history, told ESPN on Tuesday that he is planning a boxing match
Amateur FRANK FRANKLIN II/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Karriss Artingstall is into the semi-finals at the Olympic Games, while Ben Whittaker and Lauren Price are also victorious for GB GB featherweight Karriss Artingstall guaranteed herself an Olympic medal as she won her quarter-final at the Kokugikan Arena on Wednesday (July 28). But it was only after
During this video interview with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya talks about his plans to return to boxing in September and where he’s looking to go from there. De La Hoya talks about the first of three fights he’s planning to have and says his endgame could
‘The Golden Boy’ Oscar De La Hoya of East Los Angeles, CA and former UFC Superstar, Vitor ‘The Phenom’ Belfort of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil met with the Southern California media on Tuesday, July 27 at STAPLES Center Star Garden for the Kick-Off Press Conference ahead of their anticipated battle set presented by Triller Fight
Posted on 07/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was always excruciating work to make the 168-pound threshold but for Callum Smith, the rewards were far too great. For a number of years now, Smith (27-1, 19 KOs) claimed that he was finding his weight cuts more and more difficult. Still, after capturing the WBA and Ring
2:40 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez’s longtime goal of becoming undisputed boxing champion is further from reality than ever since he won his third 168-pound title in May. Boxing’s top star was on the verge of a deal to meet Caleb Plant on Sept. 18 in Las Vegas — a PBC on Fox pay-per-view
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WBC interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte still intends to return to the United States in his next bout, and Eddie Hearn tells Michael Benson that it will “most likely” take place September 11th. The show “may” also feature Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. Elwin Soto and Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Ronny Rios, which were previously slated to land
Rising heavyweight Michael Coffie has a new opponent for FOX’s main event Saturday night. BoxingScene.com has learned that Jonathan Rice has replaced an ill Gerald Washington, who was supposed to represent a step up in class for Coffie. Washington contracted COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from their 10-round fight at Prudential Center in Newark,
Posted on 07/27/2021 By: Sean Crose “We wanted to do it in December,” Eddie Hearn said to talkSport in a recent interview, “but I think with AJ fighting September 25, Fury now delayed until October, I think February is more realistic.” Hearn was talking about a long awaited super fight between his fighter, Anthony Joshua,
8:11 AM ET Welterweight champion Terence Crawford was hoping for a unification bout against Errol Spence Jr., or a superfight against the legendary Manny Pacquiao. But with Spence and Pacquiao already set to face off on Aug. 21, it seems Crawford could be facing Shawn Porter next, after the WBO ordered that title defense. Is
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