I WOULD LIKE to start this week by offering up my congratulations to the Team GB Olympic boxing squad for their record medal haul at the Tokyo Games. There were some stirring performances from the boys and girls that were well worth getting up early for. The superb six medals from an 11-strong team, I
Month: August 2021
Posted on 08/17/2021 By: Sean Crose “He always works hard,” trainer Freddie Roach says of his most famous fighter, Manny Pacquiao, “his work ethic is the best in the world.” Now in his forties, Pacquiao was training to face young lion Errol Spence in a welterweight megafight on August 21st. A Spence eye injury, however,
Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Is Joshua Buatsi now ready for the top level? We ask a panel of experts Bradley SkeeteFormer British championAfter Joshua Buatsi’s last performance I think he is ready for Dmitry Bivol next. He proved he’s got a good chin and can carry his power into the championship rounds. Tony JeffriesOlympic medallistI
As WBA welterweight titleholder Yordenis Ugas gets set to put his belt on the line against a legend in Manny Pacquiao this weekend, Ugas tells Yahoo Sports that he’s been preparing for this moment for quite some time. And while this specific moment did pop up rather unexpectedly, he’s still ready to show the world
Joshua Franco is now in position to land a dream fight for his next ring appearance. Or at least an upgrade in title status. The current top-rated junior bantamweight is the latest benefactor of the current efforts by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to reduce the number of titlists within its organization. Franco defended a
Posted on 08/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode Brian Castano is still currently walking around with his fingers crossed. The WBO 154 pound titlist is fresh off a highly disputed split decision draw against unified champion, Jermell Charlo. The two clashed on July 17th, in Charlo’s backyard of San Antonio, Texas. Despite outworking his man, Castano was
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The WBA is continuing their pursuit of legitimacy after fallout from the Fox vs Maestre scandal rocked their organization, ordering their 115-pound “regular” champion to face the winner of the Estrada-Chocolatito trilogy. Before we go singing their praises for doing what any sensible sanctioning body would do when faced with a glut of in-house “champions”
John Fury called on Jake Paul to fight Tommy Fury on Tyson Fury’s undercard on July 24th for Fury-Wilder 3. His son also welcomed the bout, but was keen to point out that it’s a marathon not a sprint and that he will be not be rushing his career, after win number six. Subscribe to
After four weeks of conditioning in the Philippines and six weeks of hard training at world-famous Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Cub in Hollywood, California, eight-division world champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao concluded his training camp on Monday and drove to Las Vegas to begin his fight week festivities. This Saturday, he will challenge WBA
Posted on 08/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode Regis Prograis is patiently waiting for news on when he’ll re-enter the boxing ring. The former 140-pound titlist and highly rated contender, isn’t sifting through offers on who his next opponent will be. The now 32-year-old is fully aware that a showdown between himself and former four-division champion, Mikey
8:03 AM ET It seemed that the welterweight division was finally going to succeed in delivering a fight between two of the top boxers that’s been starved for big bouts. Everything was looking good in the lead-up until an eye injury for Errol Spence Jr. scuttled his fight against Manny Pacquiao. Because another big welterweight
Opinion MP Promotions Manny Pacquiao in his own words on Yordenis Ugas coming in to replace the injured Errol Spence I want to say that I’m praying for Errol Spence to make a fast recovery from his injury. Health is always the priority and the most important thing. I did my best in training and
Issue • Premium • Reports Mikey Williams/Top Rank/Getty Images There’s success for Joshua Franco, Vergil Ortiz, Austin Trout, Muhammad Ali’s grandson and more during a hectic weekend of international action, writes Eric Armit August 13DUBAI, UAEIn his first fight since January 2020, super-middleweight ANTHONY SIMS JNR (21-1) dropped Argentinian HERNAN PEREZ (8-4) three times before
Friday’s ESPN+ card from Dubai has been readjusted once again. The event was originally set to be headlined by Shavkat Rakhimov vs Kenichi Ogawa for the vacant IBF junior lightweight title, but that was postponed last week, and a cruiserweight bout between Ali Baloyev and Rolly Lambert Fogoum was made the new headline fight. That
On Saturday, August 21 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, former world champions and all-action brawlers Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and “Vicious” Victor Ortiz will meet in a 10-round welterweight duel. Guerrero (36-6-1, 20 KOs) is a three-time world champion who has won world titles at featherweight and super featherweight, and has fought a stacked
Posted on 08/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Brian Castano still believes that his shoulders should be laced with even more gold. After taking on unified 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo roughly a month ago, Castano couldn’t believe his ears when it was announced that their contest was a split decision draw. The WBO 154 pound titlist ultimately
Issue • News • Premium KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images Nigel Collins remembers Stanley ‘Kitten’ Hayward, a fine boxer and an even better man EVERYBODY loved Stanley ‘Kitten’ Hayward, as much for his personality as his fighting prowess. When he died on August 10 at age 82, the Philadelphia boxing community mourned not only the loss of an
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