Month: August 2021

Issue • News • Premium Mark Robinson Sam Eggington has managed to advance through the turmoil. He speaks to Elliot Worsell FEW fighters can say they have made tangible progress during the recent global pandemic. But one man who can is Birmingham’s Sam Eggington.Eggington, 30-7 (18), has managed to box three times in the past
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Issue • Premium • Preview Steve Marcus/Getty Images Matt Christie wonders if Guillermo Rigondeaux has enough left to overtake the fearsome John Riel Casimero HOW we got here is complicated in the extreme but Saturday’s (August 14) bantamweight 12-rounder between old maestro Guillermo Rigondeaux, ranked fifth in the world, and number three John Riel Casimero
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Issue • Premium • Preview Ian Walton/Matchroom Boxing In the last Fight Camp of 2021 Joshua Buatsi is under pressure to shine, writes Declan Taylor JOSHUA BUATSI headlines the third and final instalment of Matchroom’s Fight Camp 2021 in the riskiest fight of his professional career to date on Saturday (August 14). After a fortnight
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The collapse of Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant left a big ol’ hole in the September boxing schedule, which PBC and Showtime are now set to fill. Adam Abramowitz reports, and Keith Idec confirms, that they’ve pushed their September 11th Stephen Fulton vs. Brandon Figueroa card back to the 18th. Per Idec, it will “likely”
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Posted on 08/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Rich, great boxer, icon, money-hungry, extravagant, boring, and flamboyant are some of the words, whether fair or not, that have been used to describe Floyd Mayweather. One word that has seldom, if ever, been used to describe the Hall of Famer, however, is compassionate. Yet, according to DeJuan Blake,
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Welterweight World Champion Yordenis Ugás previewed their championship showdown during a virtual press conference on Wednesday before they meet in the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event Saturday, August 21 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ugás steps up to replace Errol Spence Jr. in the main event, as Spence recovers from an eye injury.
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The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) has released the latest update on its myriad English and British titles, revealing a number of intriguing tidbits. We’ll go by weight in descending order, focusing on the new stuff. Up at light heavyweight, the Board has ordered former titlist Hosea Burton (26-2, 12 KO) to meet unbeaten
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Progress continues to come from a night of in-ring injustice. The World Boxing Association (WBA) continues to take key steps towards cleaning up the mess created in its interim welterweight title fight between Gabriel Maestre and Mykal Fox. Venezuela’s Maestre (4-0, 3KOs) was awarded a highly questionable twelve-round, split decision verdict and the secondary belt
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Posted on 08/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode No matter how many times his eye-catching knockouts are replayed on various television channels and regardless of how spotless his undefeated record is, fans of Terence Crawford simply want more. The current WBO welterweight champion has long expressed a desire to face the top names in his division. But,
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4:54 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson will clash Oct. 23 at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena after both boxers signed contracts for the 130-pound title fight, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Herring and Stevenson both will earn at least $1.5 million — career-high paydays — for a bout that will headline Top
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Opinion UESLEI MARCELINO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Boxing was a revelation at the Olympic Games, all this and much more comes under discussion on the Opening Bell podcast BOXING was a revelation at the Olympic Games. John Dennen joins Alex Steedman and Matt Christie to reveal his Tokyo highlights, star performances and overall best boxer with
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Under normal circumstances, Joshua Franco and Vergil Ortiz Jr. will be in the same building along with the rest of their team. That won’t be the case this weekend, as the training, managerial and promotional stablemates find themselves on shows in separate stops and on rival platforms. Ortiz will enjoy a hometown headliner in a
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