Month: August 2021

The highlights and best bits as Jake Paul, Tyron Woodley, Tommy Fury and Daniel Dubois spoke to the media ahead of their fights on Sunday. Watch #PaulWoodley on BT Sport Box Office on Sunday 29 August – https://www.bt.com/sport/box-office/ Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing
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Every fighter talks and dreams about that “opportunity of a lifetime,” but few ever get it, and the percentage that actually come out on top is even smaller. Heavyweight Juiseppe Cusumano, the hard-hitting, 6-foot-4 giant from Sicily – appropriately nicknamed “The Sicilian Nightmare” – finally gets that coveted, life-changing opportunity Sunday, August 29 in Cleveland
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Posted on 08/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode There was something incredibly odd about Yordenis Ugas. The Cuban native removed his shirt during last weekend’s weigh-ins for his contest against Manny Pacquiao and revealed an unbelievable physique. But while Ugas appeared to be in the best shape of his professional career, something seemed off. Although Ugas is
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2:20 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence Jr. suffered a retinal detachment/break in his left eye during sparring weeks before his scheduled fight with Manny Pacquiao, the 31-year-old unified welterweight champion told ESPN. During a session at the World Class Boxing Gym in downtown Dallas, Spence said, he felt something amiss, stopped the session and
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Earlier this year, Olympic bronze medalist Filip Hrgovic got the call to fight Michael Hunter in an IBF final eliminator. “The Bounty” wound up bailing on the fight in favor of a WBA eliminator against the hapless Mike Wilson, and three months later, it seems Hrgovic couldn’t find an alternate opponent to the IBF’s liking,
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Issue • Premium • Preview Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Dave Allen comes back on the same bill as Anthony Tomlinson in Sheffield on Friday night. Allen says he’s ultimately looking for a showdown with Alen Babic THE Fightzone cameras return to Sheffield on Friday night (August 27) for a show at the Ponds Forge Arena that’s
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John Riel Casimero would welcome an opportunity to challenge Naoya Inoue in Inoue’s home country of Japan. The WBO bantamweight champion senses, though, that Inoue doesn’t want to face him in what would be an intriguing 118-pound title unification fight. The Philippines’ Casimero discussed a potential showdown with Inoue following his 12-round, split-decision defeat of
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Posted on 08/25/2021 By: Hans Themistode Oscar De La Hoya was very much serious when he announced that he wanted to return to the boxing ring several months ago. The former six-division world champion showed off his older but still shredded physique during a recent workout to promote his showdown against former UFC champion, Vitor
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History • Issue • Premium Larry Braysher When London met the real Max Baer – a far cry from the ugly 21st-century Hollywood depiction THE 2005 blockbuster film Cinderella Man, which chronicled the life of world heavyweight champ James J. Braddock, was grossly unfair in its depiction of Braddock’s rival Max Baer, from whom he
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Boxers • Issue • Premium Ahead of his British and Commonwealth title clash with Akeem Ennis Brown on Saturday, Sam Maxwell talks about his inspirations, fighting Lomachenko and more When and why you started boxing:I started boxing when I was 10. I’d been doing kickboxing since I was about five. My cousin went to a
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Feature Alex Menendez/Getty Images Elliot Worsell investigated the complicated, painful and occasionally lucrative role of the sparring partner IF there is any truth to the theory that we are the average of the five people closest to us, it is imperative a boxer chooses not only their coaches wisely but also their sparring partners. These,
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Feature • Issue • Premium John Gichigi/Allsport Elliot Worsell first interviewed Howard Eastman, the enigmatic middleweight, back in 2003. After a long search, he finds an altogether different character to the one he met 18 years ago IN GUYANA, his homeland, they prefer to call him ‘Boxer’ and he likes it this way. By choosing
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Posted on 08/25/2021 By: Sean Crose Jermall Charlo, the WBC middleweight champion of the world, has reportedly been arrested in San Antonio, Texas on three felony counts of robbery. Per KSAT: On July 16, San Antonio police responded to the Privat Martini Bar & Social Club, located in the 5100 block of UTSA Boulevard, after
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4:54 PM ET WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo was arrested Wednesday on felony robbery charges following an alleged dispute with a waitress over a bar tab. According to Texas court records, Charlo was booked on Wednesday on three counts of second-degree robbery stemming from an incident in July. Charlo posted bond for all three charges
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