8:08 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Boxing bouts at the 2016 Olympics were fixed by “complicit and compliant” referees and judges, an investigation has found. Investigator Richard McLaren was appointed by the International Boxing Association, known as AIBA, and found AIBA officials selected referees and judges to ensure that bouts could be manipulated
Month: September 2021
Top Rank’s October 23rd ESPN card, headlined by Jamel Herring’s super featherweight title defense against Shakur Stevenson, is officially a tripleheader. 19-year-old Puerto Rican prospect Xander Zayas takes on Dan Karpency in the co-feature, while Nico Ali Walsh opens the show against James Westley II. Now two years into his professional career, Zayas (10-0, 7
Junior bantamweight Adelaida Ruiz remained unbeaten Saturday night, stopping Nancy Franco de Alba Saturday night at the Sports Arena in Pico Rivera California. Ruiz, who resides in nearby Los Angeles, improves to 10-0-1, 5 knockouts. The 32-year-old Ruiz was fighting for the first time since March 20, which ended in a technical draw in round
Posted on 09/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jake Paul isn’t just making his mark in the boxing world by stepping into the ring. He’s now doing so on the business end of things as well. Earlier this year, the social media star and Nakisha Bidarian, Paul’s advisor, founded Most Valuable Promotions. With their first big move,
7:49 AM ET Oleksandr Usyk’s upset victory over Anthony Joshua kicked off a hectic fall season for the sport of boxing. The biggest stars will return over the next few months, and in many cases they’ll be competing against top-level competition rather than doing the stay-busy fights that have become all too common. Teofimo Lopez
With Chris Eubank scheduled to return to the ring this weekend against Anatoli Muratov in Wembley on Saturday, Eubank Jr says wants to show off some of the new improvements he’s made under the tutelage of Roy Jones Jr, as he relates to Sky Sports. “You saw a little taster of things to come in
Top Rank President Todd DuBoef, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes a fight with Anthony Joshua could still happen down the line. Fury will return to the ring on October 9, in a trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The ‘Gypsy King’ was hoping to face Joshua
Posted on 09/29/2021 By: Sean Crose Frankly, it lasted longer than anyone probably could have imagined. It seems like ages ago that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather finally answered the bell and battled a full twelve rounds (Mayweather, for those who don’t know, was awarded the decision win). That was supposed to be the high
8:17 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos’ legal counsel sent a letter to the IBF on Tuesday requesting that the organization find Triller in default of its obligation to honor signed contracts to deliver the lightweight title fight with Teofimo Lopez on Oct. 4 at New York’s Hulu Theater at MSG. In the letter, a
Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Is Anthony Joshua right to activate the rematch clause and go straight into a second fight with Oleksandr Usyk? Frazer ClarkeTokyo Olympic medallistYes. He’s done 12 rounds with Usyk, he lost the fight, there were some close rounds where Usyk’s ring generalship and his brain won the rounds. It’s a fight
#PBCTimeOut: Heavyweight contender Adam “Babyface” Kownacki joins Ray Flores to preview his upcoming heavyweight rematch against Robert Helenius, who served Kownacki his first career loss in March 2020, on October 9, 2021, on the Fury vs Wilder 3 undercard. Plus, Kownacki announces that he is expecting the birth of his second child shortly after the
Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson David Avanesyan thinks of home with every punch he throws, writes Terry Dooley BEING in a boxing gym for the first time since Covid turned the world upside down was both a weird and completely normal experience. David Avanesyan had invited Boxing News over to former pro Eric
Issue • Opinion • Premium James Chance/Getty Images He’s been out a long time, but Richard Riakporhe comes back this weekend. In his own words he looks forward to boxing on Sky IT was very frustrating being out of the ring for so long. I had to stay motivated, and just focus on training and
It looks like George Kambosos isn’t exactly eager to once again move his proposed fight date for his IBF mandatory title fight against Teofimo Lopez — now being targeted for Oct. 16 by Triller, instead of Oct. 4. And with Kambosos holding firm for now on the Oct. 4 date, Lopez took to social media
After Manny Pacquiao retires from boxing following an illustrious 26-year-career we revisit a fantasy matchup for the ages v Prince Naseem Hamed. Joe Calzaghe, Liam Williams, Jamel Herring, Tommy Fury, David Haye, Amir Khan, Carl Frampton, Shakur Stevenson, David Adeleye, Ben Davison, Josh Taylor, Richie Woodhall, Jamie Moore and Ricky Hatton give their view. Subscribe
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Eleider Alvarez has gone back to the drawing board once again. The former light heavyweight titleholder from Colombia is reportedly now working with well-known Canadian boxing trainer Stéphan Larouche, according to Jeff Jeffrey of TVA Sports, a French-language news station based in Montreal. Alvarez, who lives and trains in Montreal, was previously under the short-lived
Posted on 09/29/2021 By: Hans Themistode Terence Crawford believes it. Those in his circle believe it. And his never-ending supporters believe it as well. Yet, not everyone shares that same mindset. In the opinion of the WBO welterweight titlist, he is far and away the best fighter in the division. However, with the likes of
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