Month: September 2021

Opinion Alex Livesey/Getty Images The Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury saga is nothing compared to other comedies the heavyweight division has staged in years gone by, writes Steve Bunce STOP moaning about lost heavyweight fights, please. Instead, consider for a minute all the heavyweights who have been ignored, forgotten and rejected by champions. And all
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Terence Crawford didn’t expect to go this long between fights. It doesn’t make him any less ready for the next one. The undefeated three-division champ is set for the biggest fight of his current WBO welterweight title reign, which comes against former two-time titlist Shawn Porter (31-3-1, 17KOs). The bout takes place November 20 atop
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After failing to secure fights with division standouts Brian Castano and Tony Harrison, WBO #1 super welterweight contender Tim Tszyu has announced that he’ll return to the ring November 17th against former title challenger Takeshi Inoue. Tszyu (19-0, 15 KO) tells Wide World of Sports that the Harrison fight was “thought to be a done
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Feature • Issue • Premium Al Bello/Getty Images Thomas Hauser revisits Cotto vs Foreman, one of the worst examples of a fighter being needlessly endangered ON JUNE 5, 2010, at Yankee Stadium, Yuri Foreman defended his 154-pound WBA championship against Miguel Cotto. Foreman was a Chabad rabbinical student and the first practising Orthodox Jew to
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While the Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano situation at the top remains unresolved, the super welterweight division is making some interesting moves. Brazil’s Estadão newspaper reports that former champion Patrick Teixeira will return to action December 11th against unbeaten contender Magomed Kurbanov, while BoxRec lists the location as Ekaterinburg, Russia. Teixeira (31-2, 22 KO) ended his home
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7:54 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Oleksandr Usyk’s journey to his heavyweight title fight against unified champion Anthony Joshua in London on Sept. 25 has not been without success or
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Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Late on Sunday evening, after a long wait for the doctors and an impromptu party, a 20-year-old made his professional debut in Walsall. Steve Bunce was there IN Walsall last Sunday, the medics went missing, one fighter fell over at a swimming pool, one had Covid, one vanished and
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