Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images The sport that stages events like the Evander Holyfield show is on the brink of a catastrophe that will not only kill a boxer, it will kill boxing, writes Matt Christie EXHIBITION can mean different things. It can mean a public display of items of interest.
Month: September 2021
Former world’s strongest man Thor Bjornsson believes it could be a very early night when he takes on arm-wrestling legend Devon Larratt this weekend. Thor takes on Larratt in the main event of a stacked card at Sport Society in Dubai on Saturday, which will be broadcast live on CoreSports.World. Heavyweight sensation Martin Bakole is
Posted on 09/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode As some of the biggest names in the sport of boxing continue to face less than stellar opposition, Deontay Wilder begins to shake his head. The former WBC heavyweight titlist is simply disgusted with the current state of the sport he loves. If it was up to him, the
10:58 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Terence Crawford finally has the big fight he’s been looking for. Crawford, ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer, and Shawn Porter have struck a deal for a welterweight title fight on Nov. 20 at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay on ESPN+ pay-per-view, multiple sources tell ESPN, avoiding a purse bid scheduled for
In part five of INSIDE Fury vs Wilder III, Tyson Fury discusses what makes motivates him to keep fighting, even though he was so close to giving up on life. Some people say boxing has saved their life. Tyson Fury lives by that mantra and boxing, training, and fighting has literally made him a champion
Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte have had an ongoing feud with several years, with sparring accusations and verbal jibes. In July 2019, Fury had some choice words for his heavyweight rival. Watch Fury v Wilder exclusively live on BT Sport Box Office on October 9th. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow
Earlier this summer, Frank Warren announced that he intended to stage the Lyndon Arthur vs. Anthony Yarde rematch on October 9th as a lead-in for Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder 3. That matchup wound up falling through, but Queensberry will still host an event in Birmingham that evening. The main event sees Brad Foster (14-0-2,
BRAD FOSTER will face Jason Cunningham for the British, Commonwealth and European Super-Bantamweight championships at Utilita Arena, Birmingham on Saturday October 9. Their eagerly awaited battle heads a high quality evening of action that includes another British and Commonwealth showdown, plus the return of World ranked Callum Johnson. British and Commonwealth champion Foster’s promoters Queensberry
Posted on 09/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode Terence Crawford has long been considered one of, if not the best, pound-for-pound fighter in the world. That said, the multiple division titlist lacked the resume to justify those claims. For years, the current WBO welterweight champion urged the biggest names in or around his division to take him
8:01 AM ET Multiple Contributors Vitor Belfort stopped Evander Holyfield this past weekend in Florida in the latest installment of boxing’s nontraditional fights. This bout lasted only a minute, but that was long enough for many fans to turn sour at the current state of the sport. Where do boxing and these lucrative money-making endeavors
Less than two hours before a scheduled purse bid, Top Rank and PBC have come to terms for WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford’s mandatory title defense against Shawn Porter. Top Rank’s Carl Moretti tells Kevin Iole that the two are officially set to meet on November 20th at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay. No word yet
Issue • Opinion • Premium Holyfield getting bashed up at the age of 58 made for depressing viewing, writes George Gigney as he reviews a busy weekend of live broadcasting BOXING has a fairly extensive history with freak shows, but in recent years they’ve come thick and fast. Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor. The Paul
Issue • Premium • Reports Queensberry It’s tough going but Louie Lynn comes through, writes Daniel Herbert HALL of Fame promoter Frank Warren staged the first of his “Prospects” shows at the Copper Box Arena and saw all his hopefuls win, although the main event proved much harder for Louie Lynn than the straightforward victories
“Sugar” Shane Mosley’s unanimous decision loss to Canelo Alvarez not only impacted his professional record but his wallet as well, the Hall of Fame fighter has revealed. “They were gonna pay me $600,000 [for the Alvarez fight], but I made a bet for a million dollars that I was gonna beat Canelo, and if I
Posted on 09/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Although Anderson Silva has spent the majority of his fighting career in the UFC’s octagon, Devin Haney has always been in awe. After spending roughly two decades dominating inside the steel cage, Silva has decided to forego his Mixed Martial Arts gear in favor of boxing gloves. With Silva
7:08 PM ET Jake Paul is moving on from the idea of a rematch with Tyron Woodley because Woodley failed to live up to a tattoo bet the pair made after the first fight, Paul told ESPN on Monday. Paul and Woodley seemed to make a gentlemen’s agreement in the ring after Paul beat Woodley
Issue • Premium • Reports Mikey Williams/Top Rank Oscar Valdez beats Robson Conceicao but surely the fight should not have occurred, writes Jack Hirsch YOU can put all the drug-testing measures in place but they are utterly useless unless strict penalties are enforced. Without punishment, the end result is nothing more than a facade, with
Here’s an interesting bit of matchmaking. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez announced on Twitter that he’s set to face unbeaten Puerto Rican prospect Orlando Gonzalez on the October 9th pre-PPV portion of Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder 3. Listo para enfrentar al puertorriqueño Orlando González y a quien me pongan de frente en mi
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