News David Avanesyan retains his European welterweight title with dominant showing at Wembley Arena DAVID AVANESYAN retained his European welterweight title with a second round stoppage of Liam Taylor at Wembley Arena. Referee Mark Lyson stepped in at 2-18 of the session as the impressive Avanesyan – ready for another raid at world level –
Month: October 2021
After an official determination of fights being fixed in a scheme aided by both referees and judges during the 2016 Olympics held in Rio de Janiero, AIBA president Umar Kremlev issues a statement on the findings, saying his organization is committed to reforming its policies in order to ensure the integrity of its sporting contests.
News Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Chris Eubank Jr’s bout falls off the bill, but the show still goes on CHRIS EUBANK JR’S fight tonight has been called off. It was announced on the day of the contest at the SSE Arena in Wembley that his opponent Anatoli Muratov had failed a medical. It’s another unfortunate twist
Billy Joe Saunders has no intention of ceding any ground to rival countryman Chris Eubank Jr. The former super middleweight titleholder recently responded to comments Eubank made regarding the terms for a potential rematch between the two fighters. Eubank made it clear that he thinks he should be the “A-side” in that fight. “[Saunders] has
Posted on 09/29/2021 By: Hector Franco “Bernard Hopkins has put himself up there in the list of all the great middleweights.”- Larry Merchant. Throughout the social media age that includes platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, there has been a plethora of memorable moments in combat sports from the world of boxing and mixed martial
Amateur Christian Petersen/Getty Images Richard McLaren delivers a shocking, but not surprising, report into corruption at AIBA before and during the Olympic boxing tournament at Rio 2016 CORRUPTION and manipulation marred the boxing tournament at Rio, as well the events leading up to that competition. We knew something was rotten in AIBA but the first
Multi-division champion Amanda Serrano was the highest-profile figure on Jake Paul’s last pay-per-view, and that partnership is now official. Serrano announced on Twitter that she’s joined forces with Paul’s newly-former Most Valuable Promotions. Paul and advisor Nakisa Bidarian tell ESPN’s Marc Raimondi that “talks are ongoing” with Eddie Hearn for a megafight with Katie Taylor
Liam Taylor was in fantastic condition as he weighed in ahead of his European welterweight title clash with David Avanesyan on Saturday night. Taylor (23-1-1, 11 KOs) challenges Avanesyan (27-3-1, 15 KOs) for his title at Wembley Arena on Saturday, with the fight broadcast live on Sky Sports. “I’ll fight anybody. I’ve worked hard to
Posted on 10/01/2021 By: Sean Crose Anyone paying attention to the Olympic Boxing scandal now rocking the sport’s world can tell that the sport of amateur boxing is in trouble – and has been for a long time. Yet there are those who are quite unhappy with professional boxing, as well. Fight cancellations, Twitter feuds,
History • Issue • Premium Frankie Lucas and Carl Speare had an amateur rivalry with zest and needle ON May 4 1973 Frankie Lucas of the Croydon-based Sir Philip Game ABC beat Carl Speare of Liverpool in that year’s ABA middleweight final at the Empire Pool, Wembley. This was Lucas’ second straight ABA championship victory,
Sep 29, 2021 Tyson Fury will defend the WBC heavyweight championship against Deontay Wilder on Oct. 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (9 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). Their third fight is almost three years in the making, and along the way, their teams, other fighters and the legal system have all played a part.
Order #FuryWilder3 on Pay-Per-View NOW: https://pbcham.ps/FuryWilder3-PPV5 Two heavyweight kings will meet for a third world title showdown as undefeated WBC world champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury puts his title on the line against former longtime heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder Saturday, July 24 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The resumption of
Ricky Hatton explains how Tyson Fury turned his life around training at his gym, to facing Deontay Wilder and then becoming heavyweight world champion again. Watch #FuryWilder3 exclusively live on BT Sport Box Office on October 9. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join
Liam Smith and Anthony Fowler have a big fight coming up on Saturday, Oct. 9, live from Liverpool on DAZN, but one side of the equation maybe doesn’t really see it as a truly “big fight” for his career. Smith, a former world titlist, didn’t shake hands when the two announced their fight at a
From the moment he was dealt the first and only defeat of his pro career, Deontay Wilder has thought about nothing other than exacting revenge. The former WBC heavyweight titlist has essentially spent the past 19-plus months fine-tuning the perfect game plan for his third fight with Tyson Fury. The trilogy clash was met with
Posted on 10/01/2021 By: Hans Themistode A Canelo Alvarez win has essentially become a formality in the eyes of Timothy Bradley. The former two-division champion turned ESPN commentator will certainly tune in on November 6th, when Alvarez takes on IBF super middleweight champion, Caleb Plant. Although Bradley respects the 29-year-old wholeheartedly, he simply doesn’t see
11:01 AM ET Newly crowned world heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk expects a rematch against Anthony Joshua in February or March and has his sights on a title unification bout, his team said on Tuesday. The Ukrainian defeated Joshua in a boxing masterclass at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday in front of
Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko tells Sky Sports that he can empathize with what Anthony Joshua is currently going through now that he’s lost his titles and suffered the second defeat of his professional career, recently dropping a decision to Oleksandr Usyk. Klitschko reflects on when he lost two fights within a short period of