Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has given his take on Anthony Joshua testing the waters with new trainers. Back in September, Joshua suffered the second defeat of his career when he was outboxed over twelve rounds by Oleksandr Usyk at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Usyk walked away with the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO world titles. Joshua has
Month: October 2021
Posted on 10/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode Anthony Joshua is seemingly on the prowl for the next lead man in his corner. After suffering a close but clear unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk on September 25th, in front of his hometown crowd at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the United Kingdom, Joshua appears
1:02 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN ATLANTA — Shakur Stevenson has heard the criticism loud and clear: not entertaining enough, not aggressive enough, not mean enough. So Stevenson peeked his head through the ropes at perhaps his loudest skeptic, former champion Timothy Bradley, with the knowledge the narrative can now be laid to rest for good.
ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Archie Sharp vs Alexis Boureima, Tursynbay Kulakhmet vs Juan Carlos Abreu. An MTK Global show from the famed York Hall in London, nothing special about it really, but it’s boxing. Bad Left Hook might have live coverage. Telemundo, 11:30 pm ET, Fanlong Meng vs Israel Duffus. Other Shows: Hector Manuel Zepeda
Anthony Joshua toured the United States in recent days following his unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Usyk contemplating advice from a cavalcade of coaches. The former heavyweight champion is currently trained by longtime coach Rob McCracken, but after suffering his second loss in two years, this time to Oleksandr Usyk in September, he has since
Posted on 10/24/2021 by John “Gutterdandy” Walker Leave it to the sport of boxing to find a way to waste any momentum it has accumulated with the sporting public. In the wake of two excellent heavyweight title clashes recently — Oleksander Usyk’s dominant unanimous decision win over Anthony Joshua, and Tyson Fury’s obliteration of Deontay
7:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson will meet in the main event of a Top Rank card on Saturday at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta (ESPN, ESPN+, 10:30 p.m. ET, with undercard fights at 7:25 p.m. ET on ESPN+). Herring (23-2, 11 KOs), 35, will defend his WBO junior lightweight
Issue • Premium • Reports Brandon Magnus/Getty Images Jamel Herring, owner of the most heartfelt backstory in the sport, was bullwhipped, round after round, by 24-year-old challenger Shakur Stevenson. Sean Nam reports IF integrity, honor, and civility – virtues that would normally be rewarded in the more respectable avenues in life – had any currency
Not even two months ago, when Oscar Valdez scored a controversial (for a few reasons) win over Robson Conceicao, we wrote then that the winner of the Oct. 23 fight between Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson was the only real option for Valdez next, including this bit: Top Rank have guided themselves to what Bob
Heavyweight contender Otto Wallin recorded a TKO at 2:32 of the fifth round against Travis Kauffman, who re-tore his left labrum at the start of the fifth round and was unable to lift his arm. Referee Michael Ortega signaled the end of the fight and afterwards Kauffman announced he was retiring from boxing, just days
Shakur Stevenson snatched at Jamel Herring’s world title belt during the pre-fight press conference and weigh-in. After Saturday’s virtuoso performance at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Stevenson added some flashy hardware to his collection. Stevenson toppled Herring via 10th-round TKO to win the WBO junior lightweight world title and become a two-weight world champion at
Posted on 10/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jamel Herring had an unspoken confidence about him heading into his WBO super featherweight title defense against mandatory challenger Shakur Stevenson. That self-belief, however, was immediately zapped away the moment the opening bell rang. Despite sharing a cordial relationship outside the ring, there was nothing friendly about their encounter.
1:41 AM ET Shakur Stevenson talked up his intentions for weeks ahead of his title opportunity against Jamel Herring. He spoke about his goals to showcase his ability to be aggressive and do more than offer a second consecutive lackluster performance. On Saturday night, Stevenson backed up all of his talk and won the WBO
Feature • Issue • Premium An excerpt from President of Pandemonium: The Mad World of Ike Ibeabuchi by Luke G. Williams THE last time Ike Ibeabuchi appeared in a boxing ring was on March 20, 1999, when he faced fellow unbeaten contender Chris Byrd at the Emerald Hotel and Casino in Tacoma, Washington. Ibeabuchi’s five-round
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Amateur • Issue • Premium GB Boxing The Olympics might be over. But the Worlds are just beginning. John Dennen previews the championships in Belgrade THE Olympics are over, but the big tournaments keep on coming. The AIBA men’s World championships take place at the Stark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, scheduled to begin on October
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury just took to Twitter to wish former titleholder and heavyweight rival Deontay Wilder a happy birthday. No, there’s no sarcasm or baiting going on here, just Fury trying to be a classy fellow with his saga with Wilder officially over. “This is a very special happy birthday message to my
ATLANTA – The moment seemed surreal to Nico Ali Walsh. Barely a mile from where he’ll fight Saturday night, Muhammad Ali’s grandson visited the spot Thursday where one of the most fascinating figures in American history lit the Olympic torch to kick of the 1996 Summer Games in this city. Nico Ali Walsh wasn’t born
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