Charles Martin explains that he was involved in negotiations to fight Deontay Wilder in a battle of former world champions. Those negotiations were derailed when Wilder secured a legal victory at arbitration to force a trilogy fight with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. Wilder would eventually face Fury in October. He dropped Fury twice, but
Month: December 2021
Posted on 12/28/2021 Keith Thurman has a plan for after he returns to the ring in February, fresh from a two year plus layoff. “Brush off the dust, present ourselves to the world of boxing again, and get everybody excited of what Keith Thurman has to offer when it comes to challenging Errol Spence, Terence
Undefeated Australian super lightweight talent Liam Paro has signed a long term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The 25-year-old from Queensland has won all 22 of his professional contests since turning over in March 2016 and currently sits at No.3 in the world with the WBO and IBF. ‘The Prodigy’ earned a career-best
Posted on 12/28/2021 By: Sean Crose It won’t be for his WBC heavyweight title, but Bob Arum says Tyson Fury will be back in action this March. With that in mind, the Top Rank honcho doesn’t appear to be interested in pitting Fury against unknown competition. For former heavyweight multi-titlist Andy Ruiz Jr and divisional
Down goes another compelling matchup. Jérôme Abiteboul, who promotes unbeaten heavyweight contender Tony Yoka, announced today that “La Conquete’s” January 15th clash with Martin Bakole has been postponed indefinitely due to France’s Omicron restrictions limiting events to 2,000 spectators. Per Abiteboul, more than 5,000 tickets had been sold, rendering a more limited audience “not economically
Boxing has 17 weight classes and just seven of them currently don’t have a unified champion. Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn is further looking to unify titles at cruiserweight with the best fighter he promotes in the division via Lawrence Okolie. “He became a world champion [earlier this year], defended [the belt]. Now he will
Posted on 12/27/2021 By: Sean Crose As we head into 2022 it’s almost hard to imagine Canelo Alvarez’ career continuing on its current trajectory. The man not only wins over and over and over again. He dominates. And against excellent competition, as well. There are those who can’t stand the guy – it’s lonely at
Boxing saw a new wave of pay-per-view offerings again in 2021, and the sport will kick off 2022 with yet another one, as Premier Boxing Champions and FOX are sticking a five-fight heavyweight event headlined by Luis Ortiz vs Charles Martin behind a $39.99 paywall. As we mentioned Sunday, whenever a major promotional outfit like
Feature • Issue • Premium A new, hi-tech mouthguard could be game-changing for boxing. John Dennen finds out more WHAT if you could know straightaway whether an athlete had a head injury? After sustaining an impact what if you could get an instant diagnosis of its potential for concussion? It would revolutionise contact sports. It
Amateur Boxwise is a development programme for young people that began in London and has grown rapidly. It’s also a source of funds for England Boxing clubs BOXWISE, a non-profit social enterprise, has grown rapidly. The organisation delivers 13-week courses based on boxing for young people to develop further skills and learning opportunities. It was
Former three-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (36-6-1, 20 KOs) earned a unanimous decision victory over Jerry Thomas (14-2-1, 8 KOs) in their 10-round welterweight fight. The early rounds were strategic, as Thomas relied on his movement while Guerrero looked to fire jabs patiently until he found opportunities for his power punches. Round three
After more than two years of not being in action on home soil, Pedro Guevara will once again get into the ring in Mazatlán on December 30, as part of BC Promotions card. The former WBC junior flyweight world champion will face Mochiteco’s Jesús Fierro (7-2-1) in a ten round fight, hoping that a another
Posted on 12/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode The 2021 boxing calendar has been filled with upsets. Amongst a long list of them, was the mostly unforeseen result between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. Although the Ukrainian star had dominated the cruiserweight division, nabbing every world title en route to becoming an undisputed world champion, his performances
One of the most desired fights in female boxing in 2022 would be a potential pitting between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. The undisputed lightweight champion Taylor (20-0, 6 KOs), from Ireland, and featherweight queen Serrano (42-1-1, 30 KOs), a Puerto Rican based in Brooklyn, have both been gaining serious steam toward a showdown in
Posted on 12/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode Vasiliy Lomachenko has never been interested in taking the easy route. But the former multiple division titlist can’t say the same for Gervonta Davis. Following back-to-back runs in the Olympics that resulted in twin gold medals, Lomachenko immediately made the move to turn pro. While he would come up
Andrew Moloney has taken aim at another 115-pound champion now that his rivalry with Joshua Franco is behind him. The Australian contender called out WBO junior bantamweight champion Kazuto Ioka following his dominant 10-round victory over Froilan Saludar last Tuesday night in Sydney. Moloney is the WBO’s 13th-ranked contender for Ioka’s title, though he figures
Posted on 12/25/2021 It was a quick night at the office for Yoelvis Gomez (5-0, 5 KOs). The super welterweight prospect easily took care of business agianst fan favorite Clay Collard at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The moment the opening bell sounded, Gomez met his man in the middle of he ring
2:30 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN In boxing, 2021 was a year that produced unexpected breakthrough performances from fighters such as Oleksandr Usyk and George Kambosos Jr. But those victories came at the cost of established stars who were seemingly poised to lock down perennial spots among boxing’s pound-for-pound best. Usyk’s upset victory to capture the
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