Amir Khan was never totally pleased with the idea of facing Kell Brook at their contracted weight agreement of 149 pounds, but the former junior welterweight titleholder was not going to let that be the reason one of the biggest British fights in recent memory did not happen. After years of going back and forth
Month: January 2022
Posted on 01/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Shobox entered it’s 2022 season by featuring a three fight card which was broadcast live from Orlando’s Caribe Royal Resort. Things started off with the 13-0 Edwin De Los Santos squaring off against the 13-0 William Foster in a scheduled 8 rounder at junior lightweight. De Los Santos appeared
Letters • Premium Lawrence Lustig There are some decent all-British fights in the offing for February and there are many others crying out to be made too As 2022 gets under way, we look at some of the best all-British matchups that can be made this calendar year. 1 Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua It
The surest path to contempt from boxing fans is a job connected to the sport that involves speaking into a microphone. If you’re a boxing broadcaster or a podcaster, you’d better have thick skin. And you’d better not need praise or anything more than grudging acceptance from your audience to sustain your self esteem. The
When Rajon Chance and Elon De Jesus first met in the ring, they fought to a controversial draw. On December 25, 2021, Chance ended the controversy with a close split decision win over De Jesus in their six-round featherweight bout, live on FOX from Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. #ChanceDeJesus Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-122521
Miguel Cotto Promotions has high expectations for several of their fighters for 2022 – including Oscar Collazo and Danielito Zorrilla, who understand that they could be close to fighting for world titles. Héctor Soto, vice president of the promoting company, and executive director Bryan Pérez, stipulated that both Collazo and Zorrilla look like strong contenders
Posted on 01/09/2022 By: Hans Themistode (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) 2021 didn’t go exactly the way Edgar Berlanga was expecting. During the first four years of Berlanga’s career, judges were given the night off. No matter who the New York native entered the ring against, he quickly and violently ended
It was an offer Regis Prograis couldn’t refuse. The former junior welterweight titleholder surprised some observers this past fall when he linked up with the new promotional outfit Probellum, which is headed by former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer. Prograis says the company enticed him to a contract after promising three things. “First promise is
Posted on 01/09/2022 By: Hans Themistode Vasiliy Lomachenko has spent most of his life working and honing his boxing craft. As a result, the Ukrainian is the proud owner of twin Olympic gold medals, numerous titles as a professional, and worldwide recognition as one of the best fighters on the planet. While the pound-for-pound star
As Jake Paul continues his boxing campaign there have been more and more calls for him to box an actual boxer, as opposed to the fellow YouTubers, and athletes from other sports. Recently there’s been talk of a proposed fight between Paul and former middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Paul doesn’t deny that
Caribe Royale Resort, Orlando, Florida - William Foster III passed a difficult test, earning a hard-fought split decision against Edwin De Los Santos in an eight-round super featherweight bout. Two judges scored the fight 77-74 twice for Foster, with the third judge scoring it 77-74 in favor of De Los Santos. Foster (14-0, 9 KOs) of
Posted on 01/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Starling Castillo entered the ring at Orlando’s Caribe Royale Resort on Friday to put his 16-0 record on the line against the 10-0 Otar Eranosyan in a scheduled 8 round lightweight affair. Castillo’s height advantage was clear right from the opening bell. It looked as if it would be a
Welterweight contender Josesito “The Riverside Rocky” Lopez (38-8, 21 KOs) stop Francisco “Chia” Santana (25-9-1, 12 KOs) in the 10th and final round of their clash. Lopez got off to a fast start in round one, connecting flush with a right hand and following up with hooks to the body to drop Santana midway through
Boxers • Issue • Premium James Chance/Getty Images Rising middleweight Jordan Reynolds tells John Dennen how boxing has done wonders for him When and why you started boxing:I started boxing quite late, at 16 years old. A boxing trainer came to my gym, Graham Earl. He took me on the pads. My home life wasn’t
Issue • News • Premium Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images Deion Jumah endured a difficult year but is chasing a shot at the British cruiserweight title after getting his licence reinstated by the Board of Control, writes Elliot Worsell TWO years ago, Deion Jumah appeared to have at last cracked it. Following years in the wilderness, he
IBF featherweight titleholder Kiko Martinez (43-10-2, 30 KOs) has reportedly agreed to terms with Josh Warrington (30-1-1, 7 KOs) to stage a March 26th title defense airing on DAZN, according to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. Martinez and Warrington will once again collide in rematch of their 2017 fight which saw Warrington take a majority decision. Martinez,
History • Issue • Premium Jackie Brown [left] and Johnny King in Blackpool Alex Daley tells the story of the ramshackle Collyhurst gym that produced three outstanding champions THERE’S a fairytale quality to the boxing trope of the kid from humble beginnings who hits the big-time after learning his craft in a rundown, dingy gym,
Eight days into the New Year prizefighting mourns its first casualty of 2022. Arest Saakyan, aged 26, passed away from a cerebral edema yesterday in Tolyatti, Russia, as a fatal consequence of his last professional bout – an eight round knockout loss to Igor Semernin on December 26 in the very same city. Saakyan vs.
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