Posted on 01/08/2022 By: Hans Themistode With yet another win under his belt, Jake Paul is convinced more than ever that he deserves the boxing world’s respect. The social media star turned professional boxer started the second year of his pugilistic journey with a first-round knockout win over former MMA star Ben Askren. From there,
Month: January 2022
Just this week alone we’ve seen two top IBF heavyweight contenders pass on a final eliminator bout against Filip Hrgovic. First it was Luis Ortiz, who cited a hand injury as being the reason why he passed on the fight, and then it was Joseph Parker’s team who promptly opted out of that proposed fight.
Australian Mayhem Jason Moloney in eager to secure his shot at WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, as he looks to hammer down a final eliminator for the green and gold strap. (photo by Mikey Williams) Moloney defeated Joshua Greer in the middle of 2021, picking up the WBC Silver title, which puts him closer to
Posted on 01/08/2022 By: Sean Crose He stunned a lot of people when he bested Anthony Joshua for Joshua’s plethora of world heavyweight titles last year. Now it looks like Oleksandr Usyk might get a chance to prove his (somewhat surprising) win over Joshua wasn’t a fluke this coming April. Although it’s widely accepted that
2:24 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez are set to battle one more time. The future Hall of Famers have signed contracts for a unified 115-pound championship fight on March 5 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, multiple sources told ESPN. Estrada-Gonzalez 3 will headline a Matchroom Boxing on DAZN
2022’s first undisputed title fight has been pushed back a bit. Keith Idec reports that the rematch between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano, previously scheduled for February 26th, will now take place on either March 12th or March 19th at Houston’s Toyota Center. It would run unopposed on the 12th, though it could square off
It appears that an actual fight between Ryan Garcia and Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz won’t come of recent talks, though it hasn’t prevented the two sides from trading blows online. The team surrounding Cruz has taken exception to claims made by Garcia and Golden Boy Promotions founder/chairman Oscar De La Hoya that the Mexico City native
Posted on 01/07/2022 By: Sean Crose The 15-0 Luis Nunez was featured in the main event of Friday’s ShoBox card from Orlando, along with the 14-0 Carlos Arrieta. Arrieta showed fast hands early on in the scheduled junior welterweight 10 rounder. The two men traded leather in the second. The third was a close, fast paced
4:52 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Joe Smith Jr. will defend his light heavyweight title on Jan. 15 after all as unheralded fighter Steven Geffrard signed Friday to replace Callum Johnson on eight days’ notice. Johnson tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and was forced to withdraw from the ESPN main event in Verona, New York.
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Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Tony Sims, one of the trainers of 2021, on life with Benn, Cash, Ryder Cordina, Cheeseman… and Covid “IT’S crazy isn’t it? Boxing’s a crazy world. I got Covid. I had both jabs and I didn’t get Covid until I had my jabs, then I had the
BN Investigates • Issue • Premium Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images An investigation into the ever increasing role social media plays in the boxing world reveals that a huge change in the sport we once knew is upon us. By Elliot Worsell IF once upon a time the ideal boxer was, like a child, one seen and
Those of you who picked “random jabroni,” collect your winnings up front. Keith Idec reports and Dan Rafael confirms that with Callum Johnson sidelined by COVID, Joe Smith Jr. will defend his WBO light heavyweight title on January 15th against unranked Steve Geffrard. Per DAZN News, Smith’s (27-3, 21 KO) promoters “reached out to numerous
William Foster III withstood Edwin De Los Santos’ strong start Friday night to remain undefeated. The West Haven, Connecticut, native aggressively fought the hard-hitting Dominican prospect over the final six rounds and won a battle of unbeaten junior lightweights that opened Showtime’s three-bout “ShoBox: The New Generation” telecast from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Posted on 01/07/2022 By: Hans Themistode Artur Beterbiev has gained a reputation as being one of boxing’s biggest and most violent punchers. The current unified light heavyweight titlist has stopped every single one of his brave opponents to amass a perfect record through 17 fights. Most recently, Beterbiev completed another stellar year. The Russian native
1:00 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk’s rematch with Anthony Joshua is likely to take place in the United Kingdom in April, according to Matchroom
DAZN subscribers won’t be starved for content these next two months. The network has officially revealed the octet of events set to grace every weekend in February and March, including some previously revealed main events, some that didn’t previously have dates, and a couple of new reveals. Chronologically: February 5th: Liam Smith vs. Jessie Vargas
There is an argument to be made that Starling Castillo is the most proven and the most aggressively matched among the six fighters appearing on Friday’s ShoBox card. The unbeaten Dominican prospect wouldn’t bother getting out of bed for anything less. “It feels good, I’m grateful that Sampson Lewkowicz, my promoter, believes in me to
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