Posted on 01/06/2022 By: Hans Themistode Callum Johnson believed he was on the verge of completing his lifelong dream of becoming a world champion. After dropping unified light heavyweight titlist Artur Beterbiev during their 2018 showdown, Johnson began salivating. However, while he got off to a hot start, Beterbiev rallied back, stopping his man in
Month: January 2022
7:46 AM ET Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Predicting what could happen
Opinion Jonathan Guidry has emerged in the WBA rankings. We ask why while also looking back on the life of Edwin Valero WHO is Jonathan Guidry? That’s the big question this week as the heavyweight emerges from obscurity to land in the latest WBA world rankings. With only one fight since 2019 – an eight
News Ian Walton/Matchroom Boxing Joshua set to reveal new training team as he prepares for Usyk return in the UK ANTHONY JOSHUA is set to face Oleksandr Usyk in his ‘make-or-break’ rematch at an outdoor stadium in the UK this April. Joshua was beaten convincingly on points by the Ukrainian southpaw at the Tottenham Hotspur
News A tribute to Mark Rowe. ‘To watch him box was a pleasure. It was mesmerising to watch him slip punches.’ FORMER British and Commonwealth champion Mark Rowe passed away on December 27, 2021, at the age of 74. He was suffering from dementia. His father, Bill Rowe, was a wildly successful pig farmer, a
Issue • News • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Elliot Worsell catches up with Macauley McGowan, who is set to take his place in a growing line of Britons who have tackled Sergio Martínez IF, in some parallel universe, Manchester’s Macauley McGowan ends up in the Mastermind chair and not the boxing ring, there’s every chance his
Noel Mikaelian will headline the LNK Boxing event in Latvia on Saturday February 12. The Armenian-German cruiserweight (25-2, 11 knockouts) will face DR Congo’s Youri Kayembre Kalenga (27-6, 20 knockouts) for the WBC Silver title in the night’s main event. “We’re delighted to confirm Noel will be headlining February’s LNK Boxing event in Latvia,” added
Posted on 01/06/2022 By: Hans Themistode Canelo Alvarez has often been lauded for his opponent selection. However, after making his intentions clear that he plans on moving up to the cruiserweight division to take on the winner of WBC belt holder Ilunga Makabu and Thabiso Mchunu, he’s been openly chastised. While news of Alvarez’s foray
4:36 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN For the third time in the last year, Joe Smith Jr., has had a fight impacted by COVID. Smith was set to defend his light heavyweight title against Callum Johnson on Jan. 15 in Verona, New York, but that fight won’t proceed after Johnson tested positive for COVID, multiple sources
After several stretches of radio silence and a false start or two, it’s finally happening. Mike Coppinger reports that Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez have signed contracts to meet in a rubber match on March 5th in San Diego’s Pechanga Arena. The fight will, unsurprisingly, headline on DAZN. Estrada (42-3, 28 KO) and
Former world welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman keeps it real on the sport of boxing and his haters. Thurman last entered the ring in July 2019 against the great Manny Pacquiao. Since then, he’s dealt with injuries and bouts of depressions, but none of that was enough to stop the former champ. Keith Thurman
Kiko Martinez and Josh Warrington will meet in a rematch, just not in a way most boxing fans would’ve envisioned. BoxingScene.com has confirmed Martinez will defend the IBF featherweight title Warrington once owned against the former champion March 26 in Warrington’s hometown of Leeds, England. DAZN and Matchroom Boxing are expected to announce Martinez-Warrington II
Posted on 01/06/2022 By: Hans Themistode Oscar De La Hoya kept a close eye on the ongoing war of words between both Isaac Cruz and Ryan Garcia. The two lightweight contenders continued to hurl derogatory statements at one another with Garcia urging the budding star to accept an upcoming showdown against him. Yet, according to
7:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Kiko Martinez and Josh Warrington have struck a deal for a featherweight title fight on March 26 in England, multiple sources tell ESPN. The rematch is one of two 126-pound title bouts Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn will promote on DAZN in the U.K. that month. On March 12, Leigh Wood
2022 officially has its first COVID-canceled title fight, and I’m actually a bit surprised it took this long. Top Rank and Frank Warren have revealed that Callum Johnson is out of his January 15th ESPN headliner against Joe Smith Jr. after testing positive. Smith’s (27-3, 21 KO) promoters are reportedly already “finalizing” a replacement. It’s
Brian ‘Bomac’ McIntyre, who is training Amir Khan for the upcoming fight with Kell Brook, is confident the Bolton boxer can finish the fight by knockout. The two former world champions will collide in a crossroads fight on February 19 at the AO Arena, Manchester. McIntyre’s star fighter is WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford – who
Posted on 01/06/2022 By: Hans Themistode At one point, Anthony Joshua’s name stood prominently at the top of the heavyweight mountain. Even following his shocking defeat at the hands of Andy Ruiz Jr. in 2019, Joshua believed he was still the best fighter in the world and would go on to prove that Ruiz Jr.’s
12:31 PM ET Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou, the two baddest men in combat sports, have plenty of options for big fights in 2022 — but that’s not stopping them from eyeing each other. In a social media post on Thursday, Fury, the WBC’s heavyweight champion in boxing, expressed interest in fighting Ngannou, the UFC’s
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