Rumors are circulating across multiple British newspapers that Anthony Joshua is about to accept an eight-figure sum to surrender his mandatory rematch with Oleksandr Usyk and make way for a full four belt undisputed heavyweight unification between Usyk and Tyson Fury. Most notably, Gareth A. Davies reports in The Telegraph that Joshua is on the
Month: January 2022
Francis Ngannou scored a unanimous decision win against Cyril Gane on Saturday night, defending his heavyweight title for the first time while headlining the UFC 270 pay-per-view event in Anaheim, California. BoxingScene.com first revealed Saturday night that Ngannou made a minimum purse of $600,000 to fight the fellow Frenchman Gane, who made $500,000. The reported
Posted on 01/23/2022 By: Hans Themistode Gary Russell Jr. confidently rose both of his arms in the air following the conclusion of his bout against mandatory title challenger Mark Magsayo. However, while Russell Jr. believed that he was on the verge of hearing his name called as the victor, he was incredulous when the final
Showtime Championship Boxing is back this Saturday night, with Gary Russell Jr returning from an amazing two-year layoff instead of his standard one-year absence, making a mandatory defense of his WBC featherweight title against challenger Mark Magsayo. Russell (31-1, 18 KO) has held his title since beating Jhonny Gonzalez in 2015, making a whopping five
News Amanda Westcott/Showtime Unbeaten since 2014, Gary Russell Jr succumbs to Mark Magsayo in Atlantic City but blames an injury in his shoulder IT’S been a long time since Gary Russell Jr lost a fight. After his 2014 points loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko, the American went on a winning run. Though he’s only fought sporadically
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. – Sakaria Lukas (25-1-1, 17 KOs) came in on late notice and felt that he was robbed of a knockdown that would have given him a ten round decision win over Olympian Tugstsogt Nyambayar (12-2-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday night. The fight was very competitive, but
Posted on 01/22/2022 By: Sean Crose WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr was set to return to the ring for the first time in almost a year Saturday night. His opponent? The undefeated Mark Magsayo, who had fought his way to a shot at Russell Jr’s title. First, however, there were two undercard bouts broadcast
Boxers • Issue • Premium Dave Thompson/Matchroom Boxing Matt Christie talks to the up-and-coming middleweight prospect Bradley Rea When and why you started boxing:First time I went into the gym I was seven or eight years old. I was just a fat chubby kid and it was to keep fit to start off with. Then
Amateur • Issue • Premium England Boxing ‘It’s been an honour to have been a part of amateur boxing.’ As Gethin Jenkins prepares to depart as England Boxing chief executive he speaks to John Dennen about his time at the helm AFTER becoming England Boxing chief executive in 2017, Gethin Jenkins will step down this
Subriel Matias improved to 18-1 (18 KOs) following his ninth-round TKO victory over Petro Ananyan in their super lightweight rematch, live on SHOWTIME from the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. #MatiasAnanyan Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-012222 #Highlights #PBConSHOWTIME Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets
Mark Magsayo was a solid underdog and not given too big of a chance by many against Gary Russell Jr, but the Filipino kept his undefeated record and gained the WBC featherweight title, kicking off Showtime’s 2022 boxing schedule with an upset majority decision win. Magsayo (24-0, 16 KO) won on scores of 114-114, 115-113,
Gary Russell’s previous 8 opponents landed 28.7% of their power punches. Mark Magsayo landed 41% of his power punches (140 of 340). Russell averaged 37 jabs thrown per round coming into this bout, but a right shoulder injury caused him to stop throwing his jab. Despite Russell not landing a jab from round 4 on,
Posted on 01/23/2022 By: Sean Crose WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr, 31-1, returned to the ring for the first time in almost a year Saturday night. His opponent? The undefeated 23-0 Mark Magsayo, who had fought his way to a shot at Russell Jr’s title. The fight, which was held at Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel
12:48 AM ET The longest active run by a male titleholder in boxing is over. Mark Magsayo upset Gary Russell Jr. by majority decision on Saturday night — 114-114, 115-113 and 115-113 — to claim the WBC featherweight title in Atlantic City, New Jersey, taking away Russell’s title after almost seven years with the WBC
Back to the drawing board. Martin Bakole’s recent push to enforce his contracted fight with Tony Yoka has borne fruit, as Dan Rafael reports that the IBF declared Yoka “unavailable” for his planned eliminator against Filip Hrgovic. Bakole’s (17-1, 13 KO) team alleged that Yoka’s (11-0, 9 KO) promoters declared in writing that their doomed
Showtime and PBC have finally settled on a home for their next event in queue. The February 26 edition of Showtime Championship Boxing will land at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Headlining the show is the long ago ordered WBA junior lightweight title fight between defending beltholder Roger Gutierrez and unbeaten mandatory challenger Chris Colbert.
Posted on 01/22/2022 By: Hans Themistode The mind of Gary Russell Jr. continues to race. The WBC featherweight titlist is still dealing with the mind-numbing pain of losing his younger brother, Gary “Boosa” Russell due to an unexpected heart attack in December of 2020. While he still grieves, Russell Jr. is attempting to find peace
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Canelo Alvarez vs. Joe Smith, David Benavidez and Artur Beterbiev, Terence Crawford’s lawsuit against Top Rank, Gervonta Davis vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, Deontay Wilder, and more. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Joe Smith just made the comment that he deserved the Canelo Alvarez fight.
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