Amateur • Issue • Premium Andy Chubb/England Boxing The England Boxing Youth championships concluded on February 13, with good showings for Sharpstyle and other clubs. Matt Bozeat was ringside in Barnsley SHARPSTYLE southpaw Nelson Birchall starred when the England Boxing Youth Championship reached its conclusion over three days at the Metrodome. He won the Youth
Month: February 2022
Amateur Brendan Warburton on receiving an MBE for services to the sport and Sheffield City’s community SHEFFIELD CITY coach Brendan Warburton received an MBE at Windsor Castle earlier this month, for services to boxing and to the community in Sharrow in Sheffield. “Flattering really,” Warburton said. “It’s not what I’m in it for, awards and
George Kambosos Jr.’s inaugural title defense as undisputed-ish lightweight champion will come slightly later than expected. Mike Coppinger reports that the bout will take place on June 5th at Melbourne, Australia’s Marvel Stadium. Coppinger names Vasiliy Lomachenko and Devin Haney as potential foes, but notes that Lomachenko is “the clear front-runner.” Considering what we’ve heard
Even when their Saturday fight was made official last November, there was the opinion that after years of waiting, something would happen to keep Kell Brook and Amir Khan from throwing hands in Manchester. But here we are, days away from a fight many thought we’d never see. That “many” includes Brook. “There were times
Posted on 02/15/2022 By: Hans Themistode After sifting through various names, George Kambosos Jr. is reportedly down to just two. As first reported by ESPN, the current unified lightweight champion is still mulling over offers to face current WBC titlist Devin Haney and, in a more likely scenario, Vasiliy Lomachenko. Although nothing has been formally
8:08 PM ET Jai Opetaia’s date with destiny has been delayed yet again as IBF world cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis recovers from COVID-19. After months of negotiations, Opetaia’s promoter Dean Lonergan had been scheduled to announce April 6 as Opetaia’s shot at Briedis on the Gold Coast. Instead, the fight has been postponed for “three
One sanctioning body is doing its part to lock in an opponent for Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. Ironically, it comes at a time when such a move isn’t necessary. The IBF has assigned a purse bid date of March 1 to determine promotional rights for an welterweight title eliminator between Philadelphia’s Ennis (28-0, 26KOs) and Canada’s
Posted on 02/15/2022 By: Sean Crose There’s no doubt that Eddy Reynoso is one of, if not the single, most highly regarded trainers in the boxing game today. There’s also little doubt that former heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua is at a crossroads in his career. After losing and then regaining his titles in battles against
8:15 AM 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 Amir Khan insists he is as hungry and as sharp as ever ahead of facing Kell Brook on Saturday, after benefiting from training with
One month after ordering #3 welterweight Jaron Ennis to face #6 Custio Clayton in a final eliminator, the IBF has scheduled a March 1st purse bid. Per its regulations, Ennis will be the beneficiary of a 60/40 split. “Boots” (28-0, 26 KO) further proved his bona fides in 2021 with crushing knockouts of Sergey Lipinets
Opinion Alex Davidson/Getty Images We ask a panel of experts what they thought of the Danny Jacobs vs John Ryder decision on Saturday Frankie GavinFought BrookI’m a big fan of John Ryder’s but he never won that fight. Danny Jacobs looked like was cruising. He did take his foot off the gas but still won
Issue • News • Premium James Chance/Getty Images ‘I expect to go to war. I want to entertain fans and I want to be in wars.’ Tyrone McKenna speaks to Elliot Worsell STRADDLING the line between genius and crazy, Tyrone McKenna’s approach to boxing is one that separates him from many of his peers. Whereas
Former unified welterweight world champion Keith “One Time” Thurman is back. Thurman proved he is still an elite welterweight, winning a 12-round unanimous decision over former super lightweight world champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios in the main event of a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View event Saturday night from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort
Eddie Hearn believes there was much more appeal and merit to an Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook welterweight match-up back when he was the one in charge trying to make the British super fight happen. The head of Matchroom Boxing is aware that Khan-Brook is still a commercially attractive bout, but he believes the high-stakes
7:50 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The first two months of the 2022 boxing schedule featured returns for several notable fighters — Keith Thurman and Daniel Jacobs among them — but lacked marquee matchups. The next two months on the calendar are when boxing truly begins to heat up with some of the biggest names in
Various Aussie sources revealed this past weekend that former Olympian Jai Opetaia will challenge IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis on April 6th, potentially in Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, [or] Newcastle.” The 37-year-old Briedis (28-1, 20 KO), the consensus #1 cruiser in the game, ended a 13-month layoff last October by mauling Artur Mann in three.
Opinion Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer In his own words Amir Khan insists that if this is to be one of his last big fights, he has to win and shine while doing so MY job is just to go in there and do what I do best. With Kell Brook, he’s very emotional because he’s wanted this
Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson this week. Thirty-two years ago this week that is. And while consoling myself to the idea I’m old enough to clearly recall an event more than 30 years old, part of me still reacts with the same slack-jawed shock I displayed upon initially learning the fateful Tokyo result in real
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