Month: February 2022

2:34 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Chris Colbert, ESPN’s No. 2-ranked 130-pounder, was slated to challenge for his first world title on Saturday. But after the champion, Roger Gutierrez, tested positive for COVID-19, Colbert (16-1, 6 KOs) was set to stay busy against unheralded late replacement Hector Garcia. In the PBC on Showtime’s main event, Colbert,
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#ColbertGarcia Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-022622 Undefeated rising star Chris “Primetime” Colbert will square off against unbeaten Dominican Olympian Hector Luis Garcia in a 12-round WBA Super Featherweight World Title Eliminator, live on SHOWTIME on Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 10pm ET/7pm PT. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast kicks off at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
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Posted on 02/27/2022 By: Sean Crose With an undefeated 16-0 record, the 25 year old Chris “PrimeTime” Colbert was in position to move on to big things. In fact, he was supposed to fight for the WBA lightweight title at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas Saturday night, but his opponent, Roger Gutierrez , came down with
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8:38 PM ET Mike Coppinger 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 Coming off a clear decision win over Jose Ramirez in May in which he captured the undisputed junior welterweight championship, Josh Taylor
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News Lawrence Lustig Josh Taylor reacts to the controversy of his victory over Jack Catterall and promises ‘to be a monster’ when he moves up to welterweight next JOSH TAYLOR left the Hydro arena in Glasgow on Saturday with a split decision win over Jack Catterall and the world super-lightweight championship. But it was an
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Chris Colbert figured he wouldn’t fight February 26 once he learned last week that Roger Gutierrez contracted COVID-19. The brash Brooklyn native is thus thankful Hector Luis Garcia replaced Gutierrez on barely two weeks’ notice. Otherwise, not only would Colbert have been denied his shot at Gutierrez’s WBA world super featherweight title, he would’ve wasted
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6:29 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 Josh Taylor escaped defeat and kept hold of his four world super lightweight titles thanks to a controversial split points decision victory over Jack
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The Rigolution travels to Dubai, as Guillermo Rigondeaux is set for his next fight. Miami’s Rigondeaux (20-2, 13KOs)—a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and former lineal junior featherweight champ originally from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba— remains at bantamweight, where he faces Philippines Vincent Astrolabio in a scheduled 12-round regional title fight. The bout headlines an eight-fight
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1:38 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol have finalized a deal for a May 7 fight for Bivol’s light heavyweight title on DAZN pay-per-view, Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn announced Friday. Alvarez is the undisputed super middleweight champion but will return to 175 pounds for the fight. In his lone light heavyweight bout,
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Feature Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing The holder of the WBO cruiserweight belt has to remind himself ‘actually I’m pretty good at this’. John Dennen hears from Lawrence Okolie and promoter Eddie Hearn LAWRENCE OKOLIE exudes confidence. But that’s not always been the case. That mindset is based on hard work. “I think my nerves would come
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#ColbertGarcia Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-022622 Watch live as fighters featured on our February 26th PBC on SHOWTIME fight card, headlined by a Super Featherweight World Title Eliminator between Chris Colbert and Hector Luis Garcia, weigh-in ahead of their respective bouts, live from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas, NV. #Weigh-in Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com
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