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Month: March 2022
Feature Lawrence Lustig Taylor vs Catterall – Incompetence, corruption or just a difference of opinion? The Opening Bell podcast speaks to the head of the British Boxing Board of Control and more A SUPERB performance from Jack Catterall was not rewarded with victory. Instead, Josh Taylor was named the winner in one of the most
We have our first casualty of the sanctioning bodies’ recent moves to penalize Russia and Belarus. Jalol Akhmedov reports and others confirm that a March 26th show in Ekaterinburg, headlined by Magomed Kurbanov vs. Patrick Teixeira, has been postponed after the WBA and WBO refused to sanction a pair of scheduled title fights. The first,
Last Saturday night in Manchester, undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor picked up a controversial twelve round split decision over unbeaten mandatory challenger Jack Catterall. The scores were 113-112 for Taylor, 113-112 for Catterall and 114-111 for Taylor. During the fight, Taylor was dropped for the first time in his career and had a lot
Posted on 03/02/2022 By: Hans Themistode There was an indelible smile smeared onto the face of Dmitry Bivol. The 31-year-old light heavyweight titlist has been longing for a showdown against boxing’s premier star, Canelo Alvarez. The wish of the current WBA 175 pound champion was officially granted just a few days ago as he’ll now
12:29 AM ET Australian Tim Tszyu has locked in his much-anticipated US boxing debut, taking on American Terrell Gausha in Minnesota in late March. The unbeaten junior middleweight contender was initially scheduled to fight on the same card as Brian Castano-Jermell Charlo on Mar. 19 in Los Angeles. However, the winner-takes-all unified showdown was cancelled
Jose Ramirez and Jose Pedraza understand the stakes. The junior welterweights know that the winner of Friday night’s 12-round main event at Fresno’s Save Mart Center will likely receive a world title shot next. Ramirez (26-1, 17 KOs) is a former unified world champion seeking to return to the division’s apex. (photos by Mikey Williams)
Posted on 03/02/2022 By: Hans Themistode Errol Spence Jr. knows he won’t be in the ring with a pushover come April 16th. On the night, Spence Jr. will attempt to unify his WBC and IBF welterweight titles when he takes on WBA champion, Yordenis Ugas. The two will officially swap fists in front of Spence
7:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk was preparing for a rematch vs. Anthony Joshua, but with his country at war with Russia, the heavyweight champion from Ukraine is focused on far more important matters. So, for now, the much anticipated bout is delayed. “We don’t want the obligation of a rematch to go away,”
Ryan Garcia’s April 9th return against Emmanuel Tagoe may not tickle many people’s fancies, but there’s at least one interesting fight on the card. Five-division titlist and reigning WBA flyweight champion Naoko Fujioka revealed yesterday that she’ll face WBC titlist Marlen Esparza in a unification match at the Alamodome. The 46-year-old Fujioka (19-2-1, 7 KO),
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WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA world champion Yordenis Ugas will square off in a welterweight title unification clash that headlines a Showtime PPV on Saturday, April 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event. Spence vs. Ugas is just the 12th unification fight
Posted on 03/02/2022 By: Hans Themistode Teofimo Lopez Sr. believes he’s been prophetic in his ability to predict his son’s future. Once Teofimo Lopez stepped onto the boxing scene, Lopez Sr. screamed to the mountain tops that his son would become a world champion in 15 fights and undisputed in 16. Fast forward four years
7:52 AM ET Josh Taylor made a big statement in May, when he defeated Jose Ramirez to win all four major junior welterweight belts. Taylor had another opportunity to show the world that his victory wasn’t just a one-off this past weekend, when he faced mandatory challenger Jack Catterall. But while Taylor won a split
Now that we’re all set for Tyson Fury’s upcoming April 23rd WBC heavyweight title defense against Dillian Whyte, Fury is ready to get down to the business. Yesterday, Fury had to hold stage at the opening press conference all by his lonesome (with Whyte not in attendance), and not long after Fury plainly spoke to
News GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ‘This is our home. What would you do if someone gets into your house? You defend it. What else?’ says Wladimir Klitschko, alongside his brother Vitali, the mayor of Kyiv IT is extraordinary to see major figures from the boxing world, past and present, staying in Ukraine during the Russian invasion
WBA Super Middleweight Champion David Morrell Jr. delivered another knockout in front of his adopted hometown crowd as he stopped Alantez Fox in the fourth round of the FOX PBC Fight Night main event and on FOX Deportes Saturday night from The Armory in Minneapolis. The 23-year-old Morrell (6-0, 5 KOs), a prolific Cuban amateur
Speaking before the press conference for his fight with Dillian Whyte at Wembley, Tyson Fury explained why this may be his last fight and suggested the much-talked-about fight with Anthony Joshua may never happen. Get a BT Sport Monthly Pass now! – http://bit.ly/BTSportMonthlyPass Twitter: http://twitter.com/btsport Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/btsport Instagram:http://instagram.com/btsport Website: http://sport.bt.com