9:55 AM ET ESPN Africa Boxing 15 will be headlined by a fight for the IBF Africa female Jr. Welterweight belt, between South Africa’s Hedda Wolmarans and Malawi’s Ruth Chisale March 24. The main event is a bout that sees Chisale, a Malawian soldier given special leave by her commanding officer for the event, looking
Month: March 2022
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium That was a revolution in Moss Side and Phil Martin believed in a revolution. Steve Bunce on Champs Camp THERE was a bullet-proof vest on one of the hangers in the changing room at the gym Phil Martin built in Moss Side. It was 1993 and the streets outside
With Rolando Romero rescheduled to take on Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis in a May 28 Showtime PPV, Romero makes an appearance on Brian Custer’s Last Stand Podcast to discuss the fight and all the controversy he went through which forced him out of his previously scheduled fight with Davis. Check out some excerpts of what Romero
IBF, IBO middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin is only a few weeks away from his unification clash with WBA champion Ryota Murata, which takes place on April 9 in Japan. Should Golovkin win, he will then fall in line for a trilogy grudge match with Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo’ Alvarez. Their third bout will take place
Posted on 03/21/2022 By: Sean Crose No one can question a fighter’s courage. Fighter’s literally put their lives on the line every time they enter the ring (or the octagon). So no, fighters aren’t afraid to fight, at least not in combat sports. Former lightweight kingpin Vasyl Lomachenko, however, has gone a step further, returning
6:53 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos won’t be fighting Vasiliy Lomachenko after all. Lomachenko had agreed to a deal last month for a fight with Kambosos on June 5 in Melbourne, Australia, but the two-time Olympic gold medalist has elected to remain in Ukraine with his family rather than leave the country for training
DAZN’s May 7th Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol PPV is coming together, as Matchroom today revealed a pair of undercard bouts. Montana Love faces Gabriel Valenzuela at super lightweight, while Filip Hrgovic and Zhang Zhilei collide in an IBF heavyweight final eliminator. Cleveland’s Love (17-0-1, 9 KO) had a breakout 2021 that saw him crush
BOXXER announced the names of the eight British lightweights who will enter the BOXXER Series: Coventry at Coventry SkyDome on Saturday, April 16. Airing live and exclusively on Sky Sports, the one-night, eight-man tournament opens up new career opportunities for successful participants. BOXXER Series tournaments utilize the short-form boxing format (3 x 3-minute rounds), creating
Posted on 03/21/2022 By: Hans Themistode Andy Ruiz Jr. is up and roaring for a return to the ring. With a newfound hunger to regain his heavyweight world titles, the Mexican native ended his long stint on the sidelines recently, picking up a unanimous decision against Chris Arreola in May of 2021. As the 32-year-old
12:28 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) filed a lawsuit against Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions on Friday in Los Angeles seeking at least $3 million in damages in connection with the September 2018 rematch with Canelo Alvarez. According to the complaint, obtained by ESPN, GGG wants to be paid
Issue • Opinion • Premium Jermall Charlo’s admission to Mike Tyson is an attitude far too common at the top of the sport, writes George Gigney IT’S never fun to see fighters wave away suggestions of them taking hard but anticipated fights with the excuse of not enough money. It’s definitely worse when they do
(December 19, 2020) Undefeated bantamweight Reymart Gaballo scored a controversial split-decision victory over former world champion Emmanuel Rodriguez in the main event of Saturday night’s SHOWTIMEBOXING: SPECIAL EDITION from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. With the victory, Gaballo picked up the vacant interim WBC Bantamweight Title.
Hamzah Sheeraz was delighted with his first showing at middleweight in a dominant win against Jez Smith. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSpo… Follow us on Instagram ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read more on upcoming fights on
Issue • Premium • Reports James Chance/Getty Images David Avanesyan finished the woefully out of his depth Oskari Metz inside one round. Ron Lewis watched from ringside SOME one-round blowouts are stunning, some are entirely predictable. Nothing in the 15-fight unbeaten record that Finland’s Oskari Metz had compiled showed he was ready to face a
Eddie Hearn believes there is a double standard when it comes to the blowback he has received regarding the latest choice of opponent for rising welterweight Conor Benn. Benn, the son of famed two-division world champion Nigel Benn, is slated to take on tough but shopworn veteran Chris van Heerden of South Africa on April
Posted on 03/19/2022 By: Sean Crose Gennady Golovkin has always been known as a man who takes his profession very seriously. Perhaps that’s why, at the age of 40, the IBF middleweight titlist remains a must-see fighter. No one ever expects a lazy, half hearted performance from the Kazakh titlist. The guy is as methodical
Timothy Bradley takes a moment to catch up with media members to assess Edgar Berlanga’s performance in a win over Steve Rolls, and despite earning the victory, Bradley roundly criticizes Berlanga’s performance. Check out some of what he had to say and why he thinks Berlanga hasn’t really developed the way he should’ve by this
Issue • Premium • Reports Sunny Edwards is victorious in Dubai, while Regis Prograis blasts through Tyrone McKenna on the undercard CROYDON’S Sunny Edwards successfully defended his IBF flyweight title with a comfortable 12-round decision over Pakistan’s Muhammad Waseem on Saturday (March 19) to very little noise or fanfare in the Middle East. The fight,
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