WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is not holding his breath on a potential undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO world titles. Last September, Usyk outboxed Anthony Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the unified crown at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. A rematch is now in the works for a date
Month: April 2022
Posted on 04/28/2022 By Charles Jay When you endeavor to do something different, it helps to have people to provide the proper guidance. And that’s why Boxing Insider was fortunate to be able to work with someone like Sonya Lamonakis, who currently serves as Vice President and Registration Chair of USA Boxing Metro, which governs
7:48 AM ET MANCHESTER, Conn. — Katie Taylor wasn’t sure about any of this, other than that something needed to change. Something in her life had to be new. Before she became the best pound-for-pound female boxer in the world or the undisputed lightweight champion, she had been a woman in the Dublin, Ireland, airport
DAZN have been in the boxing business mainly since late 2018, when the company hit the US market and quickly scooped up some major properties when HBO left the scene, and EVP Joe Markowski has had a lot to learn over that time. Markowski spoke with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour about DAZN’s strategies,
Feature • Issue • Premium Ed Jones/AFP/GettyImages ‘It’ll be a part of history forever.’ Alanna Nihell fought Katie Taylor in her first bout and the first ever sanctioned female boxing match in Ireland WHEN the time comes for Katie Taylor to reflect on her great career, she may yet conclude that Saturday’s fight against Amanda
Opinion Ron Case/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images James Slater appraises the toughest fighters in boxing history and rate the top five greatest chins SOME extremely tough and durable men have graced the ring throughout the long history of boxing; men who were able to take punches that would have made a mere mortal crumble, snap, break, collapse,
Shakur Stevenson intends to add two more 130-pound championships to his collection after Saturday night. The undefeated southpaw won the WBO junior lightweight title by stopping Jamel Herring in the 10th round of his last fight, which took place October 23 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. If the favored Stevenson conquers Oscar Valdez on
Posted on 04/27/2022 By Charles Jay Boxing Insider Fight Night. That has a nice “ring” to it. In a minute, I’m going to talk a little more about my friend and colleague who’s behind it. For now, suffice it to say that he’s jumping right into the deep end of the pool and he’s doing
7:41 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Tyson Fury is the greatest heavyweight in the world. Francis Ngannou is the greatest heavyweight in the world. Those two superlatives can both be true at the same time. And there’s little chance that a boxing match between the two big men would settle anything. So why did Fury, moments
Feature • Issue • Premium John Gichigi/Getty Images If only Gavin Rees had been so dedicated when he first rose to prominence. He speaks to Oliver Fennell THE world is comprised of almost 200 countries. Forty-four of these are in Europe, and Britain is just one of those. Yet Gavin Rees takes greater pride in
Opinion Julian Finney/Getty Images Dillian Whyte struggles to come to terms with defeat to Tyson Fury and the legacy of the ‘Gypsy King’ comes into focus DILLIAN WHYTE is struggling to come to terms with his one-sided loss to Tyson Fury, so much so that he’s screaming foul play and demanding a rematch. It seems
With David Lemieux set for his May 21 Showtime main event against David Benavidez, he spoke to the media during a virtual press conference about this shot to invigorate his career and get some momentum going. “I’m expecting a great fight. David Benavídez is a very tough fighter,” Lemieux said. “We’ve been watching him for
NEW YORK – The head promoter for the biggest fight in women’s boxing continues to work on a path for its potential successor. The developing rivalry between junior lightweight titlists Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner has emerged high on the list of must-see unification bouts to be made. Mayer (17-0, 5KOs) is the unified IBF/WBO
Posted on 04/27/2022 By: Sean Crose In an age where everything is a BIG DEAL and/or EPICALLY HISTORTIC, it’s sometimes hard to recognize when a legitimate event of note actually occurs. Such should not be the case when it comes to Saturday’s Katy Taylor-Amanda Serrano undisputed lightweight championship battle at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
7:40 AM ET Mikaela Mayer Mikaela Mayer plans to be in an unfamiliar place, at least from a boxing perspective Saturday night: in the stands. The WBO and IBF junior lightweight champion is expected to be among those at Madison Square Garden in New York for the Amanda Serrano-Katie Taylor undisputed lightweight title fight (DAZN,
(April 16, 2022) José Valenzuela (12-0, 8 knockouts) made a startling statement about his punching power and future in the lightweight division in his bout with former champion Francisco Vargas. Valenzuela landed a looping left hand that sent Vargas crashing to the canvas, prompting the referee to immediately stop the scheduled 10-round lightweight bout at
Paris Fury reacts to her husband’s amazing homecoming win at Wembley, declaring it the ‘perfect ending.’ 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 BT
Super middleweight David Benavidez is set to make his ring return on May 21, when he’ll take on David Lemieux in Glendale, AZ, a fight which will air live on Showtime. And in anticipation of the bout David Benavidez spoke to media members during a virtual press conference, expressing his enthusiasm for this platform. “I’m
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