Posted on 05/04/2022 By: Hans Themistode From the moment Joe Smith Jr. wrapped light-heavyweight gold around his waist in 2021, the Long Island native was anxious to face off against the best that the 175-pound division had to offer. Although initially, Smith Jr. had been linked to pound-for-pound star Canelo Alvarez, he quickly rebuffed those
Month: May 2022
11:53 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Since Canelo Alvarez narrowly defeated Gennadiy Golovkin in 2018, he’s rarely lost a round. The one fight that was a genuine challenge came at a career-high weight of 174.5 pounds when Alvarez met Sergey Kovalev in 2019. The bout was even on one scorecard entering Round 11
The Jermall Charlo vs Maciej Sulecki event on June 18 in Houston now has a two-fight undercard set for the Showtime broadcast, featuring bouts at 122 and 135 lbs. In the main event, of course, Charlo (32-0, 22 KO) will defend his WBC middleweight title against Sulecki (30-2, 11 KO) in the sort of matchup
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Sarah Stier/Getty Images Matt Christie on Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano, the holy grail for boxing NOW and again a fight comes along that changes everything. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, we salute you. Not only for the effort you both put forth inside a prize-ring but for the
Feature • Issue • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Dmitry Bivol might turn out to be another carefully selected opponent or, as Elliot Worsell identifies, he could give Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez one of his toughest fights THE last time Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez ventured to light-heavyweight to take on a Russian, both the challenge and the world
A few days ago, the next EOTTM event scheduled on the Fête nationale was announced and final and semi-final bouts were confirmed with the NABA and NABF belts at stake for Erik Bazinyan (27-1, 21 KOs) and also the NABF title for Steven Butler (29-3-1, 25 KOs). The event takes place on June 23 at
Posted on 05/04/2022 By: Hans Themistode Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME From the moment Errol Spence Jr. made his professional debut in 2012 on a relatively small show in Indio, California, the Dallas native has shown an immense amount of confidence. But while it’s clear that Spence Jr. has the utmost faith in his skills, it appears as
Freshly unveiled subscription service ProBox TV, which kicks off with Jean Pascal vs. Meng Fanlong on May 20th, has its first title fight. WBO light flyweight champion Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez will make his inaugural defense against #9 Mark Anthony Barriga on June 24th in Kissimee, Florida. Puerto Rico’s Gonzalez (25-3-1, 14 KO) has found his
Undefeated WBC World Middleweight Champion Jermall Charlo and unbeaten rising lightweight Frank Martin are this week’s guests on The PBC Podcast. Charlo is laser-focused on his homecoming bout against the tough Maciej Sulecki Saturday, June 18, in Houston’s Toyota Center, live on SHOWTIME. The two-division titlist also lays out his future plans and explains why
Tyson Fury serenades the 94,000 fans with Don McLean’s iconic American Pie song after his dramatic TKO stopped Dillian Whyte in the sixth round. 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 ➡️
Two-division world champion Badou Jack will prepare to make one more run at championship gold with his sights set on a cruiserweight title as he returns to action on Saturday, May 14 on “The Global Titans Fight Series” undercard available on PPV through LIVENow from the helipad of Dubai’s opulent Burj Al Arab Hotel. “My
Posted on 05/04/2022 By: Sean Crose In a world where everything is historic and unbelievable and absolutely earth shattering, it’s easy to roll our eyes and the latest “big thing.” There are moments, however, where the big thing truly is a big thing as opposed to mere contemporary hype. And last Saturday night’s superb lightweight
7:49 AM ET Katie Taylor continues to lead the way in the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings. But the battle for No. 2 continues after a great weekend of boxing. Taylor (21-0, 6 KOs) defeated Amanda Serrano (42-2-1, 30 KOs) by split decision in one of the best fights of the year. A back-and-forth battle in
Eimantas Stanionis has emerged as a legitimate welterweight contender following his April 16 win over Radzhab Butaev, and his name is bouncing around for some possible noteworthy fights. One is Matchroom Boxing rising star Conor Benn. When asked about the fight, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn sort of downplayed it, giving Stanionis respect as a “really
Issue • News • Premium Steve Marcus/Getty Images Bob Arum does not believe Tyson Fury will stay retired for long nor have any problems re-entering the USA. By Declan Warrington BOB ARUM has predicted Tyson Fury will fight again before the end of the year – and doesn’t expect him to have a problem travelling
Promoter Eddie Hearn thinks Anthony Yarde may be wilting away on the vine. In a recent interview, the head of Matchroom Boxing lambasted Yarde, the British light heavyweight contender and top contender in the WBO, and Yarde’s promoter Frank Warren, for refusing to entertain any other fight besides a potential one against the winner of
Posted on 05/03/2022 By: Sean Crose Make no mistake about it, Bernard Hopkins, the legendary former multi division champion, has no problem speaking his mind. And he certainly let his thoughts be known loud and clear in a recent chat with FightHube. “He smashes him,” Hopkins said of Canelo Alvarez’ fight this Cinco de Mayo
Feature • Issue • Premium Melina Pizano/Matchroom Jack Hirsch investigates the claim that Álvarez really gets preferential treatment from boxing judges – an accusation regularly levelled at the mighty Mexican CANELO ÁLVAREZ’S 56-1-2 (38) only career defeat has been to Floyd Mayweather Jnr on points. In that 2013 superfight he was outboxed, but never hurt.