Feature • Premium How a toxic heavyweight rivalry became an enduring friendship IT WASN’T supposed to be like this. The racial divide was meant to play the fighters off against one another. The insults, the stirring, the hostilities, the privileged, the resentful and the overlooked were multiple sides of the same toxic coin. It wasn’t
Month: June 2022
MIDDLEWEIGHT NEWCOMER JOEL Kodua has signed with Frank Warren and Queensberry to launch his professional career. The 25-year-old from Beckingham captured the attention of Tunde Ajayi across multiple sparring sessions with Anthony Yarde and Ajayi will train Kodua alongside the leading light heavyweight in Ilford. Like Yarde, Kodua has limited amateur experience spanning just 12
Posted on 06/08/2022 By: Sean Crose “July 23rd was obviously the proposed date,” promoter Eddie Hearn said, via the DAZN Boxing Show in regard to the highly anticipated rematch between Anthony Joshua and heavyweight multi-titlist Oleksandr Usyk. “We got to a point where we’re now less than seven weeks ago. We’ve got global media tours,
10:06 PM ET The family home of Australian heavyweight boxer Justis Huni was hit by five bullets in a drive-by shooting but no-one was harmed, his father said on Thursday. Rocki Huni, also the boxer’s trainer, said the shooting happened just before 4 a.m. (1800 GMT) on Thursday morning while 10 people including his son
Trevor Bryan is a massive underdog against Daniel Dubois for this coming Saturday’s fight in Miami, where Bryan will defend his secondary WBA heavyweight belt against the British prospect, but has warned Dubois not to look past him. The generally soft-spoken Dubois (17-1, 16 KO) didn’t say much at Wednesday’s press conference, noting that he’s
Derrick James isn’t dwelling on his success as he explains to The PBC Podcast this week. The world class trainer discusses what’s next for his fighters — Errol Spence Jr, Jermell Charlo and Frank Martin — and reveals why they are so hard to beat. Plus, hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal recap last Saturday’s
Steve Bunce caught up with trainer Shane McGuigan ahead of Daniel Dubois’ huge Miami showdown with Trevor Bryan. #BryanDubois #DanielDubois Watch Bryan v Dubois live on BT Sport on June 11. 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
On Friday June 10 at the Domo Alcalde in Guadalajara, Mexico – WBA Light-Flyweight champion Hiroto Kyoguchi defending his straps against Esteban Bermudez, in the latest installment of Matchroom and DAZN’s fight series in Mexico, in association with Canelo Promotions and Clase Y Talento. (photos by Ed Mulholland) Kyoguchi (15-0 10 KOs) puts the titles
10:21 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — While Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue was winning his title bout against Nonito Donaire, burglars were breaking into his home. Inoue stopped Donaire in the second round Tuesday night, unifying three bantamweight world titles. That same evening, two men broke into his home southwest of Tokyo, knowing Inoue and
A bout in South Africa between local lightweights Simiso Buthelezi and Siphesihle Mntungwa produced one of the most bizarre endings in recent memory this past Sunday when Buthelezi, after eating a counter jab while pressuring Mntungwa into the ropes, suddenly turned and began swinging at air during the referee’s reset. He was subsequently placed into
Already the true lineal champion at bantamweight, Naoya Inoue wouldn’t mind sticking around to collect the division’s final chip. The unbeaten three-division champ added to his pound-for-pound accolades with a second-round knockout of Nonito Donaire in their rematch Tuesday evening local time at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Inoue now holds the WBA, WBC
Letters • Premium Stan Meagher/Getty Images As Daniel Dubois looks to become the latest heavyweight from London to make his mark on the world stage, here are 10 other heavyweights born in the nation’s capital who did just that… 1 Lennox Lewis Born in West Ham, Lewis is a three-time world heavyweight champion and arguably
7:56 AM ET At long last, Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford are closer than ever to fighting for welterweight supremacy this fall, and unlike Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, this matchup is materializing while both are still in the prime of their careers. All four 147-pound titles would be on the line in the
For Garcia (22-0, 18 KO), it will be his first time fighting at the former Staples Center, home to currently mediocre basketball loaded up with star names, and he’s excited to make his debut at Los Angeles’ No. 1 arena. “I grew up here, I have seen games here, this is Kobe’s house,” he said.
Letters • Premium Scott Heavey/Getty Images Following Joe Cordina’s stunning one-punch knockout of IBF super-featherweight champion Kenichi Ogawa, we asked this week’s panellists to name their favourite one-punch KO produced by a British boxer Wayne Alexander (Former European light-middleweight champion) The best one-punch knockout I’ve seen delivered by a British boxer happened when Pat Barrett
Premium • Preview Two fascinating domestic fights top a competitive bill in Telford, writes Matt Bozeat THERE’S a good night of British title action in Telford on Saturday night (June 11). BT Sport take their cameras to the International Centre for a show that features a pair of 50/50 fights that are anticipated by the
Amateur • Premium Clive Wood/England Boxing Jack Dryden and co impress at new Angel of the North Box Cup, writes John Dennen THE inaugural Angel of the North International Box Cup, the first even of its kind for the North East, was held from May 28-29 at the Rainton Arena. The event was organised by
LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday, Ryan Garcia officially kickstarted the promotional tour of his upcoming fight against Javier Fortuna on July 16. Missing from the press conference was Fortuna, who opted to stay back training in Puerto Rico and instead fielded questions virtually with select media. Another principal figure missing from the media festivities was
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