This week junior lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson put it out there that he’ll soon be making the move up to lightweight, which would put him in line for several potentially big fights with some big names in the division. The name with all the major titles, howdfever, is Devin Haney and here in this interview
Month: July 2022
Letters • Premium Paul Charters Former two-weight Northern Area champion Paul Charters is the focus of this week’s Yesterday’s Heroes I RECEIVED a text this week from a stalwart of the North-Eastern scene, Paul Charters, telling me that he is stepping back from the game. Paul has been a familiar face on the North-Eastern circuit
Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul (5-0, 4 KOs), explains that his upcoming opponent, heavyweight prospect Hasim Rahman Jr., is now looking to secure a bigger purse for their fight. Paul and Rahman are scheduled to go face to face on Tuesday, as a press conference in New York City to officially announce their showdown.
Feature • Premium Hamzah Sheeraz (Scott Rawsthorne / Queensberry Promotions) Slough’s Hamzah Sheeraz has experienced both isolation and ramshackle living during his American adventure, but knows it’s all for the best, writes Declan Taylor THE RISE of Hamzah Sheeraz had been about as serene as any of British boxing’s other blue chip prospects since the
Posted on 07/11/2022 By: Sean Crose Adrien Broner is officially returning to the ring. The fighter known as “The Problem” will be squaring off against Omar Figueroa on August 20th. The scheduled 12 round junior welterweight battle will be held at Hollywood, Florida’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and will be aired live on
2:49 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez’s breakout 2022 campaign continues with a 115-pound title defense vs. Israel Gonzalez in the chief support bout to Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin 3 on Sept. 17 in Las Vegas, Matchroom Boxing announced Monday. Rodriguez (16-0 11 KOs) scored the biggest win of his budding career last month with
The WBA have officially ordered light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol to defend his belt against Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, potentially ending any speculation about Bivol’s next opponent this fall. Bivol (20-0, 11 KO), of course, is coming off of a huge career-booster win over Canelo Alvarez on May 7, and has been slated to return in
(July 9, 2022) Unbeaten contender and rising star Rashidi Ellis (24-0, 15 KOs) scored two knockdowns on his way to a first round stoppage of late replacement Jose Marrufo (13-11-2, 1 KO). Ellis dropped Marrufo twice in the first two minutes of the frame before a follow-up attack forced referee Ellis Johnson to halt the
Dmitry Bivol finally has his marching orders. The leading candidate for 2022 Fighter of the Year has been summoned to next make a mandatory defense of his WBA light heavyweight title against number-one contender Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez. The bout was formally ordered by the WBA on Monday afternoon, with the two sides given until August
Posted on 07/11/2022 By: Sean Crose “September 17, we are back,” says WBC super flyweight titlist Jesse Rodriguez. “It’s an honor to be a part of this card and I want to thank Matchroom and Teiken for giving me this opportunity.” The card Rodriguez refers to is the high profile Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin card set
3:56 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Adrien Broner will meet Omar Figueroa in a junior welterweight bout on Aug. 20 in Hollywood, Florida, PBC announced on Monday. Alberto Puello fights Batyr Akhmedov for the WBA junior welterweight title vacated by Josh Taylor on the Showtime undercard, along with a WBA junior lightweight title bout between Roger
It won’t be where we thought it would end up, but they got the when right. Teofimo Lopez is officially set to make his 140 lb. debut against Pedro Campa on August 13th at Resorts World Las Vegas. The fact that Top Rank didn’t even bother to put Campa’s (34-1-1, 23 KO) face on the
Josh Taylor believes he has done everything possible on his end to make an immediate rematch with Jack Catterall and that the ball is now firmly in the latter’s court. The former undisputed 140-pound champion from Scotland said he is waiting on England’s Catterall to respond to an offer but warned that he will not
8:02 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN From Tyson Fury’s retirement claim that few seem to believe to Canelo Alvarez’s shocking loss to Dmitry Bivol, 2022 has been filled with moments that shook the boxing world — and there’s still six months to go. At the midway point of the year, many boxers already have the inside
Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Lightweight: (5) Ryan Garcia vs Javier Fortuna, July 16 Junior Bantamweight: (2) Kazuto Ioka vs Donnie Nietes, July 13 Flyweight: (6) Ricardo Sandoval vs David Jimenez, July 16 Junior Flyweight: (5) Daniel Matellon vs Ivan Garcia, July 16 Minimumweight: (7) Erick Rosa vs Carlos Ortega, July
Eddie Hearn continues to take issues with Oscar De La Hoya’s continued criticisms regarding Canelo Alvarez being matched against Dmitry Bivol. Back in May, Canelo moved up to the light heavyweight division to challenge Bivol for the WBA title. The Russian boxer outboxed Canelo over twelve rounds to secure a dominant decision win. Canelo is
News • Opinion Dereck Chisora lands on Kubrat Pulev (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Dereck Chisora wins his 45th pro fight, beating Kubrat Pulev by decision, but winning and losing have come to mean the same thing for the entertaining heavyweight, writes Elliot Worsell HOLLYWOOD is littered with stories of confused and often troubled protagonists stuck
Posted on 07/09/2022 By: Sean Crose The first time these two veteran heavyweights met it was back in 2016. Kubrat Pulev won that battle thanks to a split decision nod from the judges. Now, six years later, Chisora has literally evened the score by getting a split decision nod from the judges over Pulev on
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