IBA Elite Women’s World Champion Rashida Ellis (Lynn, Mass.) and 2021 Junior Pan American Games bronze medalist Donte Layne (Elmont, N.Y.) picked up two victories for Team USA during the second day of boxing at the 2022 USA Boxing International Invitational in Pueblo, Colo. Layne made an impressive elite international debut to start the day
Month: September 2022
Posted on 09/13/2022 By: Sean Crose Anthony Joshua has agreed to terms for a massive December 3’d heavyweight title bout with Tyson Fury. “Joshua-Fury update:” 258MGT tweeted Tuesday morning, “258 and @MatchroomBoxing can confirm, on behalf of @anthonyjoshua, that we accepted all terms presented to us by Fury’s team for a fight Dec 3rd last
4:52 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Leigh Wood’s WBA featherweight title defence against Mauricio Lara, scheduled for Sept. 24, is off after the champion suffered an injury during training. Wood
The bad news: Subriel Matias won’t be fighting Jeremias Ponce for the vacant IBF super lightweight title on the October 15th Deontay Wilder vs Robert Helenius PPV, as Ponce reportedly failed to acquire a visa within a reasonable time frame. The…other news: the four-fight card will see undefeated Frank Sanchez take on Carlos Negron in
Feature • News Mayweather hands Alvarez his first pro loss in 2013 The feeling at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is that Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez is the “next best thing”, writes Elliot Worsell AS boxing fans inside the Lobby at the MGM Grand this afternoon used two hands to hold aloft their phones like
A torn biceps suffered in sparring has ruled Leigh Wood out of his WBA Featherweight World Title defense against Mexico’s Mauricio Lara at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham on Saturday September 24. The show will go ahead, with Rossington’s Maxi Hughes defending his IBO Lightweight World Title against Sheffield’s former IBF Featherweight World Champion Kid Galahad in a huge Yorkshire derby
Posted on 09/13/2022 By: Sean Crose He’s always seemed rather accepting of the judge’s decisions. Most fighters, after having two exceedingly close fights with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez would be fit to be tied after the judges (some would say predictably) ruled in Canelo’s favor. That doesn’t seem to be the case with Gennady Golovkin however.
6:03 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Anthony Joshua has agreed to terms to challenge WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury on Dec. 3, with the fight expected to take place
Letters • Premium Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) With Fury and Joshua in talks for a two-fight deal, George Gigney wonders if Usyk will be happy to sit on the sidelines in the meantime? A LOT can happen in a week, though just how much we can never be sure.
With Jake Paul officially on the docket to take on MMA legend Anderson Silva in an Oct. 29 boxing match that will air live on Showtime PPV, both fighters made an appearance for their opening press conference yesterday, talking to the media about their fight. Silva, who will surely be Paul’s toughest test to date
Angel Fernandez is optimistic that Anthony Joshua will bounce back from one of the toughest losses of his career. In fact, the trainer of the former heavyweight champion from London is certain that Joshua will “definitely” defeat Oleksandr Usyk if they ever get in the ring together again. Joshua is coming off a hard-fought split
Posted on 09/12/2022 Boxing Insider is diving into the promotional waters, and they are doing it in style at Sony Hall in Times Square. In this venue, smack dab in the middle of the Broadway theater district, NYC-area fighters will take center stage on Thursday night, October 13. Boxing Insider’s “New Beginnings” captures the spirit of the “club show”
4:44 AM ET Former world champion Chris Eubank has said he wants his son’s fight against Conor Benn scrapped due to concerns about the 157 pounds weight limit, with Chris Eubank Jr. having never fought below 160 pounds in his professional career. British boxers Eubank Jr. and Benn are scheduled to face off in a
(Sept. 4 ,2022) Former unified heavyweight world champion Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr. scored three knockdowns on his way to a unanimous decision victory over top contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz in their WBC Heavyweight Title Eliminator that headlined a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Sunday night from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. “Everyone was doubting
Letters • Premium To celebrate the career of Gennady Golovkin, set to fight Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez this weekend at the age of 40, we take a look at the 10 best boxers from Kazakhstan currently active 1 Gennady Golovkin By far Kazakh boxing’s greatest export, Golovkin, now 40, has terrified the middleweight division since 2010,
After passing up a shot at near-unification in favor of defending his homeland earlier this year, pound-for-pound great Vasiliy Lomachenko is officially set to return to the ring on October 29th opposite undefeated Jamaine Ortiz at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KO) ran roughshod over Richard Commey last December for his second
In a press conference that broke new ground for the amount of respect and appreciation on display, Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and Anderson “The Spider” Silva showed that fighters don’t have to exchange insults to spread the word on a matchup that promises to deliver fireworks. (photos by Esther Lin) The two sat for
Posted on 09/12/2022 By: Sean Crose Although he’s only fought twice since his surprising loss to Teofimo Lopez back in 2020, Vasyl Lomachenko is still one of the top players in the lightweight division. Indeed, the man wishes to take on undisputed divisional champ Devin Haney sooner rather than later. For now, however, the fighter
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