Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has indicated that he will likely move forward with a scheduled trilogy fight against Gennadiy Golovkin in the month of September. Earlier this year, Canelo signed a two-fight agreement with Eddie Hearn of Matchroom and DAZN – with the first bout being a light heavyweight title fight against WBA champion
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Posted on 05/23/2022 By: Sean Crose “I love this sport, but I owe it to my family to quit putting them through these moments. Thank you all, whether you were with or against me, you made me who I am, but it’s time. Semper Fi, salute.” Those words were tweeted by one of the most
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Francois LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images How Harold Smith almost conquered the boxing world with bent cash “HE’S living in Dubai right now,” Gerry Cooney told me, the giant’s bright eyes smiling at the mention of the man’s name. He was talking about a man called Harold Smith, the man behind the
Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Matt Christie considers the top 10 active male pound-for-pound fighters according to the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board 10. JERMELL CHARLO JERMELL comes in at at 10th at the expense of Gennadiy Golovkin. Charlo was supreme while proving his supremacy over Brian Castano and, in turn, the super-welterweight
Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Cruiserweight: (9) Aleksei Papin vs Dilan Prasovic, May 27 Light Heavyweight: (5) Maxim Vlasov vs Dilmurod Satybaldiev, May 27 Lightweight: (5) Gervonta Davis vs Rolando Romero, May 28 Upcoming Fights: (2) Oleksandr Usyk vs (4) Anthony Joshua, TBA … (5) Andy Ruiz Jr vs (9) Luis
(Video by Ryan Burton) – Rolando Romero Interview – Davis vs. Romero will see five-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis defend his WBA Lightweight Title against unbeaten No. 1 ranked contender and mandatory challenger Rolando Romero on Saturday, May 28 live on SHOWTIME PPV from Barclays Center in Brooklyn headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Posted on 05/21/2022 By: Sean Crose The 16-0 featherweight Luis Nunez opened Showtime’s Benavidez-Lemieux card Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona, by facing the 13-0 Jonathan Fierro in a scheduled 10 rounder. Each man looked a bit jittery in the first before getting into the flow of the fight. The second saw an accidental head butt seemingly
7:49 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 Joshua Buatsi edged closer to a world title shot after winning a unanimous points decision over Craig Richards in an eliminator for Dmitry Bivol’s
As details emerge of the sanctions imposed on Daniel Kinahan and six other men by the US government, we are joined by Kieran Cunningham, Chief Sports Writer for the Irish Daily Star and longtime reporter on this subject, to discuss the impact on boxing of this development. Eddie Hearn on Kinahan last year: https://youtu.be/W4E7RDbgRys Subscribe
David Benavidez trounced David Lemieux in tonight’s Showtime main event, winning the interim WBC super middleweight title via third round TKO. Benavidez (26-0, 23 KO) hurt Lemieux (43-5, 36 KO) badly late in the opening round, knocking him into the ropes for what could have been called a knockdown by referee Harvey Dock. Dock then
Marc Ramsay, head trainer of David Lemieux, made what he felt was a career-saving decision to throw in the towel during the third round of his boxer’s contest with David Benavidez on Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona. The former middleweight champion was hoping to capture more gold when he challenged Benavidez, with the WBC’s interim-super
Posted on 05/22/2022 By: Sean Crose The 5-0 junior middleweight Yoelvis Gomez battled the 30-5 Jorge Cota in a scheduled 10 round affair on Saturday as part of the televised undercard of Showtime’s Benavidez-Lemieux match. Gomez had last fought on Christmas night, 2021, when he stopped Clay Collard in the first round. Cota’s most recent
10:57 PM ET Former junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring indicated that he will retire following a loss to Jamaine Ortiz on Saturday night at the Resorts World Las Vegas. “I appreciate everything,” Herring said in a tweet. “Thank you all. It’s time to move on and enjoy more time with my family.” Herring suffered a
(Jan. 23, 2021) olando Romero (13-0, 11 KOs) remained unbeaten against late replacement Avery Sparrow (10-4, 3 KOs) with a dominating performance that led Sparrow’s corner to call an end to the fight in seventh round. All three judges had the fight scored 60-51 at the time of the technical knockout stoppage, as did SHOWTIME’s
Ionut Baluta caused an upset on Fight Night by defeating the crowd-favourite Brad Foster by decision for the vacant World Boxing Council International Super Bantam Title. The two went head-to-head in a close fight that went to the judges decision. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter
YouTube/Facebook, 2:00 pm ET, Davis vs Romero media workout. There will be a stream on the Showtime social media pages but I’ve never once in my 15 years here seen any real interest in media workouts so probably won’t be bothering. YouTube/Facebook, 1:00 pm ET, Davis vs Romero press conference. We’ll be here with a
Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona – Cuban prospect Yoelvis Gomez had his knockout streak ended at five, but still dominated Mexico’s Jorge Cota in a 10-round super welterweight shutout. The scores were 100-90 three times. Now living in Las Vegas, the 24-year-old Gómez (6-0, 5 KOs) went the distance for the first time in
Posted on 05/22/2022 By: Hans Themistode Although a fairly jam-packed crowd in Resorts World Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, was left shellshocked following Janibek Alimkhanuly’s second-round stoppage win over Danny Dignum, Alimkhanuly predicted an explosive win from the moment both signed their names on the dotted line. Initially apoplectic over the sudden withdrawal of Demetrius