7:55 AM ET Editor’s note: Chantelle Cameron will defend her WBC and IBF junior welterweight world titles on Saturday, and she hopes victory will lead to a showdown with Kali Reis, who holds the other two world titles in the weight division. Cameron (15-0, 8 KOs), 30, from Northampton, England, will fight Victoria Bustos (23-6,
BOXING CONNECT
News • Premium Brad Foster on coming back from his first defeat IT’S never easy rebounding from a first professional defeat, which is perhaps why so many boxers decide to schedule a so-called ‘easier’ fight on their return to the ring. For Walsall’s Brad Foster, however, this was never an option. Rather than book a
First came the negotiations for a catchweight bout with Daniel Jacobs. Then Michael Zerafa chimed in to say he’d been offered the fight. Now, Jaime Munguia’s next opponent has been revealed: Jimmy “Kilrain” Kelly, whom he’ll face at Anaheim’s Honda Center on June 11th. You may recall Kelly (26-2, 10 KO) from his 2015 mauling
Amateur IBA The furore over the election of the IBA president is a grave warning that boxing will fail to be restored to the LA Olympics, writes John Dennen THERE have been so many warnings. That was stark when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended AIBA, the international governing body, from administering the boxing tournament
Feature Matthew Pover/Matchroom Boxing From a Kostya Tszyu lookalike boyfriend to silencing the haters, Ebanie Bridges tells her story I’VE GOT a black belt in Kenpo Karate and I did kickboxing and Muay Thai throughout my teens. In terms of boxing, I’d always been into it, but when I reached my teens, that’s when I
Micky Ward was certain he had blown his chance to fight Arturo Gatti. During their limo ride back from Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio the night of January 5, 2002, Lou DiBella, who was Ward’s promoter, tried to convince the loveable everyman whose life story later became an Oscar-winning motion picture that his technical-decision defeat
Posted on 05/17/2022 By: Sean Crose It looks like the exhibition bout between all time great Floyd Mayweather and former sparring partner Don Moore will indeed go down – just a week later than had originally been expected. Although the match was first set to occur last Saturday on a helipad in Dubai, Sheikh Khalifa
11:48 AM ET The two-sport plan for WBA, WBC and IBF middleweight champion Claressa Shields over the next 18 months is starting to take shape, but it’s no longer clear whether it will include an undisputed middleweight title fight against WBO champion Savannah Marshall. Shields told ESPN on Tuesday that a possible fight with Marshall,
With lightweight hopeful Rolando Romero set for what will by the biggest opportunity of his career when he challenges Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis for his WBA ‘world’ title on May 28, he held an open media workout today and talked about the fight. And just in case there was any doubt, Romero hasn’t shied away from
Hard-hitting Cuban prospect Yoelvis Gómez shared insights into his recent training camp and more while previewing his showdown against Mexico’s Jorge Cota which serves as the co-main event live on SHOWTIME on Saturday, May 21 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Tickets for the live event, which is
3:42 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Floyd Mayweather’s latest stop on his post-retirement exhibition tour has been rescheduled. The event with Don Moore will take place Saturday on a helipad in Dubai, “Money” Mayweather announced via Instagram on Tuesday. The event was postponed one week after the death of UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al
Order #DavisRomero on SHOWTIME PPV: https://pbcham.ps/DavisRomero5 Watch live as Rolando Romero trains for the media ahead of his lightweight world title matchup against Gervonta Davis on May 28, 2022, live on SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View. #MediaWorkout #RolandoRomero #DavisRomero Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
Dillian Whyte sat down with Steve Bunce at Wembley Stadium immediately after the press conference with Tyson Fury and reflected on the ruckus on stage, relationship with Tyson, John Fury and more… #FuryWhyte #DillianWhyte #TysonFury Buy Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte | Saturday 23rd April | BT Sport Box Office – https://www.bt.com/sport/box-office/ Subscribe to BT
Not a surprise, but very much welcome. Top Rank has revealed that Naoya Inoue’s June 7th rematch with Nonito Donaire will air on ESPN+ stateside. Inoue (22-0, 19 KO) and Donaire (42-6, 28 KO) put on a truly spectacular Fight of the Year in November 2019. “The Filipino Flash” was seen as past his best
Amateur IBA GB hopes miss out in the World championship quarter-finals, while two Irish boxers are in the medals GB hopefuls missed out on medals when they lost in the women’s World championship quarter-finals of the women’s World championships on May 16. Tokyo Olympian Charley Davison chalked up two victories to reach the final eight
Issue • Premium • Reports Scott Rawsthorne/Unknown Boxers Denzel Bentley regained the British title after a scintillating scrap with Linus Udofia, writes Roy Kelly from ringside BATTERSEA is more than just a power station and dogs home, it has Denzel Bentley who regained the British middleweight championship in extraordinary fashion. For a man with a
There are certain fighters opponents don’t want to see twice. It’s rare we get a fighter who is one of them and somehow makes their second chapters better than the original. Jermell Charlo is 2 for 2. In his first fight, he lost a debated tactical battle to Tony Harrison only to win a thrilling
9:06 AM ET Floyd Mayweather was ready to return to the ring for an exhibition bout in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on May 14, but the event was postponed the day before due to the death of the country’s president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Since he officially retired in 2017, Mayweather has been