LOS ANGELES – Custio Clayton couldn’t turn down the fight most welterweights wouldn’t take. Clayton is undefeated, but he is already 34 and has just 20 professional fights on his record more than seven years into his career. The 2012 Olympian settled for a 12-round majority draw with Sergey Lipinets in his only title fight,
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Posted on 05/14/2022 By: Sean Crose I’ve been waiting for this one for a while now. It looked like the rematch between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano would go down earlier this year, but a Castano injury pushed the fight back until this weekend. Now, however, the second battle between the two junior middleweight world
1:40 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — With boxing’s status at the Olympics in doubt, the IOC was not impressed on Saturday with the leadership election of the sport’s governing body which was stripped of recognition in 2019. International Boxing Association members re-elected their Russian president Umar Kremlev by acclamation two days after the only
Tony Yoka returns to action today in Paris, facing Martin Bakole in a 10-round heavyweight main event, which will stream live on ESPN+ for those in the U.S. and air on Canal+ in France. The show and our live coverage will start at 3 pm ET. Yoka (11-0, 9 KO) won gold at the 2016
The mission has never been clearer for Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez. A shot at the WBA light heavyweight title is well within reach for Mexico’s Ramirez, who faces Germany’s Dominic Boesel (32-2, 15KOs) in a final eliminator this Saturday. The winner will become the mandatory challenger to Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11KOs), who defended the title with
Posted on 05/14/2022 By: Sean Crose They say he’s boxing’s next big star, and they may be right. Jaron “Boots” Ennis returns to the ring this Saturday night to face Custio Clayton on the undercard of the highly anticipated Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano rematch. The 24 year old Philly native Ennis has been a virtual knockout
11:37 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — The Court of Arbitration for Sport refused to stop the International Boxing Association’s delayed presidential election on Friday, a day after the challenger was ruled ineligible. The court dismissed Dutch boxing federation president Boris van der Vorst’s request for an urgent ruling to block the vote, according to
Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano keep the run of big fights rolling, as the top two junior middleweights in the world meet once again, this time looking to give us a definitive winner and crown an undisputed 154 lb champion after their draw 10 months ago. Our live updates will come in this stream, including
Zach Parker is back to square one and without a clear path to a due title shot. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has withdrawn its sanctioning of a previously approved interim super middleweight title fight between England’s Parker and WBO middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade, the sanctioning body ruled late Friday evening. A shoulder injury suffered
Posted on 05/13/2022 By: Sean Crose WBA, WBC and IBF junior middleweight titlist Jermell Charlo hopes the word “undisputed” will truly mean just that after he squares off for the second time with WBO junior middleweight titlist Ryan Castano tomorrow night at the Dignity Park Health Center in Carson, California. The first fight between the
2:50 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition event on Saturday in Dubai was postponed following the death of UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday. The UAE’s Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced a three-day suspension of work in all ministries and the private sector, which forced the cancelation of the event.
Here’s a bit of news I really hope isn’t true. Michael Zerafa took to Facebook yesterday to confirm an announcement from NunanBoy Promotions that he’d been offered a fight with Jaime Munguia. The fight has quite a bit more divisional implications than it would have before Zerafa’s (30-4, 19 KO) mauling of Isaac Hardman a
#CharloCastano2 Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-051422 Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano have an INTENSE face-off ahead of their Undisputed Super Welterweight World Championship rematch, live on SHOWTIME on May 14, 2022. #WeighIn #LiveStream 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
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Gilberto Ramirez entered fight week confident that his next fight will be for a light heavyweight title. A win on Saturday will put the unbeaten former WBO super middleweight titlist in contention, as Ramirez is set to face Germany’s Dominic Boesel in a WBA light heavyweight title eliminator. Both boxers made weight for their scheduled
Posted on 05/13/2022 By: Sean Crose TMZ is reporting that Floyd Mayweather’s scheduled fight with Don Moore Saturday in Dubai has been cancelled. Per TMZ: “Sources tell us … the exhibition fight — which was supposed to pit Mayweather against his former sparring partner Don Moore on Saturday on the Burj Al Arab hotel helipad — will
12:04 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 Amir Khan’s announcement of his retirement aged 35 was both inevitable and a relief, delivered at the right time after a career as one
Less than a week after longtime rival Kell Brook announced he’ll be walking away from the sport of boxing, Amir Khan has posted a message on social media this morning telling all his fans that he’s calling it a career too. “It’s time to hang up my gloves,” Khan posted on Twitter. “I feel blessed