It’s the big fight week on The PBC Podcast as renowned trainer Stephen “Breadman” Edwards stops by to discuss Saturday night’s epic SHOWTIME PPV headlined by the welterweight unification battle between champions Errol Spence Jr. and Yordenis Ugas. Also, hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal preview the entire card from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,
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During a video interview with Fight Hype at yesterday’s final press conference for Errol Spence vs Yordenis Ugas, Showtime Sports executive Stephen Espinoza talks a bit about the ongoing demand for Terence Crawford to get in the ring with someone like Errol Spence (should he get past Ugas), and what if any issues remain to
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Posted on 04/14/2022 By: Hans Themistode Photo by Stacey Snyder With Yordenis Ugas and Errol Spence Jr. set to unify titles on April 16th, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the remarkably stout southpaw is growing sick and tired of team Ugas and their analysis of his overall game. In September of 2019, Ismael
7:53 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Errol Spence Jr. returns from a long layoff to face Yordenis Ugas in a unification fight Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. ET). Spence was supposed to face Manny Pacquiao last year, but suffered a left eye injury a few days before and
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Posted on 04/14/2022 By: Hans Themistode SCOTT KIRKLAND/FOX While Yordenis Ugas is widely respected by everyone in the boxing world, by and large, most believe that he’ll come up woefully short in his bid to become a unified champion. In just a few short days, on April 16th, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,
[embedded content] Errol Spence and Yordenis Ugas are at Arlington Taxpayer Stadium today for their final press conference before Saturday’s welterweight unification fight on Showtime PPV. The event will stream live in the video embedded at the top of this post starting at 2 pm ET. Spence (27-0, 21 KO) is the WBC and IBF