The ‘First Mate’ is honored to help provide a platform for ‘The Captain’ to make her awaited pro debut. Best friends Mikaela Mayer and Ginny Fuchs are reunited in the pro ranks, appearing on the same show Saturday evening at The OC Hangar in Costa Mesa, California. Mayer (16-0, 5KOs) makes her third overall WBO
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Posted on 04/09/2022 By: Sean Crose Don’t expect Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, to test positive for banned substances after eating tainted beef. For while preparing for his May light heavyweight title bout against the formidable Dmitry Bivol, Canelo has decided to go vegan (engaging in a diet free of meat and animal by-products) For
10:28 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN After 16 months away from the ring and at 40 years old, there were plenty of questions surrounding Gennadiy Golovkin in the lead-up to his middleweight title unification fight with Ryota Murata in Saitama, Japan, on Saturday. Since suffering a majority-decision loss to Canelo Alvarez in September 2018, Golovkin (42-1-1,
(Nov. 7, 2020) Unbeaten Michael Coffie (11-0, 8 KOs) delivered a TKO victory over veteran Joey Abell (35-11, 33 KOs) in the second round of their bout. A veteran of the Marine Corps, Coffie connected with a perfect left hook to the body that ended the fight early in the second round. Abell appeared to
Opinion Toru Hanai/Getty Images With only hints of the fighter of old, Gennadiy Golovkin does his part to set up a trilogy with Canelo Alvarez, writes Declan Taylor AFTER Terry Downes despatched an ageing Ray Robinson in London back in 1962, he famously said: “I didn’t beat Sugar Ray, I beat his ghost”. Nearly 60
Junto Nakatani battered Ryota Yamauchi throughout most of their one-sided, 112-pound title fight Saturday in Saitama, Japan. The rangy southpaw, who is unusually tall for his division, hurt and stopped his countryman in the eighth round of their scheduled 12-rounder on the Gennadiy Golovkin-Ryota Murata undercard at Saitama Super Arena. The unbeaten, 24-year-old Nakatani (23-0,
Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata are ready to unify middleweight titles in Japan, with DAZN streaming the show today from Saitama’s Super Arena. Live coverage will start at 5 am ET, with the main event ring walks scheduled for around 8 am ET. Bad Left Hook will be here with live updates and round-by-round for
Posted on 04/08/2022 By: Hans Themistode Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports By and large, Canelo Alvarez is considered the best fighter that the sport of boxing has to offer. No matter the weight class and regardless of the credentials of his opponent, Alvarez has reigned supreme as he pillages world title after world title in countless
Frank Warren interviewed by Danny Flexen in London ahead of the Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte bout scheduled later this month at Wembley Stadium #FuryWhyte #FrankWarren #TysonFury Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader in boxing entertainment since 1999. Part of the Knockout TV
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium A quarter of a century has passed since the death of former heavyweight titlist John Tate, writes Matt Christie TODAY marks the 24-year anniversary of John Tate’s passing. A man once regarded as one the best heavyweights in the world is today all but forgotten. Knoxville saved John Tate
Opinion Lawrence Lustig Which Tokyo Olympian do you think will have the biggest impact on the professional sport? Paul SmithFormer British championI think Lauren Price will shake up women’s boxing. For me it’s got to be Bakhodir Jalolov. The way he fights and how he is. He moves great, he covers ground very quickly. He
Opinion Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images As Ryan Garcia looks to make a name for himself at lightweight, we take a look at the (unrelated) fighting Garcias who came before him 1. Ceferino GarciaFilipino Ceferino Garcia fought Barney Ross in 1937 for the middleweight title, Henry Armstrong in ’38 for the welterweight title, and became middleweight champ
Grande Synthe, France – French hotshot Milan Prat (15-0) won the IBF Youth title with an easy stoppage of much shorter, overmatched and overweight Mexican Jose Angel Flores Chan (9-6-2). After a quiet first round Prat hurt his opponent with a right uppercut and then floored him with a short right. Flores got up but
Posted on 04/08/2022 By: Hans Themistode While he holds an undefeated record and high placement in each of the four sanctioning bodies, Sebastian Fundora is consistently criticized for the manner in which he fights. Or rather, the manner in which he refuses to fight. At 6’6”, even heavyweights are forced to look toward the sky
6:01 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua will meet July 23 in a rematch for the unified heavyweight championship, likely in Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN. When they met in September in London, Joshua entered with three heavyweight titles but Usyk wrested the championship in dominant fashion. The former undisputed cruiserweight champion
While Eddie Hearn claims that the pending rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua could land in either “late June” or “early-to-mid July,” Dan Rafael claims there’s a more specific working date: July 23, potentially in the Middle East. The initial date on the table was June 25th, but it’s not surprising to see them
Eddie Hearn says a venue for Oleksandr Usyk’s rematch with Anthony Joshua will be announced within the next two weeks, with “final negotiations” with different sites still taking place. Saudi Arabia is understood to be the frontrunner to stage the fight for the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles, despite the outrage that greeted
Posted on 04/08/2022 By: Sean Crose “I don’t really have that many emotions,” Ryan Garcia said when asked by Fight Hub about tomorrow night’s return fight against Emmanuel Tagoe. “I just know I have a job to do, a mission to do, Saturday night.” First and foremost, that mission is to successfully get himself back