DAZN’s April 9th Ryan Garcia vs. Emmanuel Tagoe show is officially a tripleheader. In addition to the previously revealed flyweight unification between Marlen Esparza and Naoko Fujioka, the main card will also see Gabriel Rosado face Shane Mosley Jr. for a super middleweight trinket. Esparza (11-1, 1 KO) is a full 14 years younger than
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News Dmitry Bivol’s fight with Canelo Alvarez is on course. But if the Russian isn’t allowed to box, Britain’s John Ryder is training and prepared to replace him DMITRY BIVOL, the holder of the WBA light-heavyweight belt, is due to fight Canelo Alvarez on May 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. DAZN will
Undefeated two-time world super middleweight champion David Benavidez and 154-pound contender Terrell Gausha are this week’s guests on The PBC Podcast. Benavidez is on fire as he looks ahead to his May 21 bout versus David Lemieux and breaks down fights versus Caleb Plant, Jermall Charlo and more. Gausha is brimming with confidence as he
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Eddie Hearn thinks Canelo Alvarez is in an impossible situation as far as his “haters” are concerned. The head of Matchroom Boxing recently decried those critics who are holding the Mexican superstar to ludicrously high standards. Hearn was responding to a meme that the 31-year-old Alvarez re-posted on his Instagram story showing how his critics
Posted on 03/23/2022 By: Hans Themistode Just a few years ago, Richardson Hitchins couldn’t stop himself from smiling. After making a name for himself in the amateur ranks, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was pleased by what he saw from Hitchins. So, at his first available opportunity, the newly inducted Hall of Famer grabbed the nearest pen
7:45 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. There are 17 weight divisions in men’s boxing, and in each one there is a champion determined by each of the four major sanctioning bodies: the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF. Some of these organizations also have a secondary titlist or an interim titlist, and all four have rankings
Issue • Opinion • Premium Getty Images Sparring is perhaps the most important aspect of training but it has to done correctly, writes John Scully I HAVE been sparring in gyms since as far back as 1980 and I have sparred more than 1,000 boxers in my life. The one that sticks out as the
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Steve Marcus/Getty Images Don King bids three million dollars for Trevor Bryan vs Daniel Dubois. Matt Christie reacts THREE million dollars may not go as far as it used to but it’s still an awful lot of money. For some, property would be a smart place to invest that
All the talk of Anthony Joshua facing a stay-busy foe may come to naught, as Mike Coppinger reports that Oleksandr Usyk has received permission from the Ukrainian government to leave the country and train for a rematch with Joshua that’s planned for this coming summer. It’s worth noting, as others have pointed out in the
Undefeated prospect, Ernesto “Tito” Mercado (4-0, 4 KOs), who has started his career with four straight knockouts, looks to make it five in a row as he fights at The Hangar, in Costa Mesa, California, on April 14th against an opponent yet to be named. The scheduled 6-round bout is being promoted by Englebrecht Promotions
Posted on 03/22/2022 By: Sean Crose “You’ve got to be willing to roll the dice in this sport.” So said promoter Eddie Hearn in a talkSPORT interview. If what he went on to claim is true, then Canelo Alvarez is certainly busy rolling the dice in 2022. This May, the man will fight light heavyweight
After nearly a decade of fighting no more than two times per year, Canelo Alvarez appears to have acquired a taste for staying busy. Eddie Hearn, in an interview with talkSPORT, revealed that the Mexican superstar intends to fight in December if he wins his upcoming bouts with Dmitry Bivol (May) and Gennadiy Golovkin (September).
Another ordered fight, another set of stalled talks for Janibek Alimkhanuly. A purse bid hearing has been called to determine promotional rights for the WBO-ordered interim middleweight title fight between Alimkhanuly and Danny Dignum. The ten-day negotiation period failed to produce a deal between the unbeaten contenders, prompting the WBO to schedule a purse bid
Posted on 03/22/2022 By: Hans Themistode The boxing world has always debated loudly over certain hypothetical matchups. From fans banging their heads against the wall that Floyd Mayweather would box circles around “Sugar” Ray Leonard to pundits around the globe claiming that Muhammad Ali would defeat Tyson Fury, despite the height and weight disparity. Over
6:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are going to run it back this summer. Usyk received permission to leave Ukraine from the country’s sports minister and will begin training camp for the heavyweight title rematch this summer after crossing the border to Poland, sources told ESPN. The unified champion joined a
News Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images Deion Jumah knows Richard Riakporhe from when they used to spar and insists he’s yet to see any improvement in him WHEN the opportunity came up, while Deion Jumah hadn’t been expecting it, he knew he had to take it. Fighting Richard Riakporhe at Wembley Arena, televised on Sky Sports this
After watching this RD1 KO, it’s easy to see why Australian prospect Tim Tszyu is a prospect to watch out for in the welterweight division. Following in the foot steps of his father, world champion boxer Kosta Tszyu, he plans to make a lane for himself in the boxing world and the first step is