News Buda Mendes/Getty Images IBA, the world governing body for Olympic-style boxing, has excluded Russian athletes. The BBBoC also won’t permit boxers licensed with the Russian Boxing Federation to compete in the UK AFTER Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for international sports federations to ban Russian and Belarussian athletes and
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News Lawrence Lustig The British Boxing Board of Control downgrade Ian John-Lewis, say his scorecard didn’t affect the overall result but recommend all the sanctioning bodies make Jack Catterall their mandatory THE British Boxing Board of Control has downgraded one of the judges of the controversial Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall fight. Catterall lost a
Undefeated super welterweight contender Tim Tszyu and renowned trainer Calvin Ford are this week’s guests on The PBC Podcast. Tszyu looks forward to a U.S. invasion and a shot at a 154-pound world title while Ford updates us on Gervonta “Tank” Davis and shares his wisdom on boxing and life. Also, on the cusp of
The best bits as Tyson Fury speaks to the media about Dillian Whyte, the situation in Ukraine with the Klitschkos, Lomachenko and Usyk, and fighting at Wembley. Watch #FuryWhyte on BT Sport Box Office on Saturday, April 23rd. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing
With junior lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson set to unify titles with Oscar Valdez on April 30, Stevenson chats with Fight Hype about some of his thoughts on the fight. In particular Stevenson responds with his thoughts on what Valdez may try to bring to the table considering he trains alongside Canelo Alvarez. With that question
Prospect Shannon Ryan will make her professional debut on Saturday 26th March on the BOXXER Fight Night at the OVO Arena Wembley, live and exclusive on Sky Sports. Ryan said “I am excited to be working with a supportive team (258MGT) that will help me establish myself within the boxing industry, the goal is to
Posted on 03/08/2022 By: Sean Crose “Back home I always loved watching them.” So said a Russian officer recently captured by Ukrainian forces during his country’s bloody invasion of Ukraine. The people the officer refers to in the widely released video are none other than Ukrainian boxing stars Oleksandr Usyk and Vasyl Lomachenko. Claiming a
The WBC announced on its website today that, as previously reported by Jake Donovan, newly crowned featherweight champion Mark Magsayo’s inaugural title defense could see him face mandatory challenger Rey Vargas this coming July. Vargas (35-0, 22 KO) enjoyed a lengthy reign as super bantamweight champion before a broken leg forced a long stretch of
The family of beloved boxing icon Hector Camacho can now finally let out a sigh of relief. In a courtroom Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, five men were charged with the shocking murder of the three-division titlist and his childhood friend Adrián Mojica Moreno, bringing some semblance of closure to a tragedy whose perpetrators
Posted on 03/09/2022 By: Sean Crose “I can finally teach without my mask on anymore,” Sonya Lamonakis tells me. “It’s hard,” she explains, “you run out of gas.” Lamonakis, a teacher of the New York City Public School System has mcuh to be happy for at the moment. For Lamonakis is also the Vice President
4:11 PM ET Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — With heads bowed and surrounded by heavily armed police, the first suspects arrested nearly a decade after the fatal shooting of renowned Puerto Rico boxer Héctor Camacho appeared in court Wednesday to face murder charges. Five men are accused in the slaying of the fighter
The work of an undisputed champion is never done. Less than two weeks after Josh Taylor controversially retained his super lightweight titles with a decision over WBO mandatory challenger Jack Catterall, the WBA has ordered him to former interim champion Alberto Puello. The pair have 30 days to negotiate. Per the press release, Taylor (19-0,
With things currently at an indefinite stand-still for the heavyweight title rematch between Oleksandr Uysk and Anthony Joshua, with Usyk having joined an armed resistance group in his home country of Ukraine to fend off a Russian invasion — promoter Dmitry Salita takes an opportunity to throw Otto Wallin’s name out there to Sky Sports
During this conversation with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, trainer Abel Sanchez breaks down the upcoming light heavyweight title fight between Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol. Sanchez gives Bivol credit as being a very good, sound boxer, but doesn’t think he has it in him to keep up with Canelo over the course of
SAN DIEGO – The team surrounding Julio Cesar ‘El Rey’ Martinez doesn’t find any shame in losing to an all-time great. The WBC flyweight titlist took a chance in moving up in weight to face Nicaragua’s Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez on just six weeks’ notice. It backfired on every level, beginning with Mexico City’s Martinez badly
Conor Benn will defend his WBA Continental Welterweight Title against South Africa’s Chris Van Heerden at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday April 16, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia). ‘The Destroyer’ (20-0, 13 KOs) secured a stunning knockout win over former World Champion Chris Algieri last time out in December,
Wladimir Klitschko’s latest wartime appeal strikes at the biggest boxing event on the spring calendar. The former longtime reigning heavyweight champion has been desperately trying to drum up support for Ukraine, his homeland, since Russia, its neighbor to the northeast, launched a bloody invasion nearly two weeks ago. Along with his older brother and fellow
Posted on 03/08/2022 By: Hans Themistode Add Jermell Charlo’s name to a long list of pugilistic fighters who crave a showdown against boxing’s biggest star, Canelo Alvarez. “I sure wish I could be the guy to fight Canelo,” said Charlo during a recent interview with Brian Custer on The Last Stand Podcast. Although Charlo has