Next month’s MTK Fight Night event has added three fighters to the bill – with Pierce O’Leary, Sultan Zaurbek and Jimmy Croxson all in action. The card is headlined by a British and Commonwealth lightweight title fight between Gavin Gwynne and Luke Willis and takes place on April 15 at York Hall in London, which
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Posted on 03/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “It’s my duty to defend my home, my family,” says IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk during a CNN interview. “It’s not that I want to fight somewhere on the front line. I’m defending my home. I’m defending my wife, my children, my close ones.” The Ukrainian
8:36 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN RIVERSIDE, California — In a sport that’s loud, mean and profane, Jose Ramirez is quiet, earnest and humble to a fault. He’s faithful and stands tirelessly for his people — the farmworkers of California’s Central Valley. COVID-19 relief? Immigration reform? Water rights? He’s all-in. Everything Ramirez does — from his
Issue • News • Premium Kalle Sauerland speaks to John Dennen about his multi-fight deal with Channel 5, and what next for Chris Eubank Jr WASSERMAN Boxing have agreed a long-term, multi-fight deal to be the exclusive provider of boxing content for terrestrial TV broadcaster Channel 5. Promoter Kalle Sauerland has a vision for how
Unbeaten super welterweight prospect Travon Marshall (4-0, 3 KOs) earn a TKO at 2:18 of the fourth round against Brian Jones (15-13, 9 KOs), plus Newark’s Michael Anderson (22-3-1, 16 KOs) scored a third-round knockout over Noe Lopez (10-5-1, 4 KOs) 33 seconds into the round. #TravonMarshall #BrianJones #MarshallJones Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN
#NoFilterBoxing takes you behind the scenes with Tyson Fury as he took over Wembley Stadium on the kick-off press conference for his huge heavyweight showdown with Dillian Whyte. #TysonFury #FuryWhyte 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
Feature Lawrence Lustig Taylor vs Catterall – Incompetence, corruption or just a difference of opinion? The Opening Bell podcast speaks to the head of the British Boxing Board of Control and more A SUPERB performance from Jack Catterall was not rewarded with victory. Instead, Josh Taylor was named the winner in one of the most
We have our first casualty of the sanctioning bodies’ recent moves to penalize Russia and Belarus. Jalol Akhmedov reports and others confirm that a March 26th show in Ekaterinburg, headlined by Magomed Kurbanov vs. Patrick Teixeira, has been postponed after the WBA and WBO refused to sanction a pair of scheduled title fights. The first,
Last Saturday night in Manchester, undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor picked up a controversial twelve round split decision over unbeaten mandatory challenger Jack Catterall. The scores were 113-112 for Taylor, 113-112 for Catterall and 114-111 for Taylor. During the fight, Taylor was dropped for the first time in his career and had a lot
Posted on 03/02/2022 By: Hans Themistode There was an indelible smile smeared onto the face of Dmitry Bivol. The 31-year-old light heavyweight titlist has been longing for a showdown against boxing’s premier star, Canelo Alvarez. The wish of the current WBA 175 pound champion was officially granted just a few days ago as he’ll now
12:29 AM ET Australian Tim Tszyu has locked in his much-anticipated US boxing debut, taking on American Terrell Gausha in Minnesota in late March. The unbeaten junior middleweight contender was initially scheduled to fight on the same card as Brian Castano-Jermell Charlo on Mar. 19 in Los Angeles. However, the winner-takes-all unified showdown was cancelled
Jose Ramirez and Jose Pedraza understand the stakes. The junior welterweights know that the winner of Friday night’s 12-round main event at Fresno’s Save Mart Center will likely receive a world title shot next. Ramirez (26-1, 17 KOs) is a former unified world champion seeking to return to the division’s apex. (photos by Mikey Williams)
Posted on 03/02/2022 By: Hans Themistode Errol Spence Jr. knows he won’t be in the ring with a pushover come April 16th. On the night, Spence Jr. will attempt to unify his WBC and IBF welterweight titles when he takes on WBA champion, Yordenis Ugas. The two will officially swap fists in front of Spence
7:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk was preparing for a rematch vs. Anthony Joshua, but with his country at war with Russia, the heavyweight champion from Ukraine is focused on far more important matters. So, for now, the much anticipated bout is delayed. “We don’t want the obligation of a rematch to go away,”
Ryan Garcia’s April 9th return against Emmanuel Tagoe may not tickle many people’s fancies, but there’s at least one interesting fight on the card. Five-division titlist and reigning WBA flyweight champion Naoko Fujioka revealed yesterday that she’ll face WBC titlist Marlen Esparza in a unification match at the Alamodome. The 46-year-old Fujioka (19-2-1, 7 KO),
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WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA world champion Yordenis Ugas will square off in a welterweight title unification clash that headlines a Showtime PPV on Saturday, April 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event. Spence vs. Ugas is just the 12th unification fight
Posted on 03/02/2022 By: Hans Themistode Teofimo Lopez Sr. believes he’s been prophetic in his ability to predict his son’s future. Once Teofimo Lopez stepped onto the boxing scene, Lopez Sr. screamed to the mountain tops that his son would become a world champion in 15 fights and undisputed in 16. Fast forward four years