Posted on 02/27/2022 By: Sean Crose With an undefeated 16-0 record, the 25 year old Chris “PrimeTime” Colbert was in position to move on to big things. In fact, he was supposed to fight for the WBA lightweight title at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas Saturday night, but his opponent, Roger Gutierrez , came down with
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8:38 PM ET Mike Coppinger Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Coming off a clear decision win over Jose Ramirez in May in which he captured the undisputed junior welterweight championship, Josh Taylor
Showtime Championship Boxing is back tonight, with Chris Colbert taking on Hector Garcia in a WBA 130 lb eliminator in the short notice main event. Colbert was originally slated to face WBA titleholder Roger Gutierrez, who withdrew late with COVID, and Garcia, a 29-year-old former Olympian and untested pro from the Dominican Republic, stepped in
News Lawrence Lustig Josh Taylor reacts to the controversy of his victory over Jack Catterall and promises ‘to be a monster’ when he moves up to welterweight next JOSH TAYLOR left the Hydro arena in Glasgow on Saturday with a split decision win over Jack Catterall and the world super-lightweight championship. But it was an
Chris Colbert figured he wouldn’t fight February 26 once he learned last week that Roger Gutierrez contracted COVID-19. The brash Brooklyn native is thus thankful Hector Luis Garcia replaced Gutierrez on barely two weeks’ notice. Otherwise, not only would Colbert have been denied his shot at Gutierrez’s WBA world super featherweight title, he would’ve wasted
Posted on 02/26/2022 By: Hans Themistode Throughout most of their fight build-up, Jack Catterall locked his eyes on Josh Taylor’s IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC, and Ring Magazine 140 pound titles. The British native craved championship glory and was steadfast in his belief that his moment in the sun had finally arrived. Although Catterall marched through
6:29 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Josh Taylor escaped defeat and kept hold of his four world super lightweight titles thanks to a controversial split points decision victory over Jack
Opinion Lawrence Lustig Jack Catterall on the wrong end of a cruel decision in world title clash with Josh Taylor JOSH TAYLOR himself pointed out that Jack Catterall was getting a straight shot at everything he had worked so hard to achieve – the world super-lightweight championship, the four sanctioning body belts, Taylor’s position as
Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will settle things today in Scotland, as Taylor defends his undisputed 140 lb championship in the main event at The SSE Hydro. The show will stream live on ESPN+ at 2 pm ET for those in the United States, with the action airing on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
The Rigolution travels to Dubai, as Guillermo Rigondeaux is set for his next fight. Miami’s Rigondeaux (20-2, 13KOs)—a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and former lineal junior featherweight champ originally from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba— remains at bantamweight, where he faces Philippines Vincent Astrolabio in a scheduled 12-round regional title fight. The bout headlines an eight-fight
Posted on 02/25/2022 By: Sean Crose Former WBC titlist turned Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko has claimed he’s going to fight to defend his Ukrainian homeland against the current Russian military invasion. “I don’t have a choice,” he said on Thursday. “I have to do that.” On Friday, it looked as if Klitschko was keeping his
1:38 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol have finalized a deal for a May 7 fight for Bivol’s light heavyweight title on DAZN pay-per-view, Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn announced Friday. Alvarez is the undisputed super middleweight champion but will return to 175 pounds for the fight. In his lone light heavyweight bout,
Feature Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing The holder of the WBO cruiserweight belt has to remind himself ‘actually I’m pretty good at this’. John Dennen hears from Lawrence Okolie and promoter Eddie Hearn LAWRENCE OKOLIE exudes confidence. But that’s not always been the case. That mindset is based on hard work. “I think my nerves would come
#ColbertGarcia Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-022622 Watch live as fighters featured on our February 26th PBC on SHOWTIME fight card, headlined by a Super Featherweight World Title Eliminator between Chris Colbert and Hector Luis Garcia, weigh-in ahead of their respective bouts, live from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas, NV. #Weigh-in Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com
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Amateur • Issue • Premium IBA Young Reese Lynch is in the same weight class as Josh Taylor, has the same stance, and has already made a big statement for Scottish amateur boxing IT’S too early to call Reese Lynch the next Josh Taylor. But he will be one of the hopes for Scottish amateur
Issue • Premium • Preview Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Last weekend’s storm might have shredded the O2’s roof, but Lawrence Okolie’s fight with Michał Cieślak still goes ahead on Sunday, writes Declan Taylor JUST nine days after storm Eunice left the O2 roof looking like a pair of old boxer shorts, Lawrence Okolie will bid to
Lawrence Okolie will make the second defense of his WBO cruiserweight title in a rare Sunday main event for Matchroom Boxing, facing Poland’s Michal Cieslak in a 12-round bout from London’s O2 Arena. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage on Sunday, Feb. 27, starting at Noon ET, with the fights streaming live on DAZN.