Posted on 02/24/2022 By: Hans Themistode If you spent any amount of time with Britain’s Jack Catterall, his confidence could come across as hubris. The 28-year-old has looked defiantly in the direction of oddsmakers, who’ve pegged him as a considerable underdog against Josh Taylor this weekend, and shrugged his shoulders incredulously. Throughout most of their
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Josh Taylor returns to defend his undisputed 140 lb championship this Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland, facing mandatory challenger Jack Catterall in the main event, which will air on ESPN+ in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. Taylor (18-0, 13 KO) is a big favorite, but we’ve seen some big favorites fall
2:08 AM ET Sibusiso Zingange claimed the South African Junior Lightweight belt at Africa Boxing on Feb. 24, beating four-time defending champion Phila Mpontshane by unanimous decision over 12 rounds. It wasn’t the only title bout of the night though, as South Africa’s Smangele Hadebe dominated from start to finish to beat Tanzania’s Halima Vunjabei
The fists did not start flying, but there were fireworks between undisputed junior welterweight world champion Josh Taylor and top contender Jack Catterall. Taylor and Catterall will lock horns for all the belts Saturday evening at OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, a short drive from Taylor’s hometown of Prestonpans. In the 10-round featherweight co-feature, Cuban
Posted on 02/24/2022 By: Hans Themistode Floyd Mayweather has spent most of his childhood and adult life in the sport of boxing. But while the newly inducted Hall of Famer hung up his gloves for good in 2017, he remains a prominent figure. In many cases, fighters who have ultimately decided to retire, have often
5:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, plans to take up arms to defend against Russia’s invasion, which began in the early hours Thursday. “It’s already a bloody war,” Klitschko, a Hall of Fame boxer, said Thursday on ITV’s “Good Morning Britain.” “… I don’t have
Showtime has some Friday night action in store just two weeks from now. Unbeaten super welterweights Ardreal Holmes and Mekhrubon Sanginov headline a four-fight card on March 11th, live from Deadwood, South Dakota. 2016 Olympic alternate Holmes (11-0, 5 KO) hasn’t seen action since a November 2019 knockout of Jose Antonio Abreu. This will also
Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Getty Images Laid back he might be but the wait for his shot at glory has tested Jack Catterall mentally, physically and financially. By John Evans THE letter was dated August 6, 2019. “…the parties have thirty (30) days upon receipt of this letter to negotiate and reach an
Frank Warren has claimed another significant fight through a purse bid hearing The Hall of Fame promoter’s Queensberry Promotions secured the promotional rights to the interim WBO super middleweight title fight between Providence’s Andrade and England’s Zach Parker. An offer of $1,834,050 was submitted by Queensberry, the highest bidder during a purse bid hearing held
Posted on 02/24/2022 By: Sean Crose The two middle aged men, brothers, stand in a nondescript location wearing winter coats. They are dressed casually and wear worn expressions. They appear to be a universe away from the boxing rings each man once dominated. For there is now another fight on their hands, one with grave
10:00 AM 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 Jack Catterall might be the lesser-known name as he prepares to fight Scotland’s undisputed world champion Josh Taylor on Saturday, but he has shared
Unbeaten super lightweight contender Gary Antuanne Russell joins The PBC Podcast to discuss his big showdown versus former world champ Viktor Postol this Saturday, February 26 on PBC on SHOWTIME. Also, hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal preview that entire card which includes the sensational Chris “Primetime” Colbert taking on Hector Garcia in a battle
Floyd Mayweather celebrates his 45th birthday today and the former world champion Ricky Hatton has said he will be forever grateful that he was able to compete in the Floyd Mayweather era. The two shared the ring just once in what goes down as one of the greatest match-ups in boxing history. Subscribe to BT
It looks like there will need to be a change in plans for the scheduled March 12 fight between Terri Harper and Heather Hardy. Yesterday Hardy posted on social media that she suffered a slip and fall accident which caused an injury to her wrist, forcing her to withdraw from upcoming fight. Hardy would also
Opinion Nigel Roddis/Getty Images After Brook beats Khan the Opening Bell considers what next and more AFTER Brook beats Khan the Opening Bell podcast considers the fight and what next. Kell Brook rolled back the years, or appeared to, as he pounded the resistance out of a typically courageous Amir Khan. The fight, though largely
History Esther Lin/Showtime Floyd Mayweather turns 45 today. We profiled ‘Money’ Mayweather as he enjoyed life as an ex-boxer IT is fair to say Floyd Mayweather, son of former pro Floyd Snr and nephew of former world champion Roger, divides opinion. Undefeated, brash, enigmatic and extraordinarily talented, “Money” has dominated the boxing landscape for one
Jose “Sniper” Pedraza has reached boxing’s pinnacle twice before. A former junior lightweight and lightweight world champion, Pedraza (29-3, 14 KOs) hopes to join an elite list of Puerto Rican fighters to win world titles in three weight classes. He can take a giant leap towards that goal when he battles former unified world champion
Posted on 02/23/2022 By: Hans Themistode Canelo Alvarez is a highly wanted man at the moment. Shortly after wrapping his waist with Caleb Plant’s IBF super middleweight title on November 6th, to become the division’s first undisputed champion, Alvarez was given little time to celebrate. As the Mexican star attempted to enjoy his victory, he