After recent reports surfaced indicating that Canelo Alvarez may be nearing a fight against Dmitry Bivol for his next outing, David Benavidez took a moment to give his take on that potential fight. When the fight was first seriously mentioned there weren’t many who appreciated my appraisal of Bivol’s style going against someone like Canelo,
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EUROPEAN WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION David Avanesyan returns to the ring on March 19 at the OVO Arena, Wembley with a defence of his title on a night of multiple championship clashes at the historic London venue. Avanesyan, who is bidding to return to world title contention in 2022, takes on the unbeaten Finn Oskari Metz, 15-0,
Posted on 02/11/2022 By: Hans Themistode Amir Khan simply despises Kell Brook. He has for years. With the pair officially set to square off on February 19th, in Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom, Khan is anxiously checking the hourglass as their showdown gets closer and closer. While Khan has openly admitted to loathing his
The last time Bad Left Hook caught up with Vergil Ortiz Jr, he said he doesn’t want to waste any time. The 23 year old welterweight is at or near the top of the rankings for every major sanctioning body after piling up knockouts in every one of his 18 professional fights. Next month, he’ll
History The Ring Magazine/Getty Images The beating of James Toney was meticulously planned in training camp but then something happened that Dave Tiberi could never have prepared for. This is the story of one of the most infamous decisions in boxing history. By Thomas Gerbasi RANDY GORDON, then the Chairman of the New York State
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Pick It: TBRB #3 Daniel Jacobs vs. John Ryder (Saturday, DAZN, 2:00 PM EST) It’s a lighter weekend for the sweet science but the sport won’t be absent. The fight of the weekend is this subtle crossroads fight between a pair of veteran super middleweights who need to win now. 35-year old former middleweight titlist
Posted on 02/10/2022 By: Sean Crose “Good afternoon, I am grateful to communicate that there is offers for Canelo’s next fight from PBC and matchroom. The negotiation process is still a work in progress. A final decision has not been reached. As of now, all information published yesterday has no truth or foundation behind it.
Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Six months after DAZN launched in the UK, Matt Christie talks to promoter Eddie Hearn and Executive Vice President Joe Markowski about the journey so far and the future IT is four years since American audiences were introduced to DAZN and Eddie Hearn, the streaming service and
Issue • Premium • Preview Mark Robinson/Matchroom It’s the chance John Ryder has been waiting for. He gets a fight with a big-name at home in London, writes John Dennen JOHN RYDER has been waiting for a big fight. Last year he flew out to Texas, ready to step in at less than week’s notice
During a media interview with David Benavidez, he talks about his inability to really lure some big names into a fight against him next, namely Jermall Charlo and Caleb Plant, and then goes on to say he expects them to face each other next instead. Benavidez adds that while he may not be in line
Grant Dennis is fully aware of the rewards that are on offer if he can defeat Danny Dignum when the two fighters meet on Friday’s MTK Fight Night. Dennis (17-3, 3 KOs) challenges Dignum (13-0-1, 7 KOs) for his WBO European middleweight title as part of this week’s huge event at York Hall in London,
Posted on 02/10/2022 By: Hans Themistode Daniel Jacobs always believed he was placed at an unfair disadvantage. Yet, in order to get the fight he always wanted, Brooklyn’s Jacobs maintains that he had no choice. Heading into his showdown against Canelo Alvarez in May of 2019, Jacobs was confident in his ability to hand the
You don’t often see a star prospect’s promoter go on television and tell the world that someone beat his fighter. But that’s exactly what happened last weekend after Raymond Ford won a controversial split decision over Edward Vazquez on the undercard of Cuadras-Rodriguez. Eddie Hearn, Ford’s promoter, said on the DAZN broadcast that he thought
We speak to promoter Eddie Hearn about Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano, Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte, Jake Paul, DAZN, BT and Chris Eubank Jr. Joe Markowski of DAZN: https://youtu.be/HAPDNltig3c Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader in boxing entertainment since 1999. Part of
Felix Verdejo will remain in prison through at least his next trial date. The transition period and the process in general, however, has taken a financial toll on the boxer and the ability to have proper representation in a court of law. Lead counsel for Verdejo and alleged accomplice Luis Antonio Cadiz-Martinez met in a
Posted on 02/10/2022 By: Sean Crose “He’s got to be more aggressive,” Matchroom Boxing honcho Eddie Hearn tells Fight Hub about what his fighter, Anthony Joshua, has to do in his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk. “Usyk,” he adds, “is a pound for pound great.” Usyk certainly looked great when he battled Joshua last fall. Employing
News Dave Thompson/Matchroom Chris Billam Smith expects to be out on the Conor Benn show in April EUROPEAN cruiserweight champion Chris Billam Smith is expecting to box on Conor Benn’s April undercard in a mandatory defence against Italy’s Fabio Turchi. “He’s quite tough. Can be a bit wild at times, a southpaw obviously. Tommy McCarthy