Posted on 01/19/2022 By: Hans Themistode Claressa Shields was both elated and taken aback when the news initially broke. As first reported by Dan Rafael, formerly of ESPN, WBO lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson and WBC titlist Oscar Valdez – are on the verge of agreeing to terms for a unification showdown on April 30th, at
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During a video conversation with Fight Hype, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum took a little time to discuss the current status of the negotiations for a 130-pound unification bout between Shakur Stevenson and Oscar Valdez. According to Arum, he thinks the fight is nearly over the finish line and if so we should be getting
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium PIERRE GUILLAUD/AFP/Getty Images Steve Bunce recalls the night he dined with the ‘Bronx Bull’ at an Italian restaurant in New York in 2001 JAKE LaMOTTA never got to dine with royalty in Dubai and that makes me very happy. He did get to dine with me one night in
News Mark Robinson Kell Brook insists the weight is no problem ahead of his grudge match against Amir Khan A MONTH out from his long awaited grudge match with Amir Khan, Kell Brook has insisted he is on track with his weight-making and his training for their February 19 clash in Manchester. Brook hasn’t scaled
Gary Russell Jr. stated more than once during a virtual press conference Tuesday that he is fully focused on fighting Mark Magsayo on January 22. The Philippines’ Magsayo (23-0, 16 KOs) isn’t as skillful as Russell, the longest-reigning champion in men’s boxing. The mandatory challenger for Russell’s WBC featherweight title can punch, though, which will
Posted on 01/18/2022 By: Hans Themistode Over the past several years, Jermall Charlo has beseeched Canelo Alvarez to face him in the ring. Yet, despite his urgent pleas, the Mexican star has often looked past him. Though Charlo has enjoyed a widely successful career, including two world title runs and a growing tendency for scoring
8:40 AM ET Former world titleholders Heather Hardy and Terri Harper are both heading back to the ring — to face one another. Hardy, the former WBO world featherweight titlist, and Harper, the former WBC world junior lightweight titlist, are scheduled to fight on March 12 in Nottingham, England, in a lightweight bout as part
Slight adjustment on the date, hopefully a final confirmation on the location. Earlier this month, Keith Idec revealed that Roger Gutierrez vs. Chris Colbert for the WBA “super” super featherweight title would headline a February 26th Showtime card. Now, Mike Coppinger reports that the bout will land at The Cosmo in Las Vegas, its third
Opinion We ask the Boxing News panel whether they think Dillian Whyte is taking the right stance in his negotiations with Tyson Fury Sunny EdwardsIBF flyweight belt-holderI have no idea of the true commercial value of Dillian Whyte and what he generates by fighting – but if he doesn’t think the split is fair then
Opinion Al Bello/Getty Images Errol Spence vs Terence Crawford is the fight we all want to see. But what should Crawford target if he can’t get it? Sunny EdwardsNo.2 flyweight in the worldTerence Crawford needs to be in the biggest fights possible for him. Outside of Errol Spence I’d like to see him face Yordenis
#ThurmanBarrios Fight Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-020522 Two-time welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman has had his setbacks, but now he’s hungrier than ever and ready to take over the welterweight throne once again. Don’t miss the return of “One Time’ on February 5, 2022, as he battles hard-hitting Mario Barrios, live on FOX Sports PPV! Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com
Leo Santa Cruz can empathize with Gary Russell Jr. like perhaps no other boxer in the sport. Just like his rival, Santa Cruz has been trained by his father throughout his career as an amateur and professional. Santa Cruz felt lost when his dad, Jose, couldn’t train him at times while he battled cancer and
Posted on 01/18/2022 By: Hans Themistode Jaron Ennis has done his best to wait patiently for his turn. But, as the Philadelphia native continues to lay waste to the rest of his 147 pound contemporaries, he believes it’s only a matter of time before he does the same to the upper echelon of the welterweight
ShoBox will serve up some Friday night action next month, returning to the airwaves with a solid-looking tripleheader at Orlando’s Caribe Royale Resort. The lightweight main event pits Jamaine Ortiz (14-0-1, 8 KO) against series newcomer Nahir Albright (14-1, 7 KO). You may recall Ortiz from last April’s phenomenal battle with Joseph Adorno, which saw
WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie does not see any possibility where Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will challenge him. Last November, the boxing world was shocked when Canelo’s handlers made a request to make a big jump in weight to challenge WBC cruiserweight champion Ilunga Makabu. The cruiserweight limit is 200-pounds, while Canelo is the undisputed super
Posted on 01/18/2022 By: Sean Crose Make no mistake about it – Ryan Garcia is an interesting guy. In an excellent interview with Noah Beck, the 23 year old undefeated lightweight gave insight not only into his future plans, but into his overall personality, as well. “Every fight could be my last fight,” he says.
Subriel Matias isn’t far off from a possible world title fight. The 140 lb contender is in line for a final IBF eliminator — or, potentially, a vacant IBF title fight — with Jeremias Ponce as we open a new year in boxing. But first, the 29-year-old Puerto Rican slugger will have to deal with
Issue • News • Premium Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Simon Euan Smith remembers explosive British champion Jimmy Anderson JIMMY ANDERSON, who has died aged 79, is in the record books as Britain’s first champion at super-featherweight (then called junior-lightweight).Anderson won the inaugural title bout at the weight in February 1968, flooring and halting previously unbeaten