Okay, seriously, somebody needs to pick a different date. December 18th is now even more bloated with boxing, as David Morrel Jr. will defend his WBA “world” super middleweight title against Alantez Fox at The Armory in Minneapolis on FOX. The card will go head to head with both Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury on
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Claressa ‘GWOAT’ Shields, currently a unified world champion in two weight divisions, has finalized a multi-fight, seven-figure deal along with her longtime promoter Salita Promotions, with broadcaster Sky Sports and promoter BOXXER. Undefeated three-division world champion Shields (11-0-0, 2 KO’s) will enter the ring in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff for a mandatory defense
Posted on 11/11/2021 By: Hans Themistode Devin Haney was beginning to lose hope. With the 22-year-old WBC lightweight champion calling for showdowns against the top names in his division, it seemed more and more likely that his next ring appearance would be against an unworthy foe. However, with Ryan Garcia forced to withdraw from his
With just over a week left until the welterweight title fight between Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter, trainer Kenny Porter sets up for Shawn’s ‘high intensity’ sparring that includes a number of familiar names, including Gervonta Davis. Check out some excerpts of what Porter had to say about their training camp below. Kenny Porter on
Issue • News • Premium Dave Thompson/Matchroom The always improving Chris Billam-Smith tells Elliot Worsell why his stablemate Lawrence Okolie would be too good for Mairis Briedis BOURNEMOUTH cruiserweight Chris Billam-Smith never has to search too hard for either inspiration or a blueprint, at least not when training alongside Lawrence Okolie, one of the best
Opinion Al Bello/Getty Images The Opening Bell podcast reflects on Canelo Alvarez’s performance against Caleb Plant, hears from David Haye and more YET again Canelo Alvarez proved he’s in a different league to his peers, this time with a clinical beatdown of the brave Caleb Plant. But Plant was better than many expected beforehand as
Manchester, England – Fast-rising and undefeated Irish star Brett McGinty wants to lift the Irish title on home soil and would love to have fight great Ricky Hatton alongside him. McGinty, a former stellar and highly decorated amateur, makes his fourth appearance as a professional with Hatton in his corner at the Coventry Skydome Arena
Posted on 11/10/2021 By: Stewart Flaherty Alycia ‘The Bomb’ Baumgardner will have her first shot at world title gold on November 13th when she travels to Sheffield to face undefeated champion Terri ‘Belter’ Harper. Residing on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan. Baumgardner is no stranger to the industrial surroundings that Yorkshire’s ‘Steel City’ will provide.
Showtime has actually put together a pretty damn solid undercard for Gervonta Davis’ December 5th PPV main event against Isaac Cruz. As expected, Sebastian Fundora vs. Sergio Garcia serves as the co-feature, while Sergiy Derevyanchenko faces Carlos Adamaes in a clash of former title challengers and Eduardo Ramirez opens the show against Miguel Marriaga. Fundora
The pride of Tijuana, former WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (37-0, 30 KOs), is only a few days away from his dangerous middleweight clash with “King” Gabriel Rosado (26-13-1, 15 KOs), which place on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The fight, which is being streamed by DAZN, presents a lot
Posted on 11/10/2021 By: Hans Themistode Canelo Alvarez knows exactly what it feels like to compete in the light heavyweight division. The pound-for-pound star made his lone trip to the weight class in November of 2019 and produced the results he was looking for, scoring an 11th round stoppage win over former titlist, Sergey Kovalev.
5:47 AM ET Tyson Fury was “badly injured” before his action-packed victory over Deontay Wilder last month and has since had a six-hour surgery to correct the problem, his father, John, has said. Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) retained his WBC heavyweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when he scored a highlight-reel knockout
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John Fury insists a fully-fit Tyson Fury would have no problems with Oleksandr Usyk or Dillian Whyte and had words of advice to the two heavyweights on how they can bag the big fight. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport
Undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor is currently slated for a WBO title defense against Jack Catterall on February 26, but his list of obligations is growing as WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has confirmed that Zepeda is now the organization’s mandatory challenger to their green belt. “Zepeda is the mandatory contender in the division. We
Opinion PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty Images Is there a fighter out there who can dethrone Canelo Alvarez? Darren BarkerFormer IBF belt-holderI don’t we’ll see Canelo beaten any time soon, unless he does something crazy and moves up to cruiserweight. Dave ColdwellTop trainerIt could be Beterbiev if he lands on him. I want to see it because
Raymond “Danger” Muratalla, the 24-year-old lightweight from Fontana, California, has a new opponent for his PPV debut Saturday, Nov. 20 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. After unbeaten prospect Steven Ortiz was forced to withdraw due to injury, Muratalla will fight Argentina’s Elias “El Macho” Araujo in an eight-rounder to open
7:50 AM ET Katie Taylor, Claressa Shields and Amanda Serrano continue to lead the way in the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings. But Mikaela Mayer gained some ground and solidified her spot in the top 5 with a dominant unanimous decision victory over Maiva Hamadouche to unify the WBO and IBF junior lightweight world titles. In