Posted on 02/19/2021 By: Sean Crose Yes, he’s back. He reportedly couldn’t make the set upon weight, but he’s back. Adrien Broner, boxing’s bad boy, returns to the ring this Saturday to face the undefeated but widely unknown Jovanie Santiago in a scheduled 12 round affair that is now being held in the welterweight division.
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Following yesterday’s somewhat low-key announcement that Adrien Broner and Jovanie Santiago had “mutually agreed” to push their fight from 140 to 147 pounds on Saturday night, today’s weigh-in figured to be OK, and it was. Broner (33-4-1, 24 KO) and Santiago (14-0-1, 10 KO) both came in under the new limit, with Broner at 146
News Mark Robinson 440 days after Josh Kelly and David Avanesyan were first due to collide, the two are finally ready to fight. Roy Kelly (no relation) reports from the Wembley bubble THE weigh-in was not without its hitches. Issues regarding the scales had to be resolved just before the ceremony without the need for Eddie
The buildup throughout Otto Wallin’s previous fight focused on his ability to deliver a stiff challenge to the best heavyweight in the world. The goal moving forward is to make sure he is better remembered for his winning performances. A first step was taken by the Swedish southpaw last August, scoring a 5th round injury
Posted on 02/16/2021 By: Sean Crose Undefeated 16-0 welterweight Janelson Figueroa Bocachica will be squaring off against fellow undefeated prospect, Mark Reyes Jr as the highlight of a ShoBox card which will be aired live by Showtime from Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino on Wednesday evening starting at 9PM. The 14-0 Reyes Jr was last in
7:00 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN The seduction of Frank Espinoza — of Simmons Avenue in East LA, an occasional member of the City Terrace gang, son of a welder whose hands had been mangled by arthritis — began when he was a teenager, sometime in the mid-’60s, upon his maiden voyage to the Grand Olympic
Opinion Los Guerreros – Listing 10 classic Mexican rivalries MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA vs ERIK MORALESThe Barrera-Morales trilogy is rightly regarded as one of the greatest collection of contests in history. Their bitter feud was rooted in the historic rivalry between their respective hometowns of Mexico City (Barrera) and Tijuana (Morales). After losing to Morales at
Opinion LUIS PEREZ/AFP/Getty Images We ask a panel of experts how they see Miguel Berchelt vs Oscar Valdez going Carl FramptonTwo-weight world championI fancy Berchelt strongly in the fight. Valdez has shown a few weaknesses, certainly against Adam Lopez when he fought on the same card as me in Vegas. Canelo’s team are trying to
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn took some open questions from fans on Instagram on Thursday, giving some updates on the likes of Callum Smith, Devin Haney, the Fury-Joshua fight (kinda!), Josh Warrington following his loss to Mauricio Lara, and many more. Some of what Hearn had to say, mostly the boxing stuff, nothing about his
On Saturday night Miguel Berchelt (38-1) and Oscar Valdez (28-0) will finally meet in the ring. The two all-action fighters will clash in an ESPN main event that will broadcast live from inside of ‘The Bubble’ at the MGM Grand Garden Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The all Mexican showdown was originally scheduled to
Posted on 02/18/2021 By: Hans Themistode Callum Smith won’t make any excuses. However, something just wasn’t right. When the British native stepped into the ring against Canelo Alvarez just a few months ago, he looked lethargic, passive and unenthused about being there. By the time 12 rounds of action passed by, Smith knew that he
???? FIGHT UPDATE ???? Four-Time World Champion and must-see attraction Adrien “The Problem” Broner will end his two-year hiatus from boxing when he faces Jovanie Santiago in a 12-round headlining super lightweight bout on Saturday, February 20, on Showtime. FIGHT NIGHT DETAILS ????: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-2-20-21 ***************************************************************************** (February 18, 2017) Adrien Broner insisted from the get-go that
The planned rematch between Alexander Povetkin and Dillian Whyte, which is set to stream on DAZN and air on Sky Box Office, could possibly be facing further delay. Originally scheduled for January, Povetkin came down with COVID and had to pull out, and even if that hadn’t happened, UK boxing shut down for the month
Rising undefeated welterweight prospect Janelson Figueroa Bocachica earned a closely-contested majority decision victory over Mark Reyes Jr. in the entertaining main event of Wednesday night’s ShoBox: The New Generation telecast from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., as ShoBox continues its 20th anniversary year as the premier boxing series aimed at developing prospects into contenders
Posted on 02/18/2021 By: Hans Themistode The moment the scale underneath the feet of Joseph Diaz read 133.6 pounds, Tevin Farmer couldn’t stop himself from grinning. With Diaz unable to make the 130 pound limit for his IBF-mandated title defense against Tajikistan Rakhimov this past weekend, the championship he worked so hard to acquire against
Feature In 2019 Ian Probert sat down with Michael Watson to watch the fateful rematch with Chris Eubank. Read the feature here IT is the hottest day of the year and clearly too much for Michael Watson. The former boxer sinks into his chair and shakes his head wearily. “I’m tired…” he murmurs, more to
News Mark Robinson Inside the Wembley bubble, Roy Kelly (no relation) hears from Josh Kelly and David Avanesyan ahead of their big fight Has boxing gone soft? Here we are, 48 hours before a serious conflict and the media conference at the Wembley Hilton ahead of Josh Kelly’s crack at David Avanesyan’s European title is
Cecilia Braekhus sounded as if she were contemplating retirement after her upset defeat at the hands of Jessica McCaskill last August. “I don’t know what will happen right now,” she said. “I’m so proud to be a part of women’s boxing right now. If this is my last fight, I can leave boxing saying that