Rolando Romero (13-0, 11 KOs) remained unbeaten against late replacement Avery Sparrow (10-4, 3 KOs) with a dominating performance that led Sparrow’s corner to call an end to the fight in seventh round. All three judges had the fight scored 60-51 at the time of the technical knockout stoppage, as did SHOWTIME’s unofficial ringside scorer
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Premium • Reports Amanda Westcott/Showtime Stephen Fulton demonstrates another side to his game by impressively outfighting Angelo Leo HEADING into his WBO super-bantamweight title tilt against Angelo Leo, everyone knew that Stephen Fulton was a slick and skilful boxer. Now, everyone knows that he can fight too. Instead of boxing from range and keeping his
Jake and Logan Paul have gotten a mixed bag of feedback from fans and fighters alike ever since both brothers revived the cottage industry of celebrity boxing. Count Conor McGregor as one of the stars who support YouTubers, entertainers and social media personalities in their quests to cross over into the ring. “As they say,
Posted on 01/23/2021 By: Sean Crose The undefeated Angelo Leo defended his WBO super bantamweight title against the likewise undefeated Stephen Fulton in a scheduled 12 round affair broadcast live by Showtime from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut on Saturday. Leo, 20-0, and Fulton, 18-0, both came out aggressively in the first. It was
12:44 AM ET Stephen Fulton had to wait several months to get a crack at the WBO’s junior featherweight belt. When he finally got his opportunity on Saturday, Fulton didn’t squander it. The Philadelphia native knocked off Angelo Leo via unanimous decision to win the title. In a bout that wasn’t short on action, Fulton
We haven’t heard much from the inimitable, indefatigable, indomitable Don King lately, save for a press release sent from his office which had The Don lobbying for votes for his guy Donald Trump on Nov. 3. That push didn’t get Trump over the finish line. We don’t know what King, now 89, thinks of Trump’s
Boxers • Premium Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) But Liam Shinkwin has shown that he can be nasty in the ring When and why you started boxing: I started boxing when I was eight or nine. Ever since I was little I’d always wanted to box. My dad, Ronnie Shinkwin, was a pro in the ‘80s and
History STR/AFP via Getty Images George Foreman and Ron Lyle go hell for leather over five violent rounds GEORGE FOREMAN w ko 5 RON LYLEJanuary 24, 1976; Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NVJANUARY was a good month for George Foreman. Throughout his career he fought nine times in the first month of the year, winning each
Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. - In a battle of unbeatens for the WBO super bantamweight title, Stephen Fulton (19-0, 8 KOs) became a world champion with a twelve round unanimous decision over Angelo Leo (20-1, 9 KOs). The scores were 118-110, 119-109, 119-109. Fulton was very sharp with his jab in the first round, while
Posted on 01/23/2021 By: Sean Crose Super bantamweight Raeese Aleem appeared on Saturday’s Showtime and PBC card at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena, taking on Vic Pasillas in a scheduled 12 round affair for the WBA Interim World Super Bantamweight title. Both men were undefeated heading into the ring. The 17-0 Aleem and 16-0 Pasillas came
Former two-division champion and pound-for-pound king and newly-announced Hall of Famer Andre Ward has been out of the ring since 2017, when he retired at the age of 33 with an undefeated record of 32-0 (16 KO). Now a month out from his 37th birthday, Ward has stuck to the decision, working as an analyst
Ekaterinburg, Russia -2016 Rio bronze medalist Vladimir Nikitin suffered his second career setback (as a pro) with an eight-round draw against determined Kazakh import Yerzhan Zalilov. Scores were: 77-75, 75-77, and 76-76 – in what was a very spirited two-way contest. Nikitin, 30, was fighting in Russia for the second time since losing a hyped
Andre Ward On Sergey Kovalev Positive Drug Test: “He’s Slipping And Guys Tend To Do Things Like That When They’re Trying To Hold On” Posted on 01/23/2021 By: Hans Themistode In no way shape or form was newly elected hall of famer Andre Ward calling Sergey Kovalev a perpetual cheater. However, with the vast majority
12:18 PM 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 Josh Warrington has told ESPN that he hopes giving up a world featherweight title will ensure he gets to fight the big names this
Tonight at 9 pm ET on Showtime, we’ve got a tripleheader led by a 122-pound WBO title fight between Angelo Leo and Stephen Fulton Jr. Bad Left Hook will be here with for round by round updates on each fight, with Wil Esco on the RBR call. Leo and Fulton were originally meant to meet
Chris Eubank Jr earlier this week told BT Sport that Liam Williams is levels below him and didn’t believe he was worthy of a message from him. He vowed that a fight between the pair would be an execution. Liam Williams has responded with verbal insults of his own and believes a fight between the
???? FIGHT UPDATE ???? Undefeated IBF World Super Middleweight Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant looks to defend his title against former champion Caleb “Golden” Truax in the first FOX PBC Fight Night of 2021. FIGHT NIGHT DETAILS ????: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-013021 Unbeaten IBF World Super Middleweight Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant isn’t looking past January 30, 2021, when he
Rolando Romero is coming off a controversial win over Jackson Marinez. For his efforts, Romero took home a WBA interim lightweight title, but he also was awarded a heap of criticism at no fault of his own when all three judges handed the 25-year-old a unanimous decision. Romero won the fight on paper, but certainly,