7:53 AM ET Mike Coppinger 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 Unlike most other professional sports, trades do not happen in boxing. Boxing promoters sign fighters to their companies and promote their fights,
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The Jake Paul vs Hasim Rahman Jr pay-per-view undercard is now fully rounded out, with 140 lb prospect Brandun Lee and lightweight Ashton Sylve added to the card. The 23-year-old Lee (25-0, 22 KO) has come up through the ShoBox scene, and got spots on the Donaire vs Gaballo and Spence vs Ugas cards in
Two-division world champion Danny “Swift” Garcia is ten days away from his scheduled showdown with Jose Benavidez Jr. The bout takes place on Saturday, July 30, headlining live on Showtime televised tripleheader from Barclays Center in Brooklyn in a Premier Boxing Champions event. Garcia, who won world titles at junior welterweight and welterweight, is making
Feature • Premium Matt Skelton poses ahead of his fight against Ruslan Chagaev in 2008 (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images) Matt Skelton remembers his unlikely rise through the heavyweight ranks and pinpoints the moment he realised the ascent had stopped THERE comes a time in every fighter’s career when he realises his best days are
Letters Simon Euan-Smith pays tribute to the 1966 Commonwealth Games gold medallist ROGER TIGHE, who died on July 1 aged 77, was a fine amateur who couldn’t reach the same heights as a pro. Southpaw Tighe won the ABA light-heavyweight title in 1966, and was chosen as English team captain for the Commonwealth Games in
Premium • Reports Hamzah Sheeraz attacks Francisco Torres (Scott Rawsthorne / Queensberry Promotions) Ron Lewis watches the humble Sheeraz rises from the floor to stop Torres atop entertaining bill IF THERE is one man not buying into the hype that is surrounding Hamzah Sheeraz right now, it is the man himself. The recently elected British
Posted on 07/21/2022 By John “Gutterdandy” Walker Ukrainian heavyweight boxing legend and current Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, was presented with the Arthur Ashe Award For Courage Wednesday night at the 2022 ESPY awards. Known as “Dr. Ironfist” during his boxing career, where he amassed a glittering record of 45-2 with 41 wins coming by
One of boxing’s more under-the-radar sagas of idiocy looks to be nearing its end. Alfredo Caballero, trainer of Juan Francisco Estrada, told Izquierdazo on Monday that his charge will vacate his WBA belt rather than defend it against Joshua Franco on August 20th. Instead, Fernando Barbosa reports that “El Gallo” will face former title challenger
Bunce Diaries • Premium Frankie Lucas in 1973 (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) In his latest diary entry, Steve Bunce tells the story of Frankie Lucas, the lost fighter who didn’t want to be found THIS is a giant story about one man and his struggle for recognition. It is all true. Frankie Lucas
Former unified heavyweight world champion Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr. and top contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz faced off for the first time on Wednesday, at a Los Angeles press conference to preview their much-anticipated WBC Heavyweight World Title Eliminator which headlines a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View on September 4 in a Labor Day weekend
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Ryan Garcia doesn’t think his demand for them to fight at the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds should prevent Gervonta Davis from embracing their showdown. There are other obstacles, mostly related to promoters and platforms, that could prevent Garcia and Davis from fighting later this year. Weight, however, shouldn’t be an issue, according to
The theme this week seems to be “get on with it.” The WBO has once again ordered middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade to defend his title against interim champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, giving the pair 30 days to come to terms. Andrade (31-0, 19 KO) first got these marching orders in November after running over Jason Quigley
Christian “Solid” Mbilli (21-0, 19 KOs) is out to dominate the 168-pound weight category and plans on making a statement on September 9 as he fights his way to the top to claim a second title belt. The Eye of the Tiger protegé will face off against American contender DeAndre Ware (15-3-2, 9 KOs) for
12:46 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury announced his retirement in April, but it doesn’t appear the heavyweight champion’s hiatus will last long. Since Fury’s sixth-round TKO win over Dillian Whyte in April in London, “The Gypsy King” has repeatedly flip-flopped between expressing his desire to fight again and remain retired. Earlier this summer, Fury
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Not long after Adrien Broner made another spectacle of himself — and not so much in an endearing way — following yesterday’s virtual press conference for his Aug. 20 fight against Omar Figueroa, Broner took to his Instagram account to admit he might’ve acted out. According to Broner, it was simply a reaction to a
Letters • Premium Holly Stein/Allsport This week’s panellists were asked to name their number one Mexican fighter Paul Butler (WBO bantamweight belt-holder) My favourite Mexican fighter would have to be Marco Antonio Barrera. Growing up watching the three Érik Morales fights, the Naseem Hamed fight, and the Manny Pacquiao fight made a big impression on
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