Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer How Kell Brook crafted a world-class boxing career to be proud of KELL BROOK could have retired last year with nothing left to prove and ticked almost every box. A British champion at welterweight. The winner of a sanctioning body belt on American soil. Some serious cash
Issue • Opinion • Premium Mark Robinson I’ve recovered from the Avanesyan defeat. I know why it happened. After this comeback fight, I’ll look for big fights, says Josh Kelly Xhuljo Vrenozi will be my first fight back since losing to David Avanesyan. The old school fighters won and lost and beat each other and
Some words stick with you. The honesty may be flippant, it may be intentional, but whatever it may be, it gives you an insight into the mind of a fighter that you don’t often get in a world of manufactured quotes and cliches you can almost predict before they leave the mouth. But on this
Posted on 05/10/2022 By: Sean Crose Famous boxers have certainly been leaving their mark on the international stage lately. Ever since Russian forces first invaded Ukraine this past winter, notable fighters from that Eastern European nation have stepped into the global spotlight in defense of their country. Whether it’s former greats the Kltischko brothers or
5:50 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Terence “Bud” Crawford — who has yet to lose a fight in his professional career (38-0, 29
Daniel Roman tells the world that he’s really excited for this chance to become a unified champion for a second time in his June 4th fight against Stephen Fulton. Roman says he’s been putting the work in and come fight night he’s got to be ready to perform . “It’s been a great training camp.
(April 20, 2021) Undefeated lightweight Frank Martin stopped previously unbeaten Jerry Perez in the seventh-round Tuesday night headlining FS1 PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes from Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The battle of rising lightweight prospects saw Martin (13-0, 10 KOs) breakthrough in that seventh round, as he landed a
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A women’s 10-round championship fight has been added to the inaugural edition of “The Global Titans Fight Series,” headlined by the ring return of Floyd “Money” Mayweather facing “Dangerous” Don Moore “in the skies of Dubai” on Saturday, May 14, as former unified champion Delfine Persoon of Belgium will take on France’s undefeated Elhem “The
Posted on 05/10/2022 By: Hans Themistode Despite reigning as light heavyweight champion for the better part of the past five years, Dmitry Bivol capitulated to many of the demands of Canelo Alvarez. Although Alvarez came into their May 7th, showdown as the challenger, it was Alvarez who was allowed to walk second and introduced last
3:54 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia is inching closer to his first title shot. The WBC on Tuesday ordered a lightweight title eliminator between Garcia and Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, according to a letter sent to the fighters that was obtained by ESPN. If no deal is struck between Garcia’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya’s
It’s Tuesday, so the latest episode of Prophets of Goom has arrived, and boy howdy it’s a big’un with John Hansen and myself, Scott Christ, with a lot to talk about following Dmitry Bivol’s upset win over Canelo Alvarez. Will they do the rematch right away? Should Canelo do the rematch right away, or fight
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History • Issue • Premium Miles Templeton investigates why Maxie Smith was ranked among the world’s best light-heavyweights I WAS recently scanning through an old copy of The Ring magazine from April 1974, and my mind was jogged by something that I had forgotten about. The light-heavyweight ratings that month listed the following: Champion –
Hamzah Sheeraz, the unbeaten middleweight, has been voted Young Boxer of the Year. The 22-year-old from Slough was voted for the award by members of the Boxing Writers’ Club . He joins a prestigious roll call of former award winners that includes the likes of Randolph Turpin, John H Stracey, John Conteh, Frank Bruno, Naseem
Posted on 05/07/2022 By Charles Jay My quick take on fight between Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol is that we are looking at something that’s going to go the distance. And then we can kind of go from there. I don’t know if Bivol comes into this affair thinking in terms of a knockout victory.
Amateur James Chance/Getty Images Rosie Eccles speaks to John Dennen about the significance of the Women’s World championships in Turkey BOXING at the Women’s World championships in Istanbul, Turkey culminates in the finals from May 19-20. The tournament was delayed from last year. Long awaited, it will decide the leading female boxers in the world
Issue • News • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Dmitry Bivol tells Phil Rogers about the complexities of fighting Alvarez and what happens next DMITRY BIVOL won two fights on Saturday night. The first was broadcast to millions around the world, the neon glare of the Vegas strip examining his every move against a modern great in Canelo