Posted on 08/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode Regis Prograis is patiently waiting for news on when he’ll re-enter the boxing ring. The former 140-pound titlist and highly rated contender, isn’t sifting through offers on who his next opponent will be. The now 32-year-old is fully aware that a showdown between himself and former four-division champion, Mikey
8:03 AM ET It seemed that the welterweight division was finally going to succeed in delivering a fight between two of the top boxers that’s been starved for big bouts. Everything was looking good in the lead-up until an eye injury for Errol Spence Jr. scuttled his fight against Manny Pacquiao. Because another big welterweight
Opinion MP Promotions Manny Pacquiao in his own words on Yordenis Ugas coming in to replace the injured Errol Spence I want to say that I’m praying for Errol Spence to make a fast recovery from his injury. Health is always the priority and the most important thing. I did my best in training and
Issue • Premium • Reports Mikey Williams/Top Rank/Getty Images There’s success for Joshua Franco, Vergil Ortiz, Austin Trout, Muhammad Ali’s grandson and more during a hectic weekend of international action, writes Eric Armit August 13DUBAI, UAEIn his first fight since January 2020, super-middleweight ANTHONY SIMS JNR (21-1) dropped Argentinian HERNAN PEREZ (8-4) three times before
Friday’s ESPN+ card from Dubai has been readjusted once again. The event was originally set to be headlined by Shavkat Rakhimov vs Kenichi Ogawa for the vacant IBF junior lightweight title, but that was postponed last week, and a cruiserweight bout between Ali Baloyev and Rolly Lambert Fogoum was made the new headline fight. That
On Saturday, August 21 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, former world champions and all-action brawlers Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and “Vicious” Victor Ortiz will meet in a 10-round welterweight duel. Guerrero (36-6-1, 20 KOs) is a three-time world champion who has won world titles at featherweight and super featherweight, and has fought a stacked
Posted on 08/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Brian Castano still believes that his shoulders should be laced with even more gold. After taking on unified 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo roughly a month ago, Castano couldn’t believe his ears when it was announced that their contest was a split decision draw. The WBO 154 pound titlist ultimately
Issue • News • Premium KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images Nigel Collins remembers Stanley ‘Kitten’ Hayward, a fine boxer and an even better man EVERYBODY loved Stanley ‘Kitten’ Hayward, as much for his personality as his fighting prowess. When he died on August 10 at age 82, the Philadelphia boxing community mourned not only the loss of an
Premier Boxing Champions will stage a rare Sunday show at Minneapolis’ Armory on September 5th, featuring a super welterweight main event between rising 20-year-old prospect Jesus Ramos and once-beaten Brian Mendoza. Ramos (19-0, 17 KO), nephew of veteran Abel, scored a dominant unanimous decision over Javier Molina this past May, which snapped a five-fight knockout
Pro boxing returned to Worcester, Massachusetts as Rivera Promotions Entertainment (RPE) and Shearns Boxing Promotions presented “New England’s Future VII” at the famed Palladium. Undefeated heavyweight Cassius “C.O.G.” Chaney (21-0, 14 KOs), promoted by Maun Events, won a 10-round unanimous decision over game Shawndell Terell Winters (13-6, 12 KOs), a former NAB heavyweight champion, in
Posted on 08/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Joe Smith Jr. appears to be on his way to defending his newly won WBO light heavyweight title against once beaten contender, Umar Salamov. As first reported by Mike Coppinger of ESPN, the pair have placed their signatures on the dotted line for a showdown that is being targeted
7:24 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Charles Conwell, who represented USA Boxing at the 2016 Olympics, told ESPN he faked a hand injury on the advice of his manager, David McWater, in order to withdraw from an April 8 fight that was slated to headline an NBCSN show. The junior middleweight contender was set to fight
???? Order #PacquiaoUgas on YouTube PPV NOW: https://pbcham.ps/PacUgasPPV Former Unified Heavyweight World Champion Andy Ruiz Jr., Former Two-division World Champion Sergio Martinez, and WBO World Super Welterweight Champion Brian Castaño pay tribute to boxing’s only eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by
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I don’t trust WBA President Gilberto Mendoza’s pledge to finally reduce the number of belts in play one bit, but at least one of them will be gone soon. The sanctioning body has ordered “world” super featherweight champion Roger Gutierrez to face interim champion Chris Colbert, giving the pair until September 15th to come to
Unbeaten rising star Jesus “Mono” Ramos Jr. will duel super welterweight contender Brian Mendoza in a 10-round showdown that headlines FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes Sunday, September 5 from The Armory in Minneapolis. FOX PBC Fight Night begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and features rising lightweight contender Starling “El Poli”
Posted on 08/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Manny Pacquiao sensed deja vu as he sat back in his palatial estate to watch Guillermo Rigondeaux take on his fellow Filipino countrymen, and WBO bantamweight titlist, John Riel Casimero. The two faced off this past Saturday night at Dignity Health Sports Park, in Carson California. Before entering the
Aug 14, 2021 Mike CoppingerESPN The never-ending saga to find a new date and location for Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos marches on. Triller co-founder Ryan Kavanaugh told ESPN on Saturday he is planning to stage the rescheduled undisputed lightweight championship fight in October in the Middle East. “We are currently working with the regulatory bodies to