Issue • Premium • Reports Ian Walton/Matchroom Boxing Beating Bolotniks was far from easy, but people sometimes forget that boxing isn’t meant to be. Ron Lewis on Joshua Buatsi’s latest fight WHEN Eddie Hearn looks back at the results from his second edition of Fight Camp, what will most likely please him most, more than
Feature Amy Andrew is set to make her pro debut on August 21 When and why you started boxing:I started for fitness. I signed up for a white collar fight on a whim. I’d signed up because I’d tried to do marathons and not trained so I thought if I was going to get punched
Posted on 08/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode Throughout most of his young career, Vergil Ortiz Jr. has craved for someone, anyone, to give him a true fight. With a jam-packed crowd filing into their seats at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the 23-year-old was given just that, a fight. As Egidijus Kavaliauskas
Posted on 08/15/2021 By: Sean Crose The 20-1 Guillermo Rigondeaux challenged the 30-4 John Riel Casimero for Casimero’s WBO bantamweight title. The scheduled twelve rounder was the main event of a Showtime card that aired live from Carson, California. Rigondeaux looked terrific in the first, slipping punches and controlling the tempo…until he went down from
Posted on 08/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 3 : Middleweight prospect Nico Ali Walsh, grandson of “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali, trains at the Top Rank gym in Las Vegas, Nevada with Head Coach Sugar Hill Steward on August 3, 2021 prior to making his pro debut in Tulsa, Oklahoma on ESPN.
Posted on 08/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode All Andrew Moloney could do was shake his head. After losing his WBA “Regular” super flyweight title against Joshua Franco in June of 2020, Moloney (21-2, 14 KOs) waited patiently for the two to do it again. Five months later, Moloney wasn’t given much clarity as their immediate rematch
Posted on 08/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode There is absolutely no love lost between Devin Haney and Rolando Romero. The two have been seen on numerous occasions going back and forth on social media exchanging insults. Recently, Haney, the WBC lightweight champion, posted a video of himself on his Instagram account next to a pile of
It was another night of disappointment for Andrew Moloney in his third attempt against Joshua Franco. After a surprise upset last June and an ugly, controversial no-decision in November, Moloney (21-2, 14 KO) was seeking vindication in the trilogy fight. He started off very well, moving laterally and keeping control of the distance. Franco (18-1-2,
Friday, August 20 ESPN+, 12:00 pm ET, Ali Baloyev vs Rolly Lambert Fogoum. This was originally supposed to be headlined by a vacant IBF 130 lb title fight between Shavkat Rakhimov and Kenichi Ogawa, but with that bout postponed, the card goes on. Baloyev was born in Kyrgyzstan, represents Kazakhstan, lives in Las Vegas, and
“I don’t think anyone thought he had it in him to move this much. […] It’s staggering that he’s been able to move this much.” – Al Bernstein No painting achieves greatness solely through the number of brushstrokes applied in its creation. But, part of what made Rembrandt and his fellow Dutch Masters worthy of
Freddie Roach, the head trainer of eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, says his boxer is ready to put on a great performance on Saturday night, when he faces WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “Without divulging our fight strategy, I will say, as in every camp, the key
Anthony Taylor believes he will knock Tommy Fury out inside two or three rounds when they clash on August 29. Former MMA fighter, Taylor will face unbeaten light heavyweight, Fury on the undercard of Jake Paul’s showdown with Tyron Woodley in Ohio. Fury, the younger brother of WBC heavyweight world champion, Tyson has won his
Fight Camp, Brentwood – Michael McKinson avoided a potential banana skin in Przemyslaw Runowski as he outpointed the brave Pole after ten rounds of skilful boxing from the Portsmouth man. ‘The Problem’, now 21-0 (2 KOs), dominated on the cards to maintain his unbeaten record and retain his WBO Global Welterweight Title. “I’m happy, that
Fight Camp, Brentwood – Hopey Price continued his ring education with a solid six round points win over Claudio Grande. The 21-year-old from Leeds was in control throughout and his dominance showed in the final round when he floored the Italian with the last punch of the fight. Grande made it to his feet but
Heavyweight contender Michael Hunter is eager to face Dillian Whyte, but does not believe the Brit would face him. Hunter is coming off a devastating fourth round knockout win over Mike Wilson earlier this month in New York. ‘The Bounty’, who turned down an IBF final eliminator with Filip Hrgovic prior to his victory, posted
Aug 15, 2021 The older man kept moving. To his left, back along the ropes, circling to his right. Guillermo Rigondeaux, even at the age of 40, shuffled around the ring an infuriating amount of time as John Riel Casimero looked for any punch that might touch the former champion. It was vintage Rigondeaux. On
Aug 15, 2021 Mike CoppingerESPN TULSA, Okla. — Joshua Franco settled the score with Andrew Moloney on Saturday, capping a rivalry that climaxed with a controversial finish in November and ended at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with a decisive victory in the ESPN main event. Franco, nicknamed “The Professor,” retained his secondary WBA
Aug 14, 2021 Mike CoppingerESPN TULSA, Okla. — Wearing a pair of white-and-black trunks his grandfather gifted to him, Muhammad Ali’s grandson Nico Ali Walsh made his pro boxing debut Saturday night with a first-round TKO of Jordan Weeks. Ali Walsh, 21, displayed the kind of flair for the dramatic Ali would surely be proud