Posted on 08/13/2021 By: Sean Crose “It’s one of those things where sometimes I forget,” Ramon Cardenas said of becoming a top ten contender for the WBA in the bantamweight division. Talking to Texas Boxing Scene, the San Antonio native made it clear that, despite his climb up the rankings, he needed to remain driven.
Anthony Yarde was given a special birthday cake by BT Sport in his gym in London, to celebrate turning 30. Various members of his team praised Yarde’s contribution to the community and the man himself spoke about his birthday being an emotional time for him. Watch Yarde return to action on BT Sport on August
8:34 AM ET Canelo Alvarez is still looking for an opponent to fight later this year, but the rest of the 2021 boxing schedule is quickly filling up with title fights. Shakur Stevenson will face a test in WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring, Andrew Moloney and Joshua Franco will complete their trilogy, Josh Taylor
With PBC’s August 28th David Benavidez vs Jose Uzcategui show delayed indefinitely and their August 21st Manny Pacquiao vs Yordenis Ugas show in need of an extra fight, they’ve decided to make the most of what they’ve got. The promotion announced yesterday that the featherweight clash between Carlos Castro and Oscar Escandon has been bumped
BN Investigates • Issue • Premium As the WBC proposes a change in scoring, Adam Hunter gets some fascinating results when he applies new scoring models to some contentious decisions BARELY a fortnight on from the controversy that surrounded Jermell Charlo vs Brian Castaño, the WBC has announced a suggestion for changing the way professional
History • Issue • Premium Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images When Roy Jones fell to earth via the hands of Antonio Tarver. By Thomas Hauser AFTER his 1947 outing against Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Louis lamented, “I saw openings I couldn’t use. A man gets old; he don’t take advantage of those things as fast as he
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Al Bello /Allsport Sad tales of stars with Olympic medals who could not shine after the Games. By Steve Bunce HE had the ceremonial robe with the swan-feather lining ready and the style to crossover and become a huge boxing star. Well, that’s one version and it’s the one
Andrew Moloney was fine with anywhere but Las Vegas. As much as Moloney wanted a third crack at rival Joshua Franco, the Australian contender wasn’t willing to face Franco in Las Vegas again. Moloney narrowly lost a closely contested, 12-round unanimous decision to Franco in their first fight 13½ months ago and settled for an
Posted on 08/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Shakur Stevenson was left grinning from ear to ear once the ink dried. The former Olympic Silver medalist and one-time 126-pound titlist, officially signed his part of a bout agreement to take on WBO belt holder Jamel Herring. Shortly after, Herring placed his pen to paper to make their
6:51 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN On Dec. 11, 1981, when Rasheda was 11, she went with her brothers and sisters to watch their daddy fight a man named Trevor Berbick. As no state athletic commission would sanction the bout, the fight was held in the Bahamas and promoted by a convicted felon. None of that
Issue • News • Premium Mark Robinson Sam Eggington has managed to advance through the turmoil. He speaks to Elliot Worsell FEW fighters can say they have made tangible progress during the recent global pandemic. But one man who can is Birmingham’s Sam Eggington.Eggington, 30-7 (18), has managed to box three times in the past
Issue • Premium • Preview Steve Marcus/Getty Images Matt Christie wonders if Guillermo Rigondeaux has enough left to overtake the fearsome John Riel Casimero HOW we got here is complicated in the extreme but Saturday’s (August 14) bantamweight 12-rounder between old maestro Guillermo Rigondeaux, ranked fifth in the world, and number three John Riel Casimero
Issue • Premium • Preview Ian Walton/Matchroom Boxing In the last Fight Camp of 2021 Joshua Buatsi is under pressure to shine, writes Declan Taylor JOSHUA BUATSI headlines the third and final instalment of Matchroom’s Fight Camp 2021 in the riskiest fight of his professional career to date on Saturday (August 14). After a fortnight
The collapse of Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant left a big ol’ hole in the September boxing schedule, which PBC and Showtime are now set to fill. Adam Abramowitz reports, and Keith Idec confirms, that they’ve pushed their September 11th Stephen Fulton vs. Brandon Figueroa card back to the 18th. Per Idec, it will “likely”
The next installment of the popular RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS series will be held Thursday night, August 26th at Humble Civic Center in Humble, Texas. RJJ Boxing’s last scheduled event this past July 29th in Mexico was canceled due to COVID-19 issues. The Aug. 26th show is presented by Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ)
Posted on 08/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Rich, great boxer, icon, money-hungry, extravagant, boring, and flamboyant are some of the words, whether fair or not, that have been used to describe Floyd Mayweather. One word that has seldom, if ever, been used to describe the Hall of Famer, however, is compassionate. Yet, according to DeJuan Blake,
5:41 AM ET Former world heavyweight champion boxer David Haye will return to the ring after a three-year absence to fight Joe Fournier next month, the 40-year-old Briton said on Thursday. Haye, who won the world heavyweight title in 2009 when he beat Nikolai Valuev, retired in 2018 with a 28-4 record following a re-match
Welterweight World Champion Yordenis Ugás previewed their championship showdown during a virtual press conference on Wednesday before they meet in the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event Saturday, August 21 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ugás steps up to replace Errol Spence Jr. in the main event, as Spence recovers from an eye injury.