History • Issue • Premium Looking back on the legendary Jimmy Wilde’s first fight in the English capital, four years before he won the world flyweight crown THERE was a time when every boxer from UK shores who wanted to make his mark in the game needed to fight in London. The city was home
Former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew certainly believes that Oleksandr Usyk is a big enough puncher to score a stoppage win over Anthony Joshua. Usyk, a former undisputed cruiserweight world champion, will challenge Joshua for the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 25. This contest will mark the third heavyweight
Posted on 08/01/2021 By: Hans Themistode Time isn’t exactly on the side of Canelo Alvarez and promoter Eddie Hearn. With the Mexican star failing to negotiate terms for an undisputed showdown against IBF super middleweight titlist Caleb Plant, team Alvarez has reportedly elected to move on. Under normal circumstances, the unified 168-pound champion has primarily
Jonnie Rice TKO-5 Michael Coffie Jonnie Rice was a late substitute here, stepping in against Michael Coffie earlier this week when original opponent Gerald Washington tested positive for COVID. But Rice said before and after the fight that he came in looking to make the most of the opportunity in a way he hadn’t previously
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Fight Camp, Brentwood – Jack Cullen claimed the biggest win of his career by outpointing former world title challenger Avni Yildirim over ten rounds to earn the IBF International super middleweight title. ‘Little Lever’s Meat Cleaver’ was in control from the opening bell as he used his long jab to set up further attacks on
Posted on 07/31/2021 By: Hans Themistode It wasn’t what normally happens. In the early stages of a prospect’s career, they’re matched relatively lightly against fighters that more time than not, are meant to make them look good. Yet, once welterweight contender Vito Mielnicki (9-1, 5 KOs) suffered the first defeat of his career in his
NBCOlympics.com, 10:00 pm ET, Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Men’s flyweight quarterfinals, men’s featherweight semifinal, men’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s heavyweight semifinal, women’s lightweight quarterfinals, and women’s featherweight final. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage NBCOlympics.com, 4:00 am ET, Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Women’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s flyweight quarterfinals, men’s featherweight semifinal, men’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s heavyweight semifinal,
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Xu Can arrived with an imposing reputation, but Leigh Wood left no doubts as he finished him inside the 12th round at Matchroom’s Fight Camp CHINA’S Xu Can, the ‘Monster,’ came to the first show of Matchroom’s Fight Camp series on Saturday (July 31) with the reputation of a fearsome volume-puncher.
Richard Torrez Jr. dug deep when it mattered most. The California-bred super heavyweight secured the third medal for the U.S. boxing team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, advancing to the semifinal round following a split decision win over Cuba’s Dainier Pero. Scores were 29-28 on all five scorecards, one for Pero and the other four
Posted on 07/31/2021 By: Sean Crose The PBC returned to Fox on Saturday with a card aired live from Newark’s Prudential Center. Gerald Washington, the veteran heavyweight, was supposed to highlight the event. Sadly, Washington was removed from competition due to testing positive for Covid. Therefore, Washington’s would-be opponent, the rising 12-0 Michael Coffie faced
4:57 PM ET Crystina Poncher and Mikaela Mayer will make history in August — while standing outside the ring instead of inside it. When Mayer and Poncher call the international broadcast of the Joshua Franco-Andrew Moloney card Aug. 14 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, they’ll become the first all-female broadcast team to call a boxing match. “We’ve
Feature • Issue • Premium Mike Cooper/ALLSPORT It’s 29 years since Wayne McCullough won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics. Here in his own words he reflects on the highs, the lows and reveals the incredible bond he shared with the legendary Eddie Futch BACK in February 1993, I flew from Belfast to Los
Women’s flyweight (Quarterfinals) Buse Naz Cakiroglu (Turkey) def. Jutamas Jitpong (Thailand), 5:0: Top seed Cakiroglu looked vulnerable in her first outing in Tokyo, but here, she looked very much like a top seed. Jitpong had been formidable, but Cakiroglu just outclassed her here, and now the Turkish fighter is in the semifinal and guaranteed at
Amateur Themba Hadebe/Pool/Getty Images Ben Whittaker and Pat McCormack are through to the finals at Olympic Games, while super-heavyweight Frazer Clarke is guaranteed a medal after an extraordinary ending GB’s Ben Whittaker and Pat McCormack are through to finals of the Olympic Games. Whittaker defeated strong Russian light-heavyweight Imam Khataev on Sunday (August 1) at
NEWARK, New Jersey – It took Karl Dargan two-plus rounds to get into an offensive groove Saturday night. Once that happened, however, the Philadelphia native gave what was left of the crowd at Prudential Center a memorable knockout. Dargan dropped Ivan Delgado twice during the third round before referee Harvey Dock stopped a scheduled eight-round
Posted on 07/31/2021 In his last ring outing, James Martin (7-3, 0 KOs) pulled off a monumental upset against previously undefeated prospect, Vito Mielnicki. While he may have been able to hand the New Jersey native the first defeat of his professional career, he wasn’t able to replicate that same level of magic tonight. In