FITE TV, 3:30 pm ET, Lopez-Kambosos prelims. If you’re fired up to watch several hours of prelim action, video packages, and maybe some low-budget concerts or something, this is the place to be. It’ll be free on FITE. There are some good names and prospects in action on this part of the show, mind you.
Feature • Issue • Premium Holly Stein/ALLSPORT From her days in the Kronk Gym to managing fighters via that fiery and unpredictable relationship with James Toney, Jackie Kallen has some story, writes Craig Scott STANDING over James Toney as he receives instructions between rounds, Jackie Kallen cuts an intimidating figure, snarling across the ring at
Issue • Opinion • Premium Mikey Williams/Top Rank Teofimo Lopez resolves their differences and pledges his immediate future to Top Rank and ESPN after his next fight THE broadcast landscape, both in the UK and the US, is undergoing some significant changes. Last week of course saw the announcement that Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing will
Boxers • Issue • Premium Chris Hyde/Getty Images Paul Wheeler talks to Yuki Nonaka, a man for whom age is just a number When and why you started boxing:When I was a child, I wanted to be a football player, but after graduating from high school I was severely injured in a motorcycle accident –
David McWater’s Split-T Management is known as boxing’s answer to Moneyball. As a lifelong baseball fan and researcher, as well as a lover of the Sweet Science, McWater has said that he felt he could combine his passions and capitalize on a market inefficiency. In his words, boxing was the “last frontier of analytics,” and
Posted on 06/13/2021 By: Sean Crose Although he never held a legitimate world title, heavyweight Alexander Povetkin cut out an impressive career for himself over the course of over fifteen years. With a record of 36 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, the former Russian Olympian has decided to retire from the sport of boxing.
2:01 PM ET Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin said on Sunday he was retiring, citing lingering injuries that require treatment. The 41-year-old was the 2004 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medallist before turning professional. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) world heavyweight title between 2011 and 2013. Povetkin had 36 wins, three losses and one draw in
Alexander Povetkin has announced his retirement from boxing at age 41, ending a 16-year pro career that saw him considered a serious contender most of the way, though he never was recognized by the majority as a world champion. The veteran fighter announced the retirement on his Instagram account, leaving the sport with a 36-3-1
Alexander Povetkin has decided to call it a career. The 41-year-old former heavyweight champion and 2004 Olympics gold medal winner announced his retirement during a news conference in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sunday. “The years take their toll,” said Povetkin. “I have all kinds of injuries that still need to be treated. The time has
Posted on 06/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Shakur Stevenson continued doing what he does best last night, winning lopsidedly. The former featherweight world champion made it look easy against fringe contender Jeremia Nakathila at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. The win for Stevenson not only preserved his undefeated record, but it also solidified his
12:28 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Shakur Stevenson did everything well Saturday night except finish Jeremiah Nakathila for a knockout. Instead, Stevenson (16-0, 8 KOs) dominated every second of the fight cruising to a shutout unanimous decision victory to win the WBO interim junior lightweight title. All three judges scored the bout 120-107 in favor
#JaronEnnis is not only undefeated at 26-0, but he finished 24 of those opponents by knockouts. To say he has power is an understatement. Ennis has all the makings of the next serious contender in the welterweight division but he has yet to be tested. In comes Sergey Lipinets, a former world champion looking to
Shakur Stevenson’s fight on Saturday night stunk. Even he knows it. His shutout win over Jeremiah Nakathila was easy work for him, really, and the most positive spin you can put on it as watchable television is that Stevenson seemed to respect Nakathila’s power. Maybe he knew Nakathila had nothing but power, but then we
Carl Frampton spoke to BT Sport in Telford about how he is coping with life after boxing and his reflections on his final fight against Jamel Herring, now the dust has settled, a few months on. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our
Opinion • Premium Matchroom The day after a brutal fight with Jeremias Ponce, in his own words Lewis Ritson considers the referee throwing the towel back out of the ring and what’s next I feel a lot better after that than what I did after the Miguel Vazquez fight, believe it or not. Obviously I
Bob Arum doesn’t expect a new head trainer or anything else to enable Deontay Wilder to avenge his only professional defeat. Arum anticipates another knockout victory for Tyson Fury in his third fight with Wilder. The heavyweight rivals will fight again July 24, when Fury will defend his WBC belt for the first time in
Posted on 06/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode No matter what was said about his chances going in, Jeremia Nakathila believed all he needed was one punch to get the job done. With that said, the South African native couldn’t find the shot he was looking for. At the Virgin Hotels, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Shakur Stevenson
12:25 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Shakur Stevenson said his shutout victory over Jeremiah Nakathila wasn’t good enough by his standards but that he is confident he has more than enough to beat WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring. Moments after his win, Stevenson was asked about Herring, shown on the screen, and he didn’t