Emanuel Navarrete and Christopher Diaz went to war on Saturday night in Kissimmee, Fla., with Navarrete stopping the outrageously brave Diaz in the 12th and final round to retain his WBO featherweight title. Navarrete (33-1, 28 KO) expressed great admiration for Diaz (26-3, 16 KO) after the fight, telling ESPN’s Bernardo Osuna, “I knew he
The primary promoter for Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions doesn’t consider Jermall Charlo-Demetrius Andrade as big of a fight as Eddie Hearn sees it. Andrade’s promoter expressed a willingness after Andrade’s most recent win to send Andrade to a PBC platform for one fight just to make Charlo-Andrade happen later this year. Tom Brown, president
Posted on 04/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode Chris Arreola has sat back and listened as boxing fans are already playing matchmakers. In the mind of many, fantasy showdowns involving former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. and several of the top names in the division are on the verge of taking place. Standing in the way
1:39 PM ET Ryan Garcia’s next fight is off. The lightweight contender announced on Instagram that he is pulling out of his July 9 fight against Javier Fortuna. Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) did not list a specific reason for his withdrawal. “At this time it is important to manage my health and wellbeing,” Garcia wrote
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Former two-weight world champion David Haye was very impressed with Felix Cash’s display against Denzel Bentley, which saw he secure a third round stoppage at York Hall, on Saturday 24th April. 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 BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group
Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is widely regarded as the greatest boxer in the history of Mexico. Chavez retired in 2005 with a record of 107 wins, six defeats, two draws and 85 wins by knockout. Chavez was undefeated in 90 fights (89-0-1) when he suffered his first career defeat in 1994 against Frankie Randall. He
Posted on 04/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode With Josue Vargas slowly moving from top prospect to world title contender, the slick New York, native found himself in a slugfest early on against Willie Shaw. The two battle it out in Kissimmee Florida, at Silver Sports Arena on the undercard of WBO featherweight champion, Emanuel Navarrete vs
8:02 PM ET Former lightweight titleholder Vasiliy Lomachenko will return to the ring June 26 to face Masayoshi Nakatani, sources told ESPN’s Mark Kriegel on Saturday. The fight will take place in Las Vegas, according to a source. Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs), 33, hasn’t been in the ring since he lost a unanimous decision to
Teofimo Lopez has become a pretty good trash talker along with a world-class professional fighter, but he flipped that switch off to show some public support for fellow young star Ryan Garcia, who has withdrawn from his scheduled July 9 fight with Javier Fortuna to deal with some mental health issues. Lopez posted this on
Jake Paul inserted himself straight into the UFC storyline when he crashed UFC 261 and sat cageside at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville on Saturday night. First, he had a heated kerfuffle with former heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. Fingers were pointed at each other during the exchange and beefy bodyguards
Posted on 04/25/2021 By: Hans Themistode While Shakur Stevenson is still getting acclimated to life at 130 pounds, the former Olympic silver medalist continues to keep tabs on his old weight class. Although it no longer concerns him, Stevenson sat back and watched closely as WBO featherweight belt holder Emanuel Navarrete, took on former Stevenson
4:40 PM ET The proposed site fee to stage the Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua fight in Saudi Arabia exceeds $150 million, shattering the record for any site fee for a boxing event, according to ESPN’s Mark Kriegel. Fury and Joshua each will net around $75 million, and the rest, several million dollars, will be
Jake Paul attended Saturday night’s UFC 261 event in Jacksonville, Fla., and it’s safe to say he wasn’t greeted all that warmly by either fans or UFC legend Daniel Cormier. Cormier was working the event as a commentator, and has recently had words on social media with Paul, taking particular offense to Paul and Paul
News Top Rank Edgar Berlanga taken out of the first round and goes the distance for the first time on Emanuel Nabarrete undercard EMANUEL NAVARRETE had his first bout of 2021, successfully defending his WBO featherweight title at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee on Saturday (April 24). Challenger Christopher Diaz took him to the
Xander Zayas will never forget the first time he was able to fight in his adopted home state of Florida. Nor will the 18-year-old ever let go of the feeling he enjoyed doing so with fans permitted in attendance this time around. The rising welterweight prospect from Plantation, Florida by way of San Juan fought
Posted on 04/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode No matter what, Demond Nicholson was determined to not be Edgar Berlanga’s 17th straight first-round knockout win. The highly touted super middleweight prospect began drawing comparison’s to a young Mike Tyson after he continued to bulldoze the competition. In the case of Nicholson, the fringe contender vowed to not
12:41 AM ET Emanuel Navarrete defended his WBO featherweight title with an action-packed 12th round TKO over Chris Diaz during Top Rank’s main event Saturday night. Known for his awkward and relentless style, Mexico’s Navarrete (34-1, 29 KOs) knocked Diaz down four times — but it was the final one with just seconds remaining in