Feature Steve Bunce explores the mysterious life and death of Ali Raymi “ALI RAYMI was real” is something I would like to spray on the wall of the grand arch leading to the magical souk in Sana’a, the beautiful bombed city in the very heart of Yemen. This is a true story of an extraordinary
News Eddie Hearn assumes his father’s place and takes charge of the entire Matchroom Sport group of companies ON Tuesday (April 20) Barry Hearn announced that he would step aside as chairman of the Matchroom Sport group of companies. His son Eddie Hearn, the head of their boxing division, will become Matchroom’s new chairman. After
WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is motivated to derail the plans of his own promoter, Eddie Hearn. Saunders will face WBC, WBA champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a unification clash on May 8th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Hearn is also working with Canelo, on a fight by fight basis, and is
Posted on 04/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode With the biggest fight of his life possibly taking place at year’s end, WBA middleweight champion, Ryota Murata, will reportedly begin working the rust off. As first reported by Chris Mannix, Murata (16-2, 13 KOs) is currently engaged in conversation to take on IBF belt holder Gennadiy Golovkin. The
7:49 AM ET Junior lightweight and lightweight titleholder Gervonta Davis is going up to junior welterweight to face unbeaten WBA “regular” titlist Mario Barrios on May 26. Davis has had problems making weight in the past — he was stripped of his IBF junior lightweight title before his title defense against Francisco Fonseca in 2017
Ben Askren didn’t get the result he wanted last Saturday against Jake Paul, losing via first round TKO, but the former MMA champion isn’t shying away from talking about it. Askren spoke with Ariel Helwani of ESPN about the fight and the event, and here’s a bit of what he had to say. On what
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Carl Frampton looks back on his very first world title win in Belfast, against Kiko Martinez, with the help of Jamie Conlan and Michael Conlan. 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 ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on Instagram
Joe Fournier, who fought at cruiserweight this past weekend, says he wants to face Youtube star Jake Paul next. On Saturday night, Fournier picked up a second round stoppage win over music star Reykon. The two men were competing at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the pay-per-view undercard to Paul’s fight
Posted on 04/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was a mixed bag of reactions when Showtime Boxing unveiled their summer schedule. Although there were plenty of important and interesting contests, much of the boxing world was fixated on the ring return of Gervonta Davis. The hard-hitting Baltimore native is officially set to move up in weight
8:37 PM ET Ben Askren isn’t really sure how to compute what happened over the weekend. The former UFC fighter and multiple-time MMA champion was knocked out in the first round by Jake Paul in a boxing match last Saturday night in Atlanta. Askren, a former Olympic wrestler, was never a great boxer. So, getting
2021’s glut of exhibitions and freakshow fights, which continue to be stunningly lucrative endeavors, may leave dedicated boxing fans bewildered and furious. There is a deep, abiding solemnity to the art of consenting adults punching each other for money, and a YouTuber decking a retired wrestler seemingly flies in the face of that. Speaking as
Olympic Bronze medalist Artem Harutyunyan (9-0) takes center stage against former world title challenger Oliver Flores (30-3-2) for the vacant WBA International Lightweight title this Saturday from the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany. Harutyunyan represented Germany at the Rio Olympic Games and previously at the Minsk European Championships, winning the Bronze medal on both occasions.
Posted on 04/19/2021 By: Hector Franco Providence, Rhode Island’s Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (30-0, 18 KOs) made the fourth successful defense of his WBO middleweight title, winning a unanimous decision over mandatory challenger Liam Williams (23-3-1, 18 KOs) this weekend in Florida. Andrade’s performance at times was spectacular, scoring highlight reel uppercuts throughout. In the
Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET. Ranked fights this week: Light Heavyweight: (6) Marcus Browne vs Denis Grachev, Apr. 20 (Note: It looks like this fight is happening, it just won’t be part of PBC’s televised broadcast on Tuesday; if it doesn’t, oh well) Light Heavyweight: (10) Callum Johnson vs Emil Markic, Apr.
Jack Hirsch investigates the career and tragic demise of Carlos Monzon, a convicted murderer, who died as violently as he lived, to pinpoint his place in history WHEN Bernard Hopkins ruled the middleweight roost he was asked to compare himself to former champions in the division. When Carlos Monzon’s name came up, Hopkins who never
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Scott Heavey/Getty Images A day with Joe Gallagher and co. in Amir Khan’s gym brought to mind a hectic evening from eight years ago, writes Steve Bunce IN Bolton last week Joe Gallagher had his scrapbooks from when he was a boy, a battered bundle of clippings and pictures
Issue • Opinion • Premium Triller’s latest broadcast makes a mockery of the sport as we know it, writes George Gigney “YOU can tell how professional this event is by them having me here. We have a bout between Ben Askren – I don’t know who that is still and I’ve been reading up on