Posted on 04/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Current social media star turn pro boxer, Jake Paul, wants to do everything in his power to dissuade his upcoming opponent from doing something illegal in their scheduled boxing event this upcoming weekend. With Paul set to face the toughest test of his young pro career against former MMA
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4:45 PM ET Elwin Soto will defend his WBO flyweight world title against former strawweight champion Katsunari Takayama on the Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders undercard on May 8 at AT&T Stadium, multiple sources told ESPN on Friday. Soto (18-1, 12 KOs), 24, of Mexico, will be making the first defense under the Matchroom Boxing banner,
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Liam Williams was held back by a security guard Friday after attempting to touch Demetrius Andrade’s dreadlocks. There won’t be anyone, according to Williams, who will keep him off of Andrade during their 12-round middleweight title fight Saturday in Hollywood, Florida. The confident underdog is certain he’ll knock off the favored Andrade, who will make
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7:47 AM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show
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Issue • Premium • Preview Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Matt Christie outlines why Liam Williams has every chance of upsetting Demetrius Andrade in Hollywood THE already impressive reinvention of Liam Williams will become a thing of Welsh legend if he defeats WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade on Saturday night (April 17). While the might of Andrade is
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Issue • Premium • Preview Danny Dignum is coming up against an awkward customer in Sirotkin, writes Matt Bozeat THE winner of Demetrius Andrade vs Liam Williams might one day face the victor of the top-of-the-bill fight on MTK’s show at the Bolton Whites Hotel this Saturday (April 17). There, Essex middleweight Danny Dignum, rated
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History • Issue • Premium Kitione Lave brought excitement to British rings in the 1950s N recent years, British rings have been full of foreign boxers and they provide the backbone for very many of the small hall shows held up and down the country. Most of these boxers come from Eastern Europe and they
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