5:25 PM ET A star on the social media platform TikTok said that YouTube-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul forced her to perform a sex act without consent in the summer of 2019. Justine Paradise said in a 20-minute video posted on YouTube last Friday that she didn’t say anything about the alleged attack sooner because she signed
Bryant Perrella hasn’t been in the ring since a controversial and dramatic stoppage loss to Abel Ramos in Feb. 2020, but is set to return Saturday in a new weight class, moving up to junior middleweight to face former titlist Tony Harrison in a PBC main event on FOX. The 32-year-old Perrella (17-3, 14 KO)
Ring City USA today announced the entire loaded undercard for its Thursday, April 22 event from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y, the first professional fight card to take place in the state since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. Five professional fights including top prospects and four amateur bouts featuring West
Posted on 04/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Despite claiming that he is only interested in facing either Gervonta Davis or Manny Pacquiao, Ryan Garcia will reportedly settle for a lesser-known foe. Garcia, the interim WBC lightweight champion, will face off against multiple division champion Javier Fortuna on July 9th from a yet-to-be-determined location. The 22-year-old California
8:24 AM ET While the world waits for Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury, Jose Ramirez-Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos, the boxing spotlight will be placed on the sideshows as celebrities and former champions are making their way into the squared circle. There is little doubt that boxing purists hate what’s on tap this weekend, but the
Issue • Opinion • Premium George Gigney examines Claressa Shields’ latest comments in his boxing media review WE could be on the verge of a potentially game-changing fight in women’s boxing after Savannah Marshall held onto her world middleweight title with ease at the weekend. Marshall holds an amateur win over America’s Claressa Shields, the
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Matchroom Courtenay vs Bridges was terrific but the debate about the world title is a worthwhile one, writes Matt Christie THERE are two contrasting opinions regarding Shannon Courtenay’s victory over Ebanie Bridges. The first, that the bout drew new fans to the sport and Courtenay winning a world title
News Martin Ward set for final eliminator for IBF super-featherweight title on the May 29 Haney-Linares bill in Las Vegas SUPER-featherweight Martin Ward is closing in on a world title shot. He is set for a final eliminator for the IBF title against Azinga Fuzile on the May 29 Devin Haney-Jorge Linares bill in Las
Daniel Dubois’ stock as a heavyweight prospect unquestionably took a hit when he lost to Joe Joyce last November, quitting in the 10th round with an eye injury. Any eye injury is a serious threat to a fighter, but Dubois took heavy criticism not just from fans or media, those people can be easily tuned
Jose Felix Jr. (38-4-1) will have an experienced opponent on April 24, when he faces experienced Adalberto “Terrible” Borquez (30-21-1) in a ten-round battle in the super lightweight division in the Boxing Club Promotions featured bout to be held at the PTV Arena, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The Mochitense boxer has embarked on a strong
Posted on 04/12/2021 By: Sean Crose “If I don’t know anything by Tuesday, I’m just going to move on,” Tyson Fury told Behind the Gloves this past weekend. He was referring, of course, to developments regarding his much hoped for heavyweight title match with Anthony Joshua. “It’s been a long time in the making,” the WBC
(December 15, 2017) Former two-division champion #JessieVargas scored a dominant UD win over veteran #AaronHerrera in his PBC debut. It was Jessie Vargas’ first time working with boxing Hall of Famer Mike McCallum as his head trainer, and it seems as though Vargas has found his perfect match. Vargas fought a relaxed opening round and
Lennox Clarke won the British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles by stopping Willy Hutchinson in the fifth round. 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 ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read more on upcoming fights on
News Joe Smith Jnr is the new WBO champ at 175lbs but his win over Maxim Vlasov not without controversy JOE SMITH JNR won the WBO light-heavyweight title after a 12-round battle with Maxim Vlasov at the Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday (April 10). Smith finished with a majority decision, winning 115-113 for
It was in the works for a while, but it looks as though it’s coming soon. Dan Rafael reports that former bantamweight champion Luis Nery will defend his WBC junior featherweight title against WBA “world” champion Brandon Figueroa in a May 15 Showtime main event. ESPN’s Fernando Barbosa first revealed the date two weeks back.
Super featherweight Johansen Alvarez, who is the nephew of four division world champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, will make his professional debut in June, according to well known manager and trainer Jose Reynoso. “He is a cheerful boxing boy, with good movement from the waist and good counterattacks; He also hits hard,” Reynoso told Efe after
Posted on 04/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Demetrius Andrade is quite frankly sick and tired and of talking about it. The former two-division world champion and current WBO middleweight belt holder has been heavily criticized for the opponents he’s stepped into the ring against. His upcoming title defense against British native Liam Williams isn’t helping matters
Savannah Marshall’s personality and fighting style is the antithesis to that of Claressa Shields. The quiet, reserved and polite WBO middleweight champion is building a reputation of being one of the biggest punchers in the women’s code, moving to 10-0 (8KO) this past weekend against late-replacement Maria Lindberg. On the other side of the coin