Joe Calzaghe has backed Liam Williams to become Wales’ latest World champion as he prepares to face Demetrius Andrade for the WBO world middleweight title on Saturday night at Hard Rock Live at Hard Rock Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Fl. on Saturday April 17, live worldwide on DAZN and in association with
Posted on 04/11/2021 By: Hans Themistode Joe Smith Jr. was disappointed with what took place a few years ago. In March of 2019, the Long Island, New York, native was thoroughly outclassed against WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol. Instead of giving up on his dream, Smith Jr. simply placed his head down and got
9:00 AM ET Moments after the biggest win of his career, Vergil Ortiz Jr. immediately looked into the crowd at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. He spotted welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford, who was ringside to watch Ortiz dispatch Maurice Hooker, a former 140-pound champion who, like Ortiz, recently moved up to welterweight.
Issue • Premium • Reports Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Conor Benn trounces gatekeeper Samuel Vargas inside 90 seconds. Steve Bunce reports from ringside CONOR BENN sent out an old-fashioned message during a night when legitimacy was a backdrop to the action. Benn left Samuel Vargas helpless and hopeless on the ropes, forcing the referee, Michael Alexander,
Issue • Premium • Reports Amanda Westcott/Showtime Jaron Ennis continues to impress, but there is no need to rush his development, writes Nigel Collins JARON ENNIS’ flamboyant style is a hybrid, grounded in bedrock fundamentals but expressed in a seemingly spontaneous manner. It was far too much for the normally durable Sergey “Samurai” Lipinets to
Good news: we’re not getting Evander Holyfield vs Mike Tyson III next month. Bad news: we’re getting something even less appealing. Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix and The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger report that “The Real Deal” is set to face fellow Tyson conqueror Kevin McBride “as chief support” for Teofimo Lopez vs. George Kambosos Jr, which
IBF World Junior Bantamweight Champion Jerwin Ancajas successfully defended his title against Jonathan Rodriguez in their 12-round Fight-of-the-Year candidate bout on April 10, 2021, live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Fight Night Recap: http://pbcham.ps/FightNight-041021 #AncajasRodriguez #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by
Frank Warren looked back at one of his greatest moments in boxing, When Joe Calzaghe beat Jeff Lacy, on Fight Night Live, ahead of the release of a BT Sport Films documentary on his life. Make It or Die Trying: The Frank Warren Story details some of the best moments of the Hall of Fame
Veteran Cuban coach Jorge Rubio has received a call from the father of Teofimo Lopez – asking the well-known trainer to travel to Las Vegas to help prepare his son for the upcoming fight George Kambosos. Lopez will make a mandatory defense of his IBF, WBA, WBC Franchise, WBO titles against Kambosos on June 5th.
Posted on 04/11/2021 By: Hans Themistode Daniel Dubois buried his face into his hands. The heavyweight contender couldn’t believe what had just happened to him several months ago. The British native was seemingly on his way to taking his career to the next level. All that needed to be done was for him to win
11:07 PM ET WBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and WBC and lineal champion Tyson Fury on Sunday will be presented with final offers regarding the date and venue for their upcoming fight, promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN’s Mark Kriegel. Hearn said there are “several” offers from locations around the globe that hope to host the
Premium • History He is Walker Smith, who boxed under the ring name of Sugar Ray Robinson and lit up the Forties and Fifties with a dazzling array of skill, power, good looks and, when he had to, tremendous courage. Claude Abrams pays homage to him… the greatest fighter of all-time TIME has done little
Joe Smith Jr MD-12 Maxim Vlasov Joe Smith Jr. (27-3, 21 KOs) became the new WBO light heavyweight champion tonight, in what appeared to be a controversial majority decision over Maxim Vlasov (45-4, 26 KOs) over 12 rounds of action. Official judges turned in scores of 114-114, 115-112, and 115-112 in favor of Smith. I
Junior middleweight contender Carlos “Chema” Ocampo showed that he’s very serious about his desire to land a world championship. Ocampo (29-1, 19 KO’s) attacked the body of his rival in a savage way. With both hands, with power punch combinations on both sides. Ivan Matute’s liver, ribs, abdomen and the pit of his stomach took
Posted on 04/11/2021 By: Hans Themistode For months now, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield whipped his 58-year-old body into fighting shape. The 2017 Hall of Fame inductee pursued a third showdown with long-time rival Mike Tyson. While both sides were hopeful that a deal could be reached, neither could come to an agreement from a
7:30 PM ET Another boxing legend is stepping back into the ring. Evander Holyfield will fight Kevin McBride in an exhibition on June 5, Triller Fight Club’s Peter Kahn confirmed to ESPN’s Mark Kriegel on Sunday. Holyfield’s return will be on the undercard of Teofimo Lopez’s unified lightweight title defense against George Kambosos in Miami
DAZN, 1:00 pm ET, Andrade vs Williams press conference. DAZN, 1:00 pm ET, Andrade vs Williams weigh-in. DAZN, 1:30 pm ET, Fabio Turchi vs Dylan Bregeon. Matchroom Italy are BACK! Turchi-Bregeon is for a secondary regional cruiserweight title. Francesco Patera is also in action. It’s a pretty typical Italy show. ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Danny
Oliver Goldstein examined the meaning of the biggest and tallest heavyweights in history WHEN Tyson Fury miraculously righted himself after being collapsed by Deontay Wilder for a second time in the dead hours of December 1, 2018, all six feet and nine inches of his massive frame somehow re-arranged into fit and proper condition, so