Carl Frampton has released a lengthy statement following his decision to retire from professional boxing over the weekend. Frampton (28-3, 16 KOs) had a very successful career, becoming a two-weight world champion after winning world titles at super bantamweight and featherweight. His fantastic success saw him fight all over the world, with The Jackal earning
Posted on 04/06/2021 By: Sean Crose Boxing has always gone hand in hand with controversy. Whether it’s the sport’s brutality, the unfair treatment of fighters, fixed fights, poor matchups, or media bias, there’s always something not to like about the sweet science. Fortunately, there’s so much more to love about what may well be the
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium ‘Watch it sunshine,’ Nosher Powell had to warn Jean Claude Van Damme. ‘Or you’ll find my knee in your b*****ks’ BEN HUR, Jean Claude Van Damme, Billy Knuckles, James Bond and Eddie Hearn are all part of Nosher Powell’s life in and out of the ring. Powell fought 53
Former junior middleweight titleholder Tony Harrison is the latest to join Brian Custer’s Last Stand Podcast, and during the interview he talks about a number of topics ranging from losing his father/trainer to COVID, his return to the ring, and his plans to target some big fights in the division. Check out some excerpts from
Joe Smith already had the rest of the month planned out by the time he hit the Las Vegas strip—win the light heavyweight title, get married, enjoy his honeymoon and hunt down his next divisional target. One out of four isn’t bad in the grand scheme of things. The phone call came during on the
Posted on 04/05/2021 By: Sean Crose With a rash of assaults on Asians and Asian Americans rocking the United States, one of the most famous athletes on the earth has something to say. “We have one color in our Blood!” Manny Pacquiao tweeted late last week. “Stop discriminating. LOVE AND PEACE TO EVERYONE!! #StopAsianHate” This
7:51 AM ET 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 Remember the comedy movie “Last Vegas” — featuring Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline? It was a story about a
Harry Mullan, at ringside, saw Sugar Ray Leonard seal one of the great comebacks with hotly disputed verdict over the formidable Marvin Hagler in 1987 THE richest fight in boxing history produced one of the sport’s most controversial decisions as Sugar Ray Leonard defied the odds and the still formidable skills of middleweight legend Marvelous
Rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis faces his most difficult test in pursuit of a world championship as he headlines his first SHOWTIME main event against Sergey Lipinets, a former world champion seeking a title in a second weight class, when the contenders meet in a 12-round welterweight showdown. #EnnisLipinets Fight night details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-041021 #JaronEnnis
Tyson Fury praised the impact of Frank Warren after he became a two-time world champion, which completed a remarkable turnaround. Fury explained in the BT Sport Films production, what made his promoter so special to him. Make It Or Die Trying: The Frank Warren Story premieres on BT Sport 1 HD on Sunday 11th April
After initially falling apart due to mutual bouts with COVID, the WBC bantamweight title fight between champion Nordine Oubaali and top contender Nonito Donaire has a new date. Julius Julianis, confirming an earlier report from Dan Rafael, claims that the pair will meet on May 29th in Los Angeles atop a three-fight bill. Oubaali (17-0,
Dmitry Ivanov, manager of former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, says his boxer was still suffering the effects of the coronavirus when he stepped in the ring for last month’s rematch with Dillian Whyte. Back in August of 2020, Povetkin recovered from two knockdowns to score a brutal one-punch knockout in the fifth round. A
Posted on 04/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode Boxing fans around the world have grown sick and tired of the proliferation of belts. After seemingly every bout, a new world title is wrapped around the waist of the winner. The breaking point for fans appeared to come when WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman introduced the ever confusing “Franchise”
Nestled between Murodjon Akhmadaliev’s stoppage of Ryoske Iwasa and Jamel Herring’s rout of Carl Frampton last Saturday, top IBF featherweight contender Kid Galahad revealed that his vacant title fight against Jazza Dickens will take place on the May 8th Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders card. MTK won the purse bid in February. June 2019 saw Galahad
The ideal of Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez meeting in the ring extends far beyond one last hurrah for a pair of ring legends. “Legends never leave unfinished business,” Cotto revealed through his verified social media platforms on Monday, verifying a previous report from BoxingScene.com of the upcoming clash of retired former four-division titlists.
Posted on 04/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode Bernard Hopkins can hear the criticism coming from all angles. The former two-division world champion and current partner of Golden Boy Promotions may not be involved in the handling of Canelo Alvarez and his career anymore, but he still notices what’s going on around him. The Mexican star is
Issue • Opinion • Premium Jamel Herring and Carl Frampton highlight their class but the event didn’t do a lot for promoting Dubai as a new world force in boxing, writes George Gigney in his media review AS Carl Frampton sought to make history and become the island of Ireland’s first ever three-weight world champion
History • Issue • Premium Larry Braysher Billy Thompson wanted to make sure his dad would never need to go down a mine again and lit up the British fight game in the gloomy post-war years, writes Alex Daley IN the aftermath of World War II, the British public craved excitement and entertainment like never