Posted on 03/09/2021 By: Hans Themistode Manny Pacquiao hasn’t officially named his next opponent but the eight-division world champion has a strong idea as to who he will be facing next. “We’re leaning towards Mikey Garcia,” Pacquiao told Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN. Like most fighters at 147 pounds, Garcia has spent several years in an
7:14 AM ET Kathleen McNamee This article is part of ESPN’s coverage of Women’s History Month. When Natasha Jonas met Ireland’s Katie Taylor at the 2012 London Olympics, the stadium was quite literally rocking. At 113.7 decibels the noise was as loud as a rock concert, which happens to be four decibels greater than the
Issue • News • Premium Danny McAlinden passed away 50 years to the day since his victory over Muhammad Ali’s younger brother Rahaman on the undercard of The Fight of the Century. Daniel Herbert pays tribute DANNY McAlinden, the former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion, passed away at the age of 73 on Monday (March
Joshua Buatsi has linked up with a new trainer ahead of his proposed ring return. The undefeated Olympic bronze medallist, who has raced to 13-0 in the light-heavyweight division since turning professional, is set to step between the ropes again in a couple of months’ time. Buatsi, 27, has been earmarked to headline a show
Posted on 03/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode The throne always belonged to Muhammad Ali. He had just been unjustly and temporarily removed from it. In the 1960s there wasn’t a soul alive that didn’t believe Ali was the best fighter in the world. Unless you were Joe Frazier of course. With Ali forced to spend three
8:16 AM ET FLINT, Mich. — It was a little past 8 p.m. on Friday and the music inside Claressa Shields’ dressing room started to heat up. She grabbed her portable speaker, thumbed with her phone and hit play. Cardi B’s “Up” came on. Shields turned her space into a dance party, twisting her body
Manny Pacquiao turned pro in boxing in 1995, just about a month after he turned 16 years old. He fought his first 23 bouts at home in the Philippines before heading to the famed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo in 1998 to meet Shin Terao. Pacquiao dropped Terao three times and won in 2:59. That was
Issue • Opinion • Premium In his own words, Josh Taylor explains how he intends to leave his own legacy when he fights Jose Ramirez for the undisputed title on May 22 in Las Vegas TRAINING for Jose Ramirez (on May 22) is going well. I started sparring last week, so it’s good to get
(February 17, 2018) Boxing’s youngest world champion, David Benavidez, left no questions in a rematch with Ronald Gavril, defending his WBC Super Middleweight World Championship with a dominating 12-round unanimous decision in Saturday’s co-feature on SHOWTIME. The 21-year-old Benavidez and Gavril had fought to a close split-decision in one of 2017’s best fights that saw
Tommy Fury secured his fifth professional career win with victory over Scott Williams at the Copper Box Arena. He closed the show with a big right hand in the second 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
A few days before the anticipated rematch between Jessica McCaskill and Cecilia Braekhus, the fighters took part in public training sessions in which they are preparing with passion to face each other again. This second episode between the 147 lbs. undisputed champion of the moment and the dethroned First Lady will take place on Saturday
Posted on 03/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode In what fans have grown accustomed to hearing from Gary Russell Jr., the WBC featherweight titlist will face a mandatory challenger. This time, in the form of Rey Vargas, the former super bantamweight world champion. Both sides have agreed to a deal and have avoided a purse bid. Presently,
6:16 PM ET Associated Press FEASTERVILLE, Pa. — Smokin’ Joe Frazier stood fearsome in bronze, his frozen left hook on the brink of connecting with Muhammad Ali, much as the power punch did 50 years ago in the Fight of the Century. Linked forever by a trilogy of bouts, it’s the first meeting — won
During this video interview with Fight Hub TV, Teofimo Lopez talks to Marcos Villegas of the recent reports that Gervonta Davis could move up to 140lbs to take on Mario Barrios. In particular, Lopez shares some of his thoughts on why he sees a pattern of behavior with Davis and why think move to 140
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams believes he would KO Anthony Fowler if they meet – and he wants to prove he’s ready for that fight and more as he steps up against Denis Douglin over eight rounds on Saturday night (March 13) at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas live worldwide on DAZN. Williams (7-0 6
Posted on 03/08/2021 By: Sean Crose The April 17’th Triller Fight Club card featuring Jake Paul and Ben Askren has found a home – Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. “Mercedes-Benz Stadium will continue to be the place where sports and entertainment’s biggest events are held, and we welcome Triller Fight Club for this special event,” said AMB
With his suspension now behind him, Asian Boxing reports that WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji is set to defend his title against mandatory challenger Tetsuya Hisada on April 24th. Teraji (17-0, 10 KO), who also uses the nom de guerre “Ken Shiro,” has defended the title seven times since taking it from Ganigan Lopez
When lightweight contender George Kambosos got the phone call he was waiting for from manager Peter Kahn to tell him the results of the purse bid for his mandatory title shot against unified world champion Teofimo Lopez, he had a distinct reaction. “When that did come through I was drinking a coffee and I nearly