Tommy Fury weighed in at 180lbs, ahead of his fifth professional bout, live on BT Sport on February 27. Fury takes on Scott Williams on Fight Night Live. Kaisy Khademi and Ijaz Ahmed top the bill with a bout for the European IBF and WBO super-flyweight titles. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️
Mikaela Mayer may have her next fight lined up, as the WBO junior lightweight titleholder posted on social media that she’s returning June 19, with an “opponent in the works.” Mayer (14-0, 5 KO) got two fights in during Top Rank’s “bubble” run in Las Vegas last year, beating Helen Joseph in July, and then
MIAMI – Under normal circumstances, Eddie Hearn would hope to draw a sizable crowd for Demetrius Andrade’s next hometown fight. The unbeaten WBO middleweight champion’s promoter would settle for whichever reasonable number of fans government officials in Rhode Island will allow for his upcoming title defense. Hearn informed BoxingScene.com that he intends to bring Andrade’s
Posted on 02/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode Eddie Hearn thought it was going to be pretty easy. With someone as skilled as Demetrius Andrade, the long-time promoter figured all he needed to do was provide him with a platform to showcase his skills and the big fights would come rolling in. However, after spending so many
7:37 AM ET The vast majority of the boxing world sees the outcome of Saturday’s super middleweight title defense by Canelo Alvarez in Miami a foregone conclusion. WBC mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim has lost both of his big step-up fights in his career and has been out of the ring for two years. Alvarez has
Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim are set for tomorrow night’s DAZN main event from Miami (Feb. 27, 7 pm ET), with both looking in good shape today on the scales. Both Canelo (54-1-2, 36 KO) and Yildirim (21-2, 12 KO) weighed in at 167.6, below the fight’s 168-pound limit. Alvarez will be defending the WBC
Issue • Premium • Preview Ed Mulholland/Matchroom In his quest to become undisputed champion, boxing politics means that Canelo cannot avoid an underwhelming assignment against the overmatched Yildirim, writes Paul Wheeler BECOMING an undisputed world champion is a difficult thing to do – especially in this day and age. Not only do you have to
Anthony Dirrell believes there’s too much left to accomplish to begin living in the past, never mind try to change anything about it. With that, it didn’t take very long for the former two-time WBC super middleweight titlist to come to grips with the result of his last fight. Dirrell relinquished his piece of the
Posted on 02/26/2021 By: Oliver McManus Frank Warren’s first card of 2021 has hit some serious stumbling blocks. A planned headline fight between Carl Frampton and Jamel Herring for the WBO super featherweight world title had to be postponed when Frampton was forced to pull out. That fight has been pushed back to April 3rd
7:36 AM ET On Saturday, Feb. 20, lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez went to Top Rank Promotions president Todd duBoef with a simple question: “Are we good?” It was an inquiry made during a difficult negotiation process surrounding Lopez’s mandatory IBF title defense against George Kambosos Jr. When Lopez asked the question, it appeared all parties
News Melina Pizano/Matchroom At the final press conference Canelo Alvarez confirms he intends to fight four times this year AHEAD of Saturday’s WBA and WBC super-middleweight title fight at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim faced one another in their last press conference on Thursday. Canelo is the overwhelming favourite
Issue • Premium • Preview Phil Walter/Getty Images Despite success over his countryman as an amateur it’s a huge ask for Junior Fa to beat Joseph Parker this time, writes Declan Taylor JOSEPH PARKER and Junior Fa only knew their clash, widely considered the biggest fight in New Zealand’s history, was definitely going ahead just
New Zealand’s David Nyika does things his own way, but it’s working. He will be one to watch at the Tokyo Olympics, even after making a professional debut on Saturday. He spoke to John Dennen after qualifying DAVID NYIKA is different. He trains his own way, he boxes with his own style and it is
Before Canelo Alvarez takes over the boxing airwaves Saturday night on DAZN, the streaming service has another fight for us from Auckland, New Zealand, as heavyweight rivals Joseph Parker and Junior Fa square off for bragging rights and more. Parker (27-2, 21 KO) and Fa (19-0, 10 KO) are very familiar with one another from
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. is ready for more exhibition fights in the near future. Back in November the 52-year-old Jones returned to the ring and fought to an eight round split draw with 54-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who retired from the sport in 2005. Jones has interest in a
Posted on 02/25/2021 By: Hans Themistode Forget about Canelo Alvarez winning world titles in four different weight classes. It also doesn’t matter that he’s the consensus number one fighter in the world. According to a long list of fighters that include the likes of WBO middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade and WBC belt holder Jermall Charlo,
9:46 PM ET Former two-division boxing champ Antonio Tarver will return to the ring to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir on April 17, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Tarver, 52, will box Mir, 41, on the undercard of a pay-per-view event headlined by a boxing match between former MMA champion Ben Askren
#DirrellDavis Fight Night Details: http://pbcham.ps/FightNight-022721 Former two-time super middleweight world champion Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell and Kyrone Davis address the media one final time before their 12-round showdown Saturday, February 27, 2021, live on FOX. #PBConFOX Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions