Tommy Fury accepts that he needs to continue delivering knockouts, if he is to be perceived as a serious boxer, but is paying little attention to his critics. Fury has been training alongside brother Tyson and insists his camp has been all business as he prepares to go 5-0. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on
Julio Cesar Martinez’s return is once again postponed, as the WBC flyweight titleholder announced on Instagram that his bout with McWilliams Arroyo for Saturday’s Canelo-Yildirim card on DAZN is off: Martinez (17-1, 13 KO) was just at the Canelo-Yildirim final press conference today, but as you can see if you click the right arrow on
MIAMI – Julio Cesar Martinez has withdrawn again from his mandated title defense against McWilliams Arroyo, this time two days before they were supposed to fight. Martinez pulled out of their 12-round, 112-pound title fight Thursday afternoon due to an injury to his right hand, which he revealed in photos posted through his Instagram account.
Posted on 02/25/2021 By: Sean Crose “All this without a blue check from Twitter. Lol cool story bro! #The Takeover” So tweeted WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight titlist Teofimo Lopez after upstart Triller won a purse bid to broadcast his upcoming mandatory defense against contender George Kambosos. For those unfamiliar with the process, a purse
1:18 PM ET Triller just threw its name in the ring to promote the next fight of one of boxing’s rising stars. The upstart tech company won the rights to promote Teofimo Lopez’s lightweight title defense against George Kambosos with a bid of more than $6 million, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. Triller,
“I’m the greatest thing that ever lived, and I just turned 22 years old! I must be the greatest! I told the world! I talk to God every day, if God’s with me, can’t nobody stop me! I shook up the world! … I am the king of the world! I’m pretty! I’m a bad
Canelo Alvarez recently was granted a promotional license, and although Eddie Hearn is doing the heavy lifting as the promoter Saturday night, the Mexican-born star still has to pump up his underqualified adversary in Avni Yildirim to make sure the public doesn’t believe he’s fighting a pushover. The Turkish fighter is a 50-to-1 underdog who
Posted on 02/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jermall Charlo is starting to get pissed off. On numerous occasions, the WBC middleweight belt holder has called out high-level fighters across various divisions. From IBF 160 champion Gennadiy Golovkin to unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, Charlo wants to take them all on. Yet, no matter how loud
7:27 PM ET Jamel Herring’s constantly moving WBO junior lightweight title defense against Carl Frampton has a new date. The Herring-Frampton fight, which was supposed to happen Saturday in Great Britain, will now take place April 3 in Dubai, it was announced Wednesday. The fight was postponed last week because of a hand injury to
Feature • Issue • Premium Keyshawn Davis is making his debut on Canelo Alvarez’s undercard on Saturday. The American might just be the best prospect in the US. He speaks to John Dennen ERROL SPENCE was the star to emerge from the US men’s team at the 2012 Olympic Games, Shakur Stevenson was America’s leading
Feature • Issue • Premium Al Bello/Getty Images Behind the scenes with Roy Jones on the night he realised he wasn’t Roy Jones anymore. By Thomas Hauser THE main arena at Madison Square Garden is a nice place to make history. On November 8, 2008, Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jnr did just that, although
Opinion For many the hardest fight comes when they’ve got to retire from boxing. But there is life after boxing, says Tony Jeffries THERE is no single better feeling in the world than getting your arm raise after a fight, especially a big fight. I’m guessing it’s like taking a high quality, addictive drug (I
During this media interview with Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn — ahead of this weekend’s Canelo Alvarez vs Avni Yildirim fight in Miami — Hearn fields questions about the importance of this fight, exposing Canelo to different territories, and why he doesn’t think Caleb Plant has much of a chance to beat Canelo if they meet
(April 29, 2016) Former world champion Anthony Dirrell needed less than two minutes to take apart Caleb Truax, winning by first-round TKO in a 169-pound bout. Anthony Dirrell entered Friday’s 169-pound clash with Caleb Truax two fights removed from being dethroned as a champion. It didn’t take long for the 31-year-old to prove he’s still
Archie Sharp is lining up a huge fight with Shakur Stevenson in 2021, admitting the American’s trash talk has made the bout even more mouthwatering for him. Sharp also looked ahead to Jamel Herring v Carl Frampton and broke down the impact of Josh Warrington’s loss against Mauricio Lara. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on
Main events, especially featuring superstars like Saul Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KO), often take up all the oxygen during fight week. This week is no different. The reigning WBC/WBA super middleweight titlist is expected to win big on Saturday night (DAZN, 7 PM EST) in a mandatory defense against Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KO). The intrigue,
Posted on 02/24/2021 By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury, the outspoken WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world, plans on fighting twice in 2021 – whether that means he faces fellow titlist Anthony Joshua in a much anticipated superbout or not. Tyson, who stopped defending WBC champ Deontay Wilder a year ago in Vegas hasn’t
12:02 PM ET WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury says he will absolutely fight twice in 2021, regardless of whether a megafight against Anthony Joshua comes together. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) has not stepped into the ring for over a year now, as the anniversary of his sensational knockout of Deontay Wilder passed on Monday.