Last week’s Big Question was on Andre Ward, and whether or not the still in shape, only 37 years old (as of today! happy birthday to Andre Ward!) former champ and pound-for-pound ruler might come back to the ring for a real fight at some point. Overwhelmingly, people think Ward is going to stay retired,
Springs Toledo tells the story of Sam Langford and reveals the circumstances of his final days for the first time “IT WAS A DUNGEON,” Marvin Gilmore said about Boston State Hospital. “Like something out of medieval times.” Located on 232 acres of farmland, it began its therapeutic tenure in the late 19th century with promise,
Opinion It proved a tough loss for Josh Kelly, but should he have been put into the David Avanesyan fight in the first place? Callum SmithFormer world champPossibly. In hindsight it’s easier to say now he’s lost it. If he’d won people would be saying it’s a great move. Stylistically it was always going to
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who promotes WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford, is going to explore two potential opponents for his fighter. Former champions Manny Pacquiao and Shawn Porter are the names being mentioned by Arum, who wants to secure one of them for Crawford’s next fight. Pacquiao, 42-years-old, has been out of the ring since
Posted on 02/21/2021 Everyone expected for there to be a knockout, however, no one believed that it would be coming from the smaller man. Oscar Valdez could care less what his doubters said going into his super featherweight showdown against WBC belt holder Miguel Berchelt. If he did, he probably wouldn’t have gotten the win
It was one year ago today that Tyson Fury went into the ring in Las Vegas, destroyed Deontay Wilder as he’d promised he would, and lifted the WBC heavyweight title. Fury and Wilder had going to a controversial draw in Dec. 2018, and after spending 2019 looking to make the WBC-ordered rematch bigger, they finally
(February 22, 2020) Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury defeated Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder by seventh-round stoppage to capture the WBC Heavyweight Championship Saturday night headlining a historic mega PPV event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. “A big shout out to Deontay Wilder,” said Fury. “He came here tonight and he
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Steven Ortiz didn’t get the hometown rivalry showdown he wanted. What he does get, is the chance to still fight on Showtime. The Philadelphia-bred prospect will remain on the March 10 edition of Showtime’s ShoBox series, as he will face New Orelans’ Jeremy Hill (14-0, 9KOs) in a battle of unbeaten lightweights. Both camps have
Posted on 02/22/2021 By: Sean Crose “Boxer Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis was the driver in a November hit-and-run crash in Baltimore that left multiple people injured, according to a police report.” So states Baltimore CBS affiliate WJZ 13. “The crash happened at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. and Washington boulevards just before 2 a.m.
Unbeaten British super middleweight Zach Parker, who secured WBO mandatory challenger status last March, has officially joined forces with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. He’ll kick off the partnership against TBA on the March 26th Akeem Ennis-Brown vs. Sam Maxwell card. The 26-year-old Parker (19-0, 13 KO) has struggled with inactivity, fighting just twice since a
News • Premium Mark Robinson Next Josh Warrington will rematch the man who knocked him out and is putting it all on the line, John Dennen reports DESPITE suffering a shock knockout loss to Mauricio Lara on February 13, Josh Warrington is adamant that he will rematch the unheralded Mexican next, and retire if he
Junior middleweight prospect Richard Brewart, Jr. overcame a knockdown to defeat Nathan Weston Sunday evening at the Omega Products International in the Los Angeles suburb of Corona. One judge scored the bout 57-56 for Weston, while the other two judges scored the bout 58-55 for Brewart, who improves to 9-0, 4 knockouts. It was a
Posted on 02/22/2021 By: Sean Crose Adrien Broner won a fight on Saturday night at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino against the widely unknown Jovanie Santiago. Many are saying Broner received a gift decision, but I’m going to told my tongue on that particular matter until I watch the fight again. The truth, however, is that
7:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN FOR DAMIAN LILLARD, the game wasn’t over. Yes, the Portland Trail Blazers were trailing the Chicago Bulls by five points with 11.5 seconds left on Jan. 30, but he wasn’t about to give up. He made a 37-foot 3-pointer to cut the lead to two. After the ensuing inbounds pass,
Miguel Berchelt no longer has the WBC junior lightweight title after a devastating knockout loss to Oscar Valdez on Saturday night, but the good news is that the 29-year-old Mexican fighter says his post-fight exams went alright, and he’s going to be back in the ring. “I want to tell you that I’m fine, thank
Fitness • Training In his ultimate tutorial Tony Jeffries demonstrates how to box EVERR wondered how Floyd Mayweather has great reactions? How Manny Pacquiao gets so much speed in his punches? How Tyson Fury can move his feet the way he does? Well, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks creating a video to show
On February 26 at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy, local idol Daniele Scardina (18-0 with 14 KOs) will fight Cesar Nunez (17-2-1 with 9 KOs) for the vacant European Union super middleweight belt. The IBF International title will be on the line twice: welterweight champion Maxim Prodan (18-0-1 with 14 KOs) will defend against Nicola