Posted on 02/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode The crowd booed at first, then laughed uncontrollably once Adrien Broner took the microphone on January 19th, 2019. Just a few moments earlier, the former four-division champion was announcing to the world that he should have been given the victory against Manny Pacquaio instead of a lopsided decision loss.
8:16 PM ET Jamel Herring is going to have to wait a little longer to defend his WBO junior lightweight title. Herring’s bout against Carl Frampton, scheduled for Feb. 27 in London, has been postponed after Frampton injured his hand, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. The fight, the source said, is now expected
PBC’s Feb. 27 card on FOX is official and finalized, with former super middleweight titlist Anthony Dirrell returning in the main event, and prospects Jesus Ramos and Vito Mielnicki Jr in undercard bouts. The show will be running head-to-head with Canelo Alvarez’s return on DAZN, so frankly it’s going to fly way under the radar,
Light heavyweight prospect Sean Hemphill remained unbeaten Friday night, defeating gatekeeper Elie Augustama by unanimous decision Friday night at the Avanti Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida. All three judges scored the bout 60-54 in favor of Hemphill, who improves to 11-0, 6 knockouts. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Hemphill, who resides in New Orleans, Louisiana,
Posted on 02/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Canelo Alvarez tends to give cliche answers at times. Regardless of boxing fans having a strong idea as to who he is expected to fight next, Alvarez remains in the moment and always keeps his options open. Case in point would be the Mexican star’s refusal to acknowledge that
8:12 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 With the clock ticking down on the legendary career of 42-year-old Manny Pacquiao, the choice of his next opponent will be an interesting one.
Boxers • Issue • Premium Otto Wallin takes on Dominic Breazeale over 12 rounds in Uncasville, Connecticut this Saturday When and why you started boxing:I started boxing at 15. I was drawn to it because my father and brother used to box. Favourite all-time fighter:Muhammad Ali. He wasn’t only a great fighter but he was
Opinion Mark Robinson We ask a panel of experts whether Josh Warrington was left in with Mauricio Lara for too long Carl FramptonTwo-weight world championHe was being hurt throughout the fight. It should have been stopped at the end of the fourth. When he stood up at the start of the fifth his back leg
Josh Warrington suffered a shock loss to Mauricio Lara on Saturday in London, an early (and strong) leader for 2021 Upset of the Year, but the 30-year-old Warrington has received a lot of supports from fans in his home city and across the United Kingdom, and gave his thanks for that. “The support from the
Amateur • Issue • Premium Gareth Jones remembers one of the great Welsh boxers, Malcolm Collins MALCOLM COLLINS, one of the greatest names in the history of Welsh amateur boxing, died at his Cardiff home on February 4. He was 85. An exceptionally skilful southpaw, he claimed silver medals in successive Empire Games, as the
Jordan Gill is looking to throw himself back into Featherweight Title contention by beating Mexico’s former World Title challenger Cesar Juarez in style when they collide over ten rounds at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday February 20, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S. and more than 200
Posted on 02/14/2021 By: Sean Crose “I know he trains all the time,” famed coach Freddie Roach told FightHub TV. “He sends me tapes all the time.” Roach was referring to a report that his most famous fighter, Manny Pacquiao, is back in training, a report that’s being interpreted as Pacquiao preparing to get in
Issue • Premium • Q and A Dave Thompson The British Boxing Board of Control’s Robert Smith talks to Matt Christie following yet another controversial night in a British ring There have been suggestions that Josh Warrington should have been pulled out sooner. What was your perception of the main event from your position at
With less than two weeks to go until his scheduled clash with WBC mandatory super middleweight challenger Avni Yildirim, Canelo Alvarez sat down with TUDN to discuss his current and future plans. First off, despite a brief sojourn to light heavyweight to maul Sergey Kovalev in 2019, Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KO) has no intention of
(June 3, 2016) Undefeated 160-pound prospect Caleb Plant gained a fourth-round KO of Carlos Galvan on PBC on Spike at the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Fl. Plant spent much of the first two rounds displaying his trademark showmanship and feeling out Galvan. Plant said his strategy entering the ring was, “To be sharp and
Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker will be looking for a knockout victory when he faces unbeaten country rival Junior Fa on February 27 at Spark Arena. Parker, who has a superior edge in experience, is viewed as a big favorite to win the fight. The two boxers have traded plenty of words over the years – which
Posted on 02/15/2021 By: Sean Crose Manny Pacquiao: “We told Bob I get $40 million and Crawford gets $10 million.” Teofimo Lopez: “If you can’t meet the terms, then like I said, I’m taking my talents somewhere else.” These two quotes are maddeningly indicative of modern boxing. Talk of money has replaced the fights people
Following his WBO junior middleweight title win over Patrick Teixeira over the weekend, newly-crowned world champion Brian Castano talks about his big win and where he wants to go from here. Check out some excerpts what he had to tell our friends from Fight Hub TV below… Castano on how he feels after winning the