The sport of boxing just might avoid shooting itself in the foot for once as some good news means we won’t have two of the most significant fights going head-to-head on the same night. An undisputed junior welterweight title unification between Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez had been penned for May 8th, but that’s also
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has a lot of respect for Floyd Mayweather’s shrewdness as a businessman. Mayweather, who retired back in August 2017 after stopping UFC superstar Conor McGregor in the rounds at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, is now making moves to be involved in big money exhibition fights. Tyson, 54-year-old, retired from the sport
Posted on 02/04/2021 By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury is well aware of what it’s like to be inactive. After stunning the world by besting long reigning heavyweight champ Vladimir Klitschko back in 2015, the towering Englishman descended into a world of depression, drugs, booze and overeating. After nearly killing himself, Fury – whose title belts
With Josh Warrington recently vacating the IBF featherweight title, the 126-pound division has a world title vacancy, and it will be filled — as originally expected — by a fight between top-rated contenders Kid Galahad and Jazza Dickens. It figured to be an easy enough fight to make, and it seems it will be. Dan
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Joe Joyce warned Oleksandr Usyk that he will use all of his physical advantages over him, should the two meet in the ring in April. Joyce put himself in the number two spot with the WBO, in the heavyweight rankings, after beating Daniel Dubois in November 2020. The Juggernaut, as well as previewing a potential
For the second time in less than a month, Kid Galahad has been the subject of a title fight whose promotional rights were obtained through a purse bid hearing. The hope this time around is for the fight to actually materialize. Lee Eaton—representing MTK Global—will serve as the promoter of record for the ordered vacant
Posted on 02/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jermell Charlo is as confident as they come. To the unified Jr middleweight champion, he is head and shoulders above the rest of his contemporaries. Ranking himself number one in the division isn’t solely based on just his belief, but mainly because of the level of opposition he has
8:41 AM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette The big fight that
Amateur Sam Mellish Efforts are ongoing to ensure the Tokyo Olympics take place but the qualification process has stalled. What should a potential Olympian do? Paul SmithWorld title challengerIf it’s 100 per cent guaranteed to happen in 2021 then I’d wait, there’s no point turning pro now if it’s only six months away. If it’s
Opinion Dave Thompson/Matchroom These fighters would fit the bill for the WBC’s proposed new bridgerweight division at 200-224lbs OLEKSANDR USYKAs a former undisputed cruiserweight king, Usyk’s talent is not in doubt, but it remains to be seen whether he will be big enough to conquer the heavyweight division. He is made to measure for bridgerweight.
Some of Japan’s finest current and former fighters will lace up the gloves to raise money for the country’s medical workers on February 11th. Earlier today, a press conference revealed the exhibition lineup for LEGEND, which features a number of major figures in Japanese combat sports. The six fight roster: Reigning WBA “super” light flyweight
25-year-old Australian-based Tanzanian Bruno “The Terminator” Tarimo, has cracked the WBA’s top 10 world rankings. Tarimo has a good record (25-2-2) and is on a hot streak, since coming to Australia he has won the IBF Pan Pacific, IBF International title and WBA Oceania title and his last four opponents have a combined record of 101
Posted on 02/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode It doesn’t seem like the questions surrounding his return will ever end. Mostly because of how surprising his retirement was in the first place. For former multiple division champion Andre Ward, he’s fought the urge to enter the ring after officially hanging up the gloves following a decisive knockout
Top tier boxing promoter Eddie Hearn made his usual weekly drop-in on the Ak and Barak program on SiriusXM, and as he’s currently working with superstar Canelo Alvarez on a two-fight deal — Feb. 27 against Avni Yildirim and a May 8 target date for Billy Joe Saunders — he had some thoughts on Canelo’s
UFC superstar Conor McGregor admits that he focused too much on a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao while preparing for last month’s rematch with Dustin Poirier. In the main event of UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi, Poirier knocked out McGregor in two rounds. In the weeks leading up to that fight, McGregor’s team was negotiating a
Posted on 02/03/2021 By: Sean Crose “The new target is, of course, Holyfield versus Tyson before the end of 1988.” The above quote comes from a Sports Illustrated article called “Tuning Up For Tyson,” dated December 14th, 1987. One of the aggravating things about targets is how frequently they’re missed. Had someone informed author Clive
1:47 PM ET Lightweight star Teofimo Lopez Jr., focused on keeping all five of his lightweight titles, is beginning to gear up for his next fight. Mandatory IBF challenger George Kambosos Jr. is the frontrunner to fight Lopez next in a bout that would likely take place in the early spring in the United States,