Former four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, 58-years-old, is in ongoing discussions to face career rival Mike Tyson for a third time. The two boxers collided twice in the 90’s. Holyfield, who was a massive underdog at the time, shocked the world when he stopped Tyson in ten rounds in 1996. Their 1997 rematch ended in three rounds, after Tyson
Posted on 01/10/2021 By: Sean Crose We live in an era where branding is absolutely everything. A fighter who can’t market himself or herself effectively is going to have a hard time career-wise, no matter how good he or she is. That’s why fighters such as Ryan Garcia are held at such a premium, because
Chris Eubank Jr has signed a “long-term” promotional deal with Team Sauerland, as the 31-year-old says he’s ready to face any of the titleholders in the middleweight division. Eubank (29-2, 22 KO) hasn’t fought since a Dec. 2019 win over Matt Korobov, which came as a result of Korobov suffering a left shoulder injury in
The throwback performance offered by Kazuto Ioka was motivating enough for Andrew Moloney to map out his entire 2021 campaign. Ioka added to his incredible career credentials following an 8th round knockout of unbeaten countryman Kosei Tanaka on New Year’s Eve in Tokyo, Japan. The win marked the second defense of the WBO 115-pound belt
Another fighter has linked up with MTK Global and Rick Mirigian, as 140-pound contender Arnold Barboza Jr is the latest in a long line of fighters to sign with the team. MTK Global will advise Barboza and Mirigian will be his manager. Barboza is still promoted by Top Rank. He follows Joseph Diaz Jr, Vergil
Shawn “Showtime” Porter knows only one way to fight and that’s coming straight ahead with full fists of steam. It’s pretty much the same way Adrian Granados fights, too. Porter likes to suffocate his opponents, mixing in a little mauling and wrestling. It made for an interesting give-and-take, action fight. Referee Gary Rosato’s blue shirt
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According to IBF, WBO, WBC Franchise, WBA lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez, he drew a lot of inspiration from retired five division world champion Floyd Mayweather. Last year, the 23-year-old Lopez catapulted his career with a defining twelve round decision win over Vasiliy Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner and coming in was regarded as one of
Posted on 01/09/2021 By: Sean Crose One thing Luke Campbell has to be given credit for over the past week is the fact he’s gracious in defeat. Ever since losing to Ryan Garcia via body shot last weekend, the British fighter has given Garcia credit for a fine performance and has made no excuses for
Thomas Hauser was in Ricky Hatton’s dressing room before and after his loss to Floyd Mayweather in 2007 and explains how referee Joe Cortez, and then Mayweather, seriously dampened the mood ONE of the things that made Ricky Hatton so appealing is that he was a fan of the fans. “People watch me because I’m
Carlos Acevedo tells the story of the night Mike Tyson and Mitch Green brawled in the streets “THAT whole year was crazy,” he would recall, more than two decades after the tumultuous events, that ultimately led to his shocking downfall, took place. In 1988 Mike Tyson traded handwraps, mouthpieces and gloves for subpoenas, police reports,
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Steve Bunce has got his crystal ball at the ready to look ahead to what is already a fascinating year THERE was once a truly sad run of clairvoyant shop fronts on the Atlantic City boardwalk, each with dirty windows, bad lights and a woman hovering
While the rest of the lightweight young guns argue amongst themselves over who’ll fight who next time out, kinda-sorta-maybe undisputed champion Teofimo Lopez has a clear opponent ahead of him. The IBF have officially ordered him to face mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr., giving the pair until February 6th to come to terms and avoid
Ivaylo Gotzev, co-promoter for heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev, says the Bulgarian boxer would love to get in the ring with British contender Dillian Whyte. Last month, Pulev suffered the second defeat of his career – when he was stopped in nine rounds by IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. Whyte is also coming off
Mikey Garcia On Errol Spence Jr. Wanting To Face Canelo: “I Think Canelo Stops Him” Posted on 01/09/2021 By: Hans Themistode Former four-division world champion Mikey Garcia knows good and well just how skilled Errol Spence Jr. is. After all, the 33-year-old was handed his first defeat at the hands of Spence Jr. in March
Well, it’s no secret that this is one of the slowest times of the year in boxing, so for the sake of content let’s check out the latest social media feud, this one between Buddy McGirt and Shakur Stevenson. McGirt was asked during an interview about his thoughts on Stevenson potentially going up against some
The Daily Bread Mailbag Returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Ryan Garcia’s recent big win over Luke Campbell, Errol Spence vs. Terence Crawford, Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez, the career of James Kirkland, Josh Taylor vs. Regis Prograis, and much more. Hey Bread, I know you hear this probably a lot but
Unified welterweight world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. defeated two-division champion Danny “Swift” Garcia by unanimous decision Saturday night in the main event of a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. “The moment is surreal,” said Spence. “Coming back from the accident, I feel like I looked pretty good tonight.