9:04 AM ET Steve Kim 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 Carl Frampton, Michael Conlan, David Benavidez and Otto Wallin return to the ring in key fights this weekend for the first time
David Benavidez was a chubby teenager but sparring partners Gennady Golovkin and Kelly Pavlik recognised the talent of the future champion. He describes how he became a man I AM really settled in Seattle now but it hasn’t always been that way. For real long periods in my life all my family did was move
Despite Top Rank promoting both fighters, the WBO’s mandated featherweight title fight between Emanuel Navarrete and Jessie Magdaleno went to a purse bid yesterday. Bob Arum and co. submitted the winning (and only) bid of $250,000, and despite previously aiming for September 19th/26th, now target October 17th or 24th. Whoever wins will claim the title
#PBCTimeOut: WBC Super Middleweight World Champion David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez joined PBC Host and Announcer Ray Flores on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, to discuss his upcoming title defense against once-beaten Roamer Alexis Angulo. Benavidez also sends a strong message to fellow 168-pound champion Caleb Plant and other top names in the division. #BenavidezAngulo FIGHT
Shakur Stevenson talks up a fight with Carl Frampton by calling him “too small” and reveals he wants to fight Gervonta Davis. The world champion also responds to comparisons with Floyd Mayweather and what he thinks about Tyson Fury… Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️
Opinion Mikaela Mayer, Stacey Copeland and a panel of boxing experts on the Harper-Jonas result and whether women’s boxing should go to three-minute rounds Was the draw between Terri Harper and Natasha Jonas a fair result? Mikaela MayerSuper-featherweight contenderI was watching the Harper fight the way a judge who was in favor of the champ
Pick It: Cecilia Braekhus vs. Jessica McCaskill (Saturday, DAZN, 8 PM EST) The short list of the greatest women ever to lace gloves won’t go far without discussion of the current undisputed welterweight queen. Braekhus (36-0, 9 KO) will attempt her 26th successful title defense against McCaskill (8-2, 3 KO) with what could be the
Friday, August 14th Felix Cash vs. Jason Welborn Brentwood, Essex, England (Sky Sports/DAZN) Saturday, August 15th Cecilia Brækhus vs. Jessica McCaskill Tulsa, Oklahoma (DAZN) Saturday, August 15th Rolando Romero vs. Jackson Marinez Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime) Saturday, August 15th David Benavidez vs. Roamer Alexis Angulo Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime) Saturday, August 22nd Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin
9:20 PM ET Steve KimESPN Top Rank has won the purse bid for the bout between Emanuel Navarrete and Jessie Magdaleno for the vacant WBO featherweight title with a bid of $250,000, the organization announced. Top Rank is still formulating its fall schedule at the moment, but intentions are to hold the fight at the
With Carl Frampton (27-2, 15 KOs) set to take on Darren Traynor (16-3, 7 KOs) this weekend, in what’s been pretty well established as a tune-up fight, Frampton isn’t even pretending to talk up his opponent as somebody who should really give him trouble, telling RingTV: “It’s a stay-busy fight and I expect to deal
Chris Kempson appraises all of GB’s Olympic gold medallists BOXERS representing Great Britain have won eighteen gold medals (16 for the men and two for the women) between 1908 and 2016. Over half the gold medal supply (nine in fact) was earned in the years 1908, 1920 and 1924, when very few countries supplied boxers to
FOX’s telecast Saturday night was the most-watched boxing broadcast in the United States since the sport returned to television June 9. Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that the main event of FOX’s three-bout broadcast, Jamal James’ victory over Thomas Dulorme, drew an average audience of 1,076,000 and a peak audience of 1,224,000 at the beginning
Mike Tyson On Fight Postponement: “This Temporary Inconvenience Will Last Longer Than Roy Jones Jr” Posted on 08/11/2020 By: Hans Themistode With roughly one month until their original September 12th fight date, there simply wasn’t enough time to promote a historical contest between former heavyweight titlist Mike Tyson and former four division world champion Roy
4:35 PM ET Steve KimESPN The proposed bout between Luke Campbell and Ryan Garcia for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title has been agreed upon. A purse bid for this contest had been scheduled for Tuesday, but a seven-day extension was granted to Golden Boy Promotions, Garcia’s promoter, and Matchroom Sports, who promotes Campbell, to
Just minutes ahead of a planned purse bid via Zoom, Eddie Hearn revealed that Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell have reached an agreement “in principle” for their WBC-mandated interim title fight, which would see the winner face Devin Haney after the latter’s planned voluntary defense. . He requested and, along with Golden Boy’s Eric Gomez,
The first ever virtual purse bid hearing scheduled to take place has since been delayed—and likely canceled altogether. A scheduled purse bid to determine promotional rights for the World Boxing Council interim lightweight title fight between Ryan Garcîa and Luke Campbell instead became an announcement to reveal that both sides have nearly finalized terms. For
Friday, August 14th Felix Cash vs. Jason Welborn Brentwood, Essex, England (Sky Sports/DAZN) Saturday, August 15th Cecilia Brækhus vs. Jessica McCaskill Tulsa, Oklahoma (DAZN) Saturday, August 15th Rolando Romero vs. Jackson Marinez Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime) Saturday, August 15th David Benavidez vs. Roamer Alexis Angulo Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime) Saturday, August 22nd Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin
8:55 AM ET Steve KimESPN The last time the world saw heavyweight Otto Wallin fight, he was giving lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury all he could handle last September at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. What was meant to be nothing more than a quick tune-up for Fury before his highly anticipated rematch with