AIBA has committed to carefully consider and fully implement the recommendations of Professor Richard McLaren’s report published today as part of his ongoing investigation into boxing. Professor McLaren’s latest report reviews the Rio 2016 Olympic boxing tournament and more recent competitions up to and including the AIBA World Boxing Championships 2021 in Belgrade. “AIBA is
Month: December 2021
Posted on 12/07/2021 By: Hans Themistode Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxin For a number of years now, Demetrius Andrade has urged Jermall Charlo to face him in the ring. With Houston’s Charlo in possession of the WBC middleweight title and Rhode Island’s Andrade holding firmly to the WBO crown, the multiple division titlist would love nothing
Conor Benn will take on Chris Algieri in the main event from Liverpool, with Katie Taylor defending her lightweight crown and much more. John Hansen will be here for live coverage, which will take place in the comments section below. Coverage kicks off with the main card streaming on DAZN at 1 pm ET, with
Boxers • Issue • Premium Commonwealth Games silver medallist Paige Murney has her pro debut in her Leicester hometown on December 12 When and why you started boxing:I started boxing just by going to a youth club with my cousin and my friend, I think I was about 14. I started for fitness, it was
Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez is less disappointed with not landing a title shot for his next fight than with the absence of an explanation as to why it is the case. The unbeaten former super middleweight titlist has spent the better part of 2021 calling for a showdown with WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol. Both
Posted on 12/10/2021 By: Hans Themistode Vasiliy Lomachenko is still pained by how incredibly close he was to achieving his ultimate goal. Roughly one year ago, the Ukrainian native was in possession of three of the four lightweight titles with an opportunity to add the final piece of the undisputed puzzle to his resume. Yet,
News broke this morning that WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero had withdrawn from his mandated title defense against Paul Butler due to a bout of “viral gastritis.” Though there were early rumblings that Casimero could be stripped of his title, which would then be up for grabs between Butler and late replacement Joseph Agbeko,
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing But Conor Benn must overcome Chris Algieri in Liverpool CONOR BENN is open to fighting Amir Khan or Kell Brook next year. But first he must overcome experienced American Chris Algieri in Liverpool on Saturday (December 11). Khan and Brook themselves will fight early in 2022. “It is frustrating they didn’t
Vasiliy Lomachenko and Richard Commey couldn’t contain their smiles for long Friday afternoon once they made weight. The former lightweight champions clearly respect one another, thus they simply laughed and shook hands, instead of displaying any animosity toward one another the day before their 12-round main event at Madison Square Garden in New York. Moments
Posted on 12/10/2021 By: Sean Crose “I saw a guy who came too fast,” George Kambosos says of Teofimo Lopez on a recent Joe Rogan Experience podcast. “He needed to be matched with someone who was not going to take one step backwards.” Needless to say, Kambosos knows what he’s talking about when it comes
8:04 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN Former pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko steps back into the ring Saturday night at Madison Square Garden to face Richard Commey (9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+). It will be Lomachenko’s second fight since a shocking loss to Teofimo Lopez that stripped Lomachenko of his three lightweight titles. In his first fight
Opinion Meg Oliphant/Getty Images The Opening Bell on what’s next for Tyson Fury, the lightweight division and more THE lead news story this week is Tyson Fury being ordered to fight Dillian Whyte by the WBC. A terrific domestic fight but one that pushes Fury-Usyk out of reach for now. The lightweight division is in
During this conversation with Fight Hub TV, Nonito Donaire takes some time to chat with Marcos Villegas regarding this weekend’s title defense against Reymart Gaballo, how he’s feeling at this stage of his career, and his expectations moving forward. Check out some excerpts of what Donaire had to say below. Donaire on how he’s feeling
Watch live as Nonito Donaire and Reymart Gaballo host their final press conference ahead of their bantamweight championship this Saturday, December 11, 2021, live on SHOWTIME. #DonaireGaballo Fight Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-121121 #NonitonDonaire #ReymartGaballo Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
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Issue • Premium • Reports Sunny Edwards takes his skills to Dubai and Jayson Mama this Saturday, writes Elliot Worsell IT seems almost unfortunate that flyweight Sunny Edwards, one of the more talented and interesting characters on the British scene right now, follows his belt-winning masterpiece against Moruti Mthalane in April with a relatively low-key
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is grateful for the decision made today by the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) whereby boxing will remain on the Olympic Programme for Paris 2024 and a pathway has been established for inclusion on the Olympic Programme of Los Angeles 2028. Continued progress made by AIBA towards
Posted on 12/09/2021 By: Sean Crose He was, or at least seemed to be, on everyone’s pound for pound list. Then came Guillermo Rigondeaux. For on a New York night in 2013, at Radio City Music Hall, of all places, Nonito Donaire, one of the most highly regarded and popular fighters on earth, was successfully
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