Posted on 12/28/2021 Keith Thurman has a plan for after he returns to the ring in February, fresh from a two year plus layoff. “Brush off the dust, present ourselves to the world of boxing again, and get everybody excited of what Keith Thurman has to offer when it comes to challenging Errol Spence, Terence
Month: December 2021
Down goes another compelling matchup. Jérôme Abiteboul, who promotes unbeaten heavyweight contender Tony Yoka, announced today that “La Conquete’s” January 15th clash with Martin Bakole has been postponed indefinitely due to France’s Omicron restrictions limiting events to 2,000 spectators. Per Abiteboul, more than 5,000 tickets had been sold, rendering a more limited audience “not economically
Jerwin Ancajas will enter his next fight with a mandatory title defense waiting in the balance. An agreed-upon fight between Italy’s Mohammed Obbadi and Philippines’ Jade ‘Hurricane’ Bornea has been approved by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) as a final eliminator to the IBF junior bantamweight title. The bout will take place January 14 in
Posted on 12/28/2021 By: Sean Crose It won’t be for his WBC heavyweight title, but Bob Arum says Tyson Fury will be back in action this March. With that in mind, the Top Rank honcho doesn’t appear to be interested in pitting Fury against unknown competition. For former heavyweight multi-titlist Andy Ruiz Jr and divisional
Bob Arum recently sat down with iFL TV to discuss, among other things, Tyson Fury’s next bout. Though the WBC previously ordered “The Gypsy King” to face either interim champ Dillian Whyte or unified champion Oleksandr Usyk, Arum claims that neither of them are on the table, as Usyk is due for a rematch with
Former three-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (36-6-1, 20 KOs) earned a unanimous decision victory over Jerry Thomas (14-2-1, 8 KOs) in their 10-round welterweight fight. The early rounds were strategic, as Thomas relied on his movement while Guerrero looked to fire jabs patiently until he found opportunities for his power punches. Round three
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Boxing has 17 weight classes and just seven of them currently don’t have a unified champion. Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn is further looking to unify titles at cruiserweight with the best fighter he promotes in the division via Lawrence Okolie. “He became a world champion [earlier this year], defended [the belt]. Now he will
Posted on 12/27/2021 By: Sean Crose As we head into 2022 it’s almost hard to imagine Canelo Alvarez’ career continuing on its current trajectory. The man not only wins over and over and over again. He dominates. And against excellent competition, as well. There are those who can’t stand the guy – it’s lonely at
Boxing saw a new wave of pay-per-view offerings again in 2021, and the sport will kick off 2022 with yet another one, as Premier Boxing Champions and FOX are sticking a five-fight heavyweight event headlined by Luis Ortiz vs Charles Martin behind a $39.99 paywall. As we mentioned Sunday, whenever a major promotional outfit like
Opinion He might have beaten me up but I will always adore Marvelous Marvin Hagler, writes Tony Sibson FOR some reason, Marvin Hagler took a shine to me. He bashed me up in six rounds (in Worcester, Massachusetts in February, 1983) and we stayed in touch. Every time Marvin was in England I would get
History Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images Steve Bunce on the hellraiser, Randall Tex Cobb RANDALL ‘TEX’ COBB would have been a great Olympian, fighting in one of those Cold War classics from the Seventies or Eighties. After the carnage in Tokyo when Ricardo Torres Jnr beat Cuba’s Dainier Pero, they should be made obligatory. Cobb would have relished
Feature • Issue • Premium A new, hi-tech mouthguard could be game-changing for boxing. John Dennen finds out more WHAT if you could know straightaway whether an athlete had a head injury? After sustaining an impact what if you could get an instant diagnosis of its potential for concussion? It would revolutionise contact sports. It
Amateur Boxwise is a development programme for young people that began in London and has grown rapidly. It’s also a source of funds for England Boxing clubs BOXWISE, a non-profit social enterprise, has grown rapidly. The organisation delivers 13-week courses based on boxing for young people to develop further skills and learning opportunities. It was
Jerwin Ancajas is set for his next fight in the wake of watching a title unification bout collapse beyond his control. BoxingScene.com has learned that the long-reigning IBF junior bantamweight titlist will next face Argentina’s Fernando Daniel Martinez in a bout tentatively scheduled to take place on a February date in the United States. The
Posted on 12/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode The 2021 boxing calendar has been filled with upsets. Amongst a long list of them, was the mostly unforeseen result between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. Although the Ukrainian star had dominated the cruiserweight division, nabbing every world title en route to becoming an undisputed world champion, his performances
One of the most desired fights in female boxing in 2022 would be a potential pitting between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. The undisputed lightweight champion Taylor (20-0, 6 KOs), from Ireland, and featherweight queen Serrano (42-1-1, 30 KOs), a Puerto Rican based in Brooklyn, have both been gaining serious steam toward a showdown in
Posted on 12/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode Vasiliy Lomachenko has never been interested in taking the easy route. But the former multiple division titlist can’t say the same for Gervonta Davis. Following back-to-back runs in the Olympics that resulted in twin gold medals, Lomachenko immediately made the move to turn pro. While he would come up
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