Feature He fit perfectly in the sport of his time, unashamedly belonging to the ancient days of cigar smoke in private venues, and rude brawls in lost halls in 15-round fights with tiny gloves. Steve Bunce on the enigma of Dennis Andries THERE have been few confirmed sightings of Dennis Andries, interviews are even rarer
Month: January 2022
Abel Ramos has a new opponent and platform on which the fight will take place. BoxingScene.com has learned through multiple sources that Josesito Lopez has suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw from his planned welterweight fight with Ramos. The two were due to collide as part of a Fox Sports Pay-Per-View show on
Posted on 01/28/2022 By: Hans Themistode Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will be forever linked. In 2017, after spending years calling out the Mexican star, Golovkin and Alvarez officially squared off. Following the conclusion of 12 rounds, Golovkin believed that he would be awarded a unanimous decision victory. However, the Kazakhstan monster was stunned at
2:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN For the first time since September 2019, Tyson Fury will fight someone other than Deontay Wilder. Fury’s co-promoter, Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, won the rights to the WBC heavyweight title fight between Fury and Dillian Whyte with a commitment of $41 million at Friday’s purse bid. Fury, the champion, is
Here’s a new update on the “Demetrius Andrade to super middleweight” news that broke earlier this week. The WBO has officially ordered a pair of interim title fights: Andrade vs. Zach Parker at super middleweight and Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Esquiva Falcao at middleweight. All parties have 10 days to come to terms and avoid purse
The countdown has begun. Former world champions Keith “One Time’’ Thurman and Mario “El Azteca” Barrios collide in a high-stakes 12-round welterweight showdown that headlines a jam-packed FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View lineup on Saturday, February 5 from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Don’t wait! Order #ThurmanBarrios on PBC
Feature Mikey Williams/Top Rank/Getty Images SugarHill Steward and Stitch Duran recall the incredible intensity of being in Tyson Fury’s corner. They spoke to John Dennen IT was a fight of extraordinary brutality. Even for a battle at the top end of heavyweight boxing, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder subjected one another to a degree of
Pick It: TBRB #3 Ilunga Makabu vs. #4 Thabiso Mchunu (Saturday, Fite TV, 8:00 PM EST) Fans with an extra $50-ish to burn will find a solid cruiserweight main event on this show. It’s a rematch over six years in the making. In the first fight, the 34-year old Makabu (28-2, 25 KO) rallied from
Posted on 01/26/2022 By: Sean Crose Claressa Shields – who is probably the best female boxer on earth – is set to face Ema Kozin on February 5 at Wales’ Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. It will be the undefeated 11-0 fighter’s first professional foray outside of America. Like Shields, Kozin is undefeated, boasting a record of 20-0-1.
7:45 AM ET Mike Coppinger Andres Ferrari Close ESPN Editor Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com’s boxing and MMA editor. Robson Conceicao dropped a controversial decision against Oscar Valdez in September, but he has another opportunity Saturday to prove he’s a player at 130 pounds. The winner of the fight between Conceicao and Xavier Martinez (10 p.m.
News ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images Queensberry and Top Rank win the purse bid for Tyson Fury’s heavyweight championship showdown with Dillian Whyte AFTER many delays and longer discussions, the purse bid for Tyson Fury versus Dillian Whyte, mandated by the WBC whose heavyweight belt Fury holds, went ahead on Friday. Queensberry and Top Rank, Fury’s UK
Alan Hubbard, who was ringside during the glorious 1970s heavyweight era, tells the story of the enduring grudge between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier THE first act in the historic trilogy starring Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier was an epic drama which transfixed the world. New York was buzzing with anticipation and inside a packed
Chris Colbert and Roger Gutierrez are set for a main event fight on Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday, Feb. 26, with the winner set to come away as the true recognized WBA champion at 130 lbs, with Gervonta Davis giving up their “super world” title belt, leaving only Gutierrez’s previously secondary “world” title strap recognized
Boxers • Issue • Premium James Chance/Getty Images John Hedges will box on the February 27 O2 Arena show When and why you started boxing:My brother boxed, my dad boxed. I come from a fighting family. Favourite all-time fighter:It changes but I’d have to say Canelo Álvarez, for his inside and outside the ring performance.
EBU welterweight champ David Avanesyan (28-3-1) will, according to the EBU, make a voluntary defense of the title against Finnish boxer Oskari Metz (15-0) on a Queensberry Promotion sometime in March with a site to be announced. Metz is ranked # 11 by the EBU and this is by far the biggest fight of his
Posted on 01/27/2022 By: Sean With the click ticking, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and longtime contender Dillian Whyte have until tomorrow to agree to a fight contract or the WBC will send the match to purse bid. That means the promotion for the bout will fall to the highest bidder. There’s been
There’s a bizarre saga that’s flown under the radar these past few months: the WBA’s attempts to pit “super” light flyweight champion Hiroto Kyoguchi against “world” champ Esteban Bermudez. They first ordered it back in June, but Matchroom tried to pull a fast one and have Bermudez defend his belt against Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, prompting
The 130-pound title picture will crystallize Saturday evening at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, as the unbeaten Xavier Martinez (17-0, 11 KOs) battles recent world title challenger Robson Conceicao (16-1, 8 KOs) in a 10-round WBC title eliminator. (photos by Mikey Williams) Conceicao is coming off last September’s valiant challenge of WBC world champion
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