Month: February 2022

1:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence and Yordenis Ugas will unify welterweight titles on April 16 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Spence announced on social media. The bout will be Spence’s third at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, which is near his hometown of DeSoto; he defeated Mikey Garcia and Danny Garcia
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Fernando Vargas Jr. protected his undefeated record by finishing Kody Koboski by TKO in round 3, improving his record to 5-0 with 5 knockouts. #VargasKoboski #FernandoVargasJr #ThurmanBarrios 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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Toledo’s WTOL 11 reports that former lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. suffered three gunshot wounds while fleeing from an armed robber, who wound up taking “two gold chains, three diamond rings and Easter’s cell phone.” Easter underwent surgery “to remove bullet fragments,” though his father tells Golden Boy’s Ernie Gabion that there’s nothing “life threatening.”
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The Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano women’s 10-round lightweight title unification bout is primed to set all kinds of records pertaining to purse, profile, and pedigree. With so much attention foisted on their bout, Brooklyn-based Puerto Rican Serrano doesn’t see why they shouldn’t up the ante and push for the inauguration of one of the
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Posted on 02/07/2022 By: Hans Themistode Chris Eubank Jr. boxed, moved, brawled, and simply outclassed his longtime rival Liam Williams this past weekend. The two squared off at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales in the United Kingdom. Though the jam-packed crowd stood and cheered when Eubank Jr. was handed the unanimous decision victory, several miles
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Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Topical Press Agency/Getty Images Steve Bunce remembers how the brilliant Tiger Flowers who spawned numerous tribute acts IT was the like good old days with a boxer called Steve Robinson fighting in front of a packed house in Cardiff. Same fans, same beer, same cheer and obviously, it’s a
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The Filip Hrgovic IBF Eliminator Saga may finally be over. Dan Rafael reports that 13th-ranked Zhang Zhilei has accepted the call to face “El Animal” for a shot at the heavyweight title after 12th-ranked Demsey McKean declined. For those counting at home, that makes for a final total of four contenders that declined due to
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Posted on 02/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Back in early 1985, the fight world was focused on the impending middleweight title superbout between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns. Hagler was the longstanding middleweight champion of the world, a gritty, walking, talking skill set with power. Hearns needed no introduction. The tall, thin fighter
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4:24 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Miguel Berchelt and Jeremiah Nakathila have agreed to a deal for a March 26 lightweight fight, sources told ESPN. The bout will headline Top Rank Boxing on ESPN at a location to be determined, sources said. Berchelt (38-2, 34 KOs) will now campaign at 135 pounds after he lost his
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