Posted on 02/27/2022 By: Sean Crose With an undefeated 16-0 record, the 25 year old Chris “PrimeTime” Colbert was in position to move on to big things. In fact, he was supposed to fight for the WBA lightweight title at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas Saturday night, but his opponent, Roger Gutierrez , came down with
Month: February 2022
10:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The four governing organizations responsible for overseeing boxing title matchups around the world — the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO — announced in a joint statement that they won’t sanction any such bouts in Russia because of the invasion of Ukraine. Currently, two Russians hold major titles. Dmitry Bivol, ESPN’s
2:34 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Chris Colbert, ESPN’s No. 2-ranked 130-pounder, was slated to challenge for his first world title on Saturday. But after the champion, Roger Gutierrez, tested positive for COVID-19, Colbert (16-1, 6 KOs) was set to stay busy against unheralded late replacement Hector Garcia. In the PBC on Showtime’s main event, Colbert,
8:38 PM ET Mike Coppinger 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 Coming off a clear decision win over Jose Ramirez in May in which he captured the undisputed junior welterweight championship, Josh Taylor
News Lawrence Lustig Josh Taylor reacts to the controversy of his victory over Jack Catterall and promises ‘to be a monster’ when he moves up to welterweight next JOSH TAYLOR left the Hydro arena in Glasgow on Saturday with a split decision win over Jack Catterall and the world super-lightweight championship. But it was an
Opinion Lawrence Lustig Jack Catterall on the wrong end of a cruel decision in world title clash with Josh Taylor JOSH TAYLOR himself pointed out that Jack Catterall was getting a straight shot at everything he had worked so hard to achieve – the world super-lightweight championship, the four sanctioning body belts, Taylor’s position as
Posted on 02/25/2022 By: Sean Crose Credit to FightHub’s Marcos Villegas for reaching out and talking to Ukrainian fighters who are profoundly impacted by Russia’s invasion of their homeland. On Thursday he posted an interview with former junior welterweight titlist Viktor Postol whose wife and children are in Ukraine while war rages. “My family is
Posted on 02/25/2022 By: Sean Crose Former WBC titlist turned Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko has claimed he’s going to fight to defend his Ukrainian homeland against the current Russian military invasion. “I don’t have a choice,” he said on Thursday. “I have to do that.” On Friday, it looked as if Klitschko was keeping his
Unbeaten super featherweight Hector Luis Garcia (14-0, 10 KOs) overcame a first-round knockdown to defeat Isaac Avelar (16-4, 10 KOs) by unanimous decision with all three judges scoring the fight 78-73 after eight rounds. #HectorLuisGarcia #IsaacAvelar #GarciaAvelar 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
Lawrence Okolie will make the second defense of his WBO cruiserweight title in a rare Sunday main event for Matchroom Boxing, facing Poland’s Michal Cieslak in a 12-round bout from London’s O2 Arena. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage on Sunday, Feb. 27, starting at Noon ET, with the fights streaming live on DAZN.
Showtime Championship Boxing is back tonight, with Chris Colbert taking on Hector Garcia in a WBA 130 lb eliminator in the short notice main event. Colbert was originally slated to face WBA titleholder Roger Gutierrez, who withdrew late with COVID, and Garcia, a 29-year-old former Olympian and untested pro from the Dominican Republic, stepped in
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns as Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackles topics such as Floyd Mayweather, Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin, Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook, Terence Crawford and more. I believe Floyd is an ATG fighter. Yet after rewatching some of the Fighters I grew up watching. I pose this ? to you Breadman. How
The Rigolution travels to Dubai, as Guillermo Rigondeaux is set for his next fight. Miami’s Rigondeaux (20-2, 13KOs)—a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and former lineal junior featherweight champ originally from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba— remains at bantamweight, where he faces Philippines Vincent Astrolabio in a scheduled 12-round regional title fight. The bout headlines an eight-fight
1:38 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol have finalized a deal for a May 7 fight for Bivol’s light heavyweight title on DAZN pay-per-view, Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn announced Friday. Alvarez is the undisputed super middleweight champion but will return to 175 pounds for the fight. In his lone light heavyweight bout,
8:43 PM ET Mikaela Mayer will defend her IBF and WBO junior lightweight titles on April 9 against Jennifer Han, a source told ESPN on Friday. The fight will be Mayer’s first since she defeated Maiva Hamadouche by unanimous decision on Nov. 5 to unify the IBF and WBO crowns. It will be Mayer’s second
Feature Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing The holder of the WBO cruiserweight belt has to remind himself ‘actually I’m pretty good at this’. John Dennen hears from Lawrence Okolie and promoter Eddie Hearn LAWRENCE OKOLIE exudes confidence. But that’s not always been the case. That mindset is based on hard work. “I think my nerves would come
Issue • Premium • Preview Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Last weekend’s storm might have shredded the O2’s roof, but Lawrence Okolie’s fight with Michał Cieślak still goes ahead on Sunday, writes Declan Taylor JUST nine days after storm Eunice left the O2 roof looking like a pair of old boxer shorts, Lawrence Okolie will bid to
Amateur • Issue • Premium IBA Young Reese Lynch is in the same weight class as Josh Taylor, has the same stance, and has already made a big statement for Scottish amateur boxing IT’S too early to call Reese Lynch the next Josh Taylor. But he will be one of the hopes for Scottish amateur
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