Posted on 02/01/2022 By: Sean Crose Although it will be his first fight at welterweight, the 26-1 Mario Barrios has chosen to jump right into the fire by facing the highly talented former titlist Keith Thurman, 29-1. “I believe we’re going to shock the world February fifth,” he told Fight Hub’s Marcos Villegas in the
Month: February 2022
If all goes to plan, Trevor Bryan might actually fight a warm body this year. The WBA has officially ordered him to defend his “world” heavyweight title against Daniel Dubois by July 28th. If Mahmoud Charr is to be believed, Bryan (22-0, 15 KO) has twice avoided fighting him with the exact same trick: Don
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Lewis Storey/Getty Images Steve Bunce on an extraordinary 24 hour period in the sport JUST before noon last Thursday I was in a studio finishing a 10-part podcast series on the Winter Olympics for the BBC. It was a mixture of the truly great, Jean-Claude Killy, the heroic, Philip
Sergio Martinez had drifted from Argentina to Spain before he ended up in England as an opponent for the fancied Richard Williams and a fight that changed his life, writes John Evans SERGIO MARTINEZ had had enough. Enough of the bullies who stole his childhood. Enough of the gangs and thieves who made life in the
Russia’s arguably greatest recent talent Albert Batyrgaziev (5-0, 5 KOs) will come back for his sixth fight as a pro on March 20 in Saransk, Russia, says his head trainer Eduard Kravtsov. “The fight will be scheduled for ten rounds”, said Kravtsov to RIA Novosti, Russian media agency. “Albert will risk his WBO International and
Posted on 01/31/2022 By: Hans Themistode Some have grown frustrated with the career arc of Keith Thurman. At one point, following victories over Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia, the Florida native was considered the best 147 pounder in the world. However, after enduring long stints of inactivity, Thurman now finds himself attempting to work his
11:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. are closing in on a deal for a light heavyweight title unification this summer in New York, sources told ESPN. At the moment, Smith is looking for a purse in the neighborhood of $1.8 million for the proposed ESPN main event; he was offered
Uncle Frank and Top Rank A record-breaking winning purse bid of $41,025,000 from Queensbury Promotions — aided by Top Rank — was more than enough to see Frank Warren and Bob Arum land Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte this spring. I don’t tend to enjoy getting too bogged down in the business of the sport,
Social media star Jake Paul explains that he’d have no issue with facing former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in an exhibition fight – but denies recent reports that the two of them were in talks to face each other. Paul considers Tyson a friend, but he’s open to the possibility of trading punches with
Posted on 01/31/2022 By: Hans Themistode Keith Thurman has endured long stretches of inactivity as of late. Having fought just four times over the past seven years, Thurman will attempt to re-establish himself in the welterweight rankings when he returns this weekend against former 140 pound secondary titlist Mario Barrios. For Thurman, it will be
What, you thought this saga couldn’t get any dumber? IBF #3 heavyweight Filip Hrgovic has spent the last month combing the sanctioning body’s top 10 in pursuit of an opponent for a final eliminator. Here’s how that’s gone so far: Now, Dan Rafael reports that #8 Murat Gassiev and #9 Andy Ruiz Jr. have passed