For the first time since 1962, Cuban fighters are free to compete professionally without needing to defect. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that the nation’s boxing federation lifted the 60-year ban after striking a deal with Golden Ring promotions, which will host a May 20th show in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Said show tentatively features some of the
Month: April 2022
The team behind unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk are expecting to finalize the date and venue for the rematch with Anthony Joshua within the next two weeks. Last September at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Usyk outboxed Joshua over twelve rounds to capture the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight belts. Joshua would later exercise an immediate rematch
Posted on 04/04/2022 By: Sean Crose For years he was the boogie man of the middleweight division – a Kazakh terror whose methodical brutality broke the best competition available. The big names seemed to want to avoid him while fans argued whether or not the man was as good as advertised. Then, finally, Gennady Golovkin
Order #SpenceUgas on SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View NOW: https://pbcham.ps/SpenceUgas5 WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA world champion Yordenis Ugas square off in a welterweight title unification clash that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, April 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event. The pay-per-view telecast
Issue • Premium • Reports Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Savannah Marshall gives the watching Claressa Shields something to think about with an eighth consecutive KO win, writes Roy Kelly WITH Claressa Shields watching on from ringside, Savannah Marshall knocked out Femke Hermans in just three rounds on Saturday (April 2) in Newcastle. The same Hermans who
With their April 16th pay-per-view nearing, Showtime Sports releases its opening episode of All Access: Spence-Ugas, profiling behind-the-scenes footage of both fighters leading into the main event bout. You can catch the full opening episode in the video link above. We begin with a look at Errol Spence, dating back to his scary 2019 car
Reports Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Another victory for Sandor Martin in Spain, writes Eric Armit in his latest international round-up APRIL 1 BARCELONA, SPAIN Local hero SANDOR MARTIN, 40-2 (13), kept his hopes of a shot at Josh Taylor for the super-lightweight title alive as he outclassed Mexican JOSE FELIX, 39-6-1 (30). Martin outboxed Felix over
Former WBO Asia Pacific Youth light flyweight champion and world title contender Vince Paras (16-2) will headline the ninth episode of Sanman’s Bubble Series. Paras will face WBO Asia Pacific minimumweight champion and world title contender Robert Paradero (18-2) in a ten round bout. The fight will take place on April 26 at the Sanman
Posted on 04/04/2022 By: Hans Themistode Appropriately nicknamed “The Towering Inferno”, Sebastian Fundora is unusually tall for the 154-pound division. Standing at nearly 6’6”, Fundora holds a mountainous height and reach advantage over every single opponent he’s faced in the ring. But while the lanky 24-year-old has used his overwhelming physical advantages to batter his
Archives Simon Bruty/Allsport Ray Mercer pulled no punches when he spoke about his unforgettable career – ‘We are in a sport, mother f**ker, and if I wanna talk s**t, I’m gonna talk s**t’ BOXING relies on the graphic and evocative. Images of glory and agony are etched into the history of a sport that promises
DAZN and Social Media, 1:00 am ET, GGG vs Murata press conference. DAZN and Social Media, 2:00 pm ET, Garcia vs Tagoe press conference. DAZN and Social Media, 1:00 am ET, GGG vs Murata weigh-in. DAZN and Social Media, 2:00 pm ET, Garcia vs Tagoe weigh-in. DAZN, 5:00 am ET, Gennadiy Golovkin vs Ryota Murata.
(video by Ryan Burton) – Spence vs. Ugas will see WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA world champion Yordenis Ugas square off in a welterweight title unification clash that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, April 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
(video by Ryan Burton) – Spence vs. Ugas will see WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA world champion Yordenis Ugas square off in a welterweight title unification clash that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, April 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Posted on 04/03/2022 By: Hans Themistode Errol Spence Jr. has made the long, lonely trek to the ring a total of 27 times as a professional. Once he walks through the raucous crowd and prior to the Dallas native swapping fists with his opponents, he waits patiently as his credentials are introduced by the ring
Posted on 04/03/2022 By: Sean Crose He’s defeated every man he’s ever met in the ring. Even the two opponents who happened to defeat him ended up tasting defeat themselves when they did battle with the man a second time. Out of all his 16 victories, only 3 have gone the distance. At thirty-six he
#LubinFundora Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-040922 Top super welterweight contenders Erickson “Hammer” Lubin and Sebastián “The Towering Inferno” Fundora square off for the WBC Super Welterweight Interim Title headlining action live on SHOWTIME on Saturday, April 9 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from the Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, part of Curio Collection by
Zach Parker insists he will wipe out Chris Eubank Jr after demolishing Marcus Morrison with the WBO No.1 hoping to get his shot at Canelo. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on Instagram
History Larry Braysher Gunner Moir was the heavyweight champion of his country when he became the first Briton to challenge for the world crown under modern rules against Tommy Burns in 1907. Simon Euan-Smith tells the fascinating story of a fight from a forgotten era and a chance meeting with Gunner’s son, Lon Moir I