5:43 PM ET Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A South African boxer who became disoriented during a fight and walked away from his opponent toward an empty corner of the ring while throwing punches has died of a brain injury. Boxing South Africa said Wednesday that lightweight Simiso Buthelezi died on Tuesday night
Month: June 2022
Showtime have officially announced the already-reported July 30 card at Barclays Center to be headlined by Danny Garcia’s move to 154 lbs against Jose Benavidez Jr, and have also announced two more fights for what will be a tripleheader on the network. Garcia (36-3, 21 KO) hasn’t fought since his Dec. 2020 loss to Errol
Brandon Figueroa will make his featherweight debut July 9. BoxingScene.com has learned that the former WBC super bantamweight champion will return to the ring against an opponent who will also move up in weight, Carlos Castro. Showtime will televise Figueroa-Castro as its co-feature July 9 from Alamodome in San Antonio. The 12-round bout between Figueroa,
7:56 AM ET At long last, Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford are closer than ever to fighting for welterweight supremacy this fall, and unlike Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, this matchup is materializing while both are still in the prime of their careers. All four 147-pound titles would be on the line in the
#FultonRoman Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-060422 Watch live as unified world champion Stephen Fulton Jr. and former unified world champion Danny Roman host their final press conference ahead of their super bantamweight unification bout on Saturday, June 4, 2022, live on SHOWTIME at 9pm ET/6pm PT. #PressConference #LiveStream Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR
Steve Bunce caught up with trainer Shane McGuigan ahead of Daniel Dubois’ huge Miami showdown with Trevor Bryan. #BryanDubois #DanielDubois Watch Bryan v Dubois live on BT Sport on June 11. 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
Letters • Premium Stan Meagher/Getty Images As Daniel Dubois looks to become the latest heavyweight from London to make his mark on the world stage, here are 10 other heavyweights born in the nation’s capital who did just that… 1 Lennox Lewis Born in West Ham, Lewis is a three-time world heavyweight champion and arguably
Oscar De La Hoya and Ryan Garcia were interested observers Saturday night when Devin Haney beat George Kambosos Jr. via unanimous decision for undisputed lightweight champion status. The undefeated Garcia next faces Javier Fortuna on July 16 at the Crytpo.com Arena in Los Angeles on DAZN, and the rising 23-year-old phenom is looking for a
8:56 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Naoya Inoue is known as “The Monster” for good reason. When he met Nonito Donaire in November 2019, Inoue was genuinely tested for the first time in ESPN’s Fight of the Year. He defeated Donaire (42-7, 28 KOs) via unanimous-decision on that night, but 31 months later, Inoue made easy
Letters • Premium Scott Heavey/Getty Images Following Joe Cordina’s stunning one-punch knockout of IBF super-featherweight champion Kenichi Ogawa, we asked this week’s panellists to name their favourite one-punch KO produced by a British boxer Wayne Alexander (Former European light-middleweight champion) The best one-punch knockout I’ve seen delivered by a British boxer happened when Pat Barrett
For Garcia (22-0, 18 KO), it will be his first time fighting at the former Staples Center, home to currently mediocre basketball loaded up with star names, and he’s excited to make his debut at Los Angeles’ No. 1 arena. “I grew up here, I have seen games here, this is Kobe’s house,” he said.
Posted on 06/07/2022 By: Sean Crose The first fight was a classic. The rematch was essentially a blowout. Still, Naoya Inoue made it clear today in Japan that he and he alone is the big name in the bantamweight division. In a rematch of his memorable 2019 bout with Nonito Donaire, Japan’s Inoue thrilled his
Amateur • Premium Clive Wood/England Boxing Jack Dryden and co impress at new Angel of the North Box Cup, writes John Dennen THE inaugural Angel of the North International Box Cup, the first even of its kind for the North East, was held from May 28-29 at the Rainton Arena. The event was organised by
A fight at a new weight required a few changes for Jaime Munguia. The decision to briefly campaign at super middleweight—perhaps for just one night—prompted the unbeaten Tijuana native and his team to find a location more suitable to his preparation needs. The former WBO junior middleweight titlist normally trains at the famed Otomi Ceremonial
8:11 PM ET Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya has a couple of goals he wants to check off in his career. One of them apparently involves getting rid of the company he founded. “I’m sitting on a billion-dollar company,” De La Hoya told ESPN. “And I can’t wait to get rid of
Jermall Charlo won’t be facing Maciej Sulecki as originally scheduled after suffering a back injury during training, but he did take some time to chat with Fight Hype about his aspirations in the middleweight division and why he’s not taking on a higher profile fight. Charlo makes it clear here that he can’t force the
#FultonRoman Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-060422 Watch live as unified world champion Stephen Fulton Jr. and former unified world champion Danny Roman host their final press conference ahead of their super bantamweight unification bout on Saturday, June 4, 2022, live on SHOWTIME at 9pm ET/6pm PT. #PressConference #LiveStream Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR
Tyson Fury and SugarHill Steward went through one of their final training sessions in front of a crowd as their preparations continue for his huge fight with Dillian Whyte. Watch #FuryWhyte on BT Sport Box Office on Saturday. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join
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