7:51 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN MELBOURNE, Australia — Devin Haney isn’t merely presumed to be a transcendent talent. He’s a bright, sincere, impossibly likable (for a fighter, at least) 23-year-old who suddenly finds himself in hostile environs 8,000 miles from home. What’s more, he’s here without the father who not only raised him but painstakingly
Month: June 2022
Subriel Matias improves to 17-1 (17 KOs) following his eight-round stoppage over hard-hitting Batyrzhan Jukembayev in their scheduled 12-round IBF Super Lightweight World Title Eliminator bout, live on SHOWTIME. #MatiasJukembayev Fight Recap: http://pbcham.ps/FightNight-052921 #PBConSHOWTIME #MatiasJukembayev #Boxing 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
Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte meet for the first time at Wembley in the final press conference ahead of their huge fight on Saturday night. 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
George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney are set for action this weekend, with the fighting coming on Saturday night for viewers in the United States, very early Sunday morning in the United Kingdom, and morning into early afternoon in Australia, where the fight is being held in Melbourne. Here’s how you can watch wherever you
The only thing that Franchon Crews-Dezurn ever asked of her team was to provide the opportunity to shine. She promised to take care of the rest from there, backing up that claim with her best career win to date in her most recent start. The Baltimore native defended her WBC/WBO titles while dethroning unbeaten WBA/IBF
Posted on 06/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “I lost to the better man that night,” lightweight contender Rolando Romero says in the aftermath of his fight with Gervonta Davis. “I felt was doing a good job backing him up with my jab…I was winning the fight and I made a mistake and got caught. I will work
10:14 PM ET Tim Tszyu is a step closer to a unified mega-fight with Jermell Charlo after the WBO ordered the American to defend his belt against the undefeated Australian. Tszyu has been the WBO’s No.1 mandatory challenger at super-welterweight for more than a year, prompting the sanctioning body to intervene following Charlo’s victory over
Issue • Premium • Preview Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Joe Cordina looks to become a hometown hero against Ogawa in Cardiff, writes John Dennen Joe Cordina’s career has been long. He’s been boxing professionally for five years now, but he was a 2016 Olympian and had a long amateur track-record before that. Now however his career
Issue • Premium • Preview Stephen Fulton vs Daniel Roman is shaping up to be another memorable clash in the 122lbs weight class, writes Nigel Collins THE current struggle for supremacy in the super-bantamweight division has created a series of close, fiercely contested fights. While the best are tightly bunched, Stephen Fulton Jnr is the
Issue • Premium • Preview Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Without key members from his team, Devin Haney heads to Australia take on George Kambosos in fascinating lightweight showdown, writes Matt Christie TALENT-WISE, the top of the lightweight division is as good as any in the sport, but then it feels like we’ve been saying that for
George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney didn’t get into any big trash talk at today’s final press conference in Melbourne, Australia, with Kambosos not going back to the “rat” well, and everyone involved sounding happy to be involved in such a big event for Australian and global boxing. Without any choice antagonistic quotes, we were
Adrien Broner confirmed Thursday that he’ll end another long layoff July 23 in Chicago. The date and location has not been confirmed. Broner stated in a post to his Instagram account that he’ll oppose Omar Figueroa Jr. that night, but he didn’t identify the site for their fight. Broner and Figueroa are expected to meet
Posted on 06/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “This shit was posed to happen years ago but I ain’t complaining see y’all in #Chiraq#July23rd#WorkOrDie“ The above post was placed on Adrien Broner’s Instagram page on Thursday, accompanied by a pic of the former multi-titlist standing face to face with Omar Figueroa. Unless Broner has received faulty information or
11:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Teofimo Lopez is on the comeback trail. The former lightweight champion and Mexico’s Pedro Campa have agreed to a deal for a 140-pound bout on Aug. 13, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Top Rank Boxing on ESPN main event will mark Lopez’s junior welterweight debut and will likely take
Teofimo Lopez’s return to the ring is just about set, and it doesn’t look like there’ll be any surprises. Mike Coppinger, confirming earlier reporting from Lance Pugmire, claims that Lopez has agreed to face Pedro Campa in an August 13th super lightweight bout. Pugmire named Fort Lauderdale as the likely locale, and seeing as Coppinger
Four pounds. That’s all that separates the best bantamweight in the world, Naoya Inoue, and the man who may prove to be the best Jr. featherweight in the world, Stephen Fulton. For now. A lot can change. Some of the changes could happen in the next week. Over the course of four days, boxing will
Posted on 06/01/2022 By: Sean Crose Not so long ago, Danny Garcia was one of the biggest names in the fight game. He bested men like Amir Khan, Lucas Matthysse. Pauli Malignaggi, Erik Morales and Zab Judah. After a reign as a junior welterweight titlist, the Philly native moved up and tried his hand at
7:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Muhammad Ali. Floyd Mayweather. Manny Pacquiao. Likenesses of those fistic titans peered at Devin Haney from the walls of the Top Rank Gym, where the budding star prepared for the fight of his life just days before he set off for Melbourne, Australia. That’s where Haney will