Month: June 2022

5:21 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Anthony Joshua acknowledged “change needs to happen” ahead of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk for the unified heavyweight championship on Aug. 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The two-time champ was routed by Usyk via unanimous decision when they met in September in London. In the wake of the lopsided defeat,
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Premium • Preview Sam Eggington prepares to fight Bilel Jkitou (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) Crowd-pleaser Eggington readies himself for another thriller but Wilson Bent and Denny could steal the show, writes Matt Christie SQUINT when you’re watching Sam Eggington fight and, with a little imagination, you’ll be transported back in time to the 1920s
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Premium • Preview Jesse Rodriguez trains ahead of his bout against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (Melina Pizano/Matchroom) Matchroom have put together a terrific card loaded with talent, writes Declan Taylor THE WHEELS may have fallen off Matchroom USA’s ‘takeover’ somewhat but that has not prevented them from producing arguably the card of the year in San
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Letters • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom This week’s panellists were asked to pick a winner in a potential light-heavyweight battle between Russian’s Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev Paul Butler (WBO bantamweight belt-holder) It’s a brilliant fight. People give Bivol more respect now because of the way he dealt with Canelo. Beforehand nine out 10 would tell
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WBC, IBF, WBO junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor feels very confident that he would topple Jack Catterall in a rematch. They collided earlier this year in a mandatory bout, with Taylor winning a controversial twelve round split decision to retain his titles. During the fight, Taylor suffered a knockdown and struggled to adapt to Catterall’s
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Letters • Premium Mikey Williams/Top Rank Russia’s Artur Beterbiev has now won 18 consecutive pro fights, all via stoppage. Here are 10 of his best… 1 Oleksandr Gvozdyk Still the biggest win and toughest fight of Beterbiev’s career, Gvozdyk, from Ukraine, was undefeated in 17 fights when facing Beterbiev in 2019. He was also winning
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Daniel Dubois called out Dillian Whyte and Joseph Parker are knocking out Trevor Bryan in Miami. #BryanDubois #DanielDubois 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/BTSpo… Follow us on Instagram ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read more on upcoming fights
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