Posted on 08/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “Michael Conlan could have taken a much less risky fight for his return to the ring at the SSE Arena on Saturday night,” writes former titlist Carl Frampton for the Belfast Telegraph, “but to his credit he is jumping in with Miguel Marriaga who is a major threat despite
Month: August 2022
The big reveals in Eddie Hearn’s 30-minute Instagram Q&A this morning tended towards the “more info very soon” side of things, but a handful of concrete details snuck through, namely his confirmation that Joe Cordina and Josh Warrington would face their IBF mandatory challengers in “October/November” of this year. IBF mandatories can charitably be described
Two-division world champion Danny “Swift Garcia dominated in his super welterweight debut Saturday night, cruising to a majority decision victory over exciting contender Jose Benavidez Jr. in the SHOWTIME main event from Barclays Center in Brooklyn headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. He saved perhaps his most expressive moment post-fight when he broke down in
WBA, IBF, IBO middleweight champion Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin is inching closer to his trilogy showdown with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Golovkin will head up to 168-pounds to challenge Canelo for his undisputed super middleweight crown on September 17 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Their first two encounters took place at the middleweight limit of 160-pounds. In 2017,
Posted on 08/01/2022 By: Sean There’s an expression in Hollywood – if you’re going to steal, steal from the best. Keith Thurman has apparently taken those words to heart. Danny Garcia returned to the ring after a lengthy absence Saturday night, beating Jose Benavidez in impressive fashion. In the post fight interview, the fighter known
11:42 AM ET The most anticipated return of Jake Paul against Hasim Rahman Jr., the son of former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, was canceled on Saturday due to Rahman’s inability to make the 200-pound weight limit agreed for the fight. Rahman (12-1, 6 KOs) has competed at heavyweight throughout his professional career and last fought
British cruiserweight Richard Riakporhe has been in camp with Anthony Joshua and sees a new demeanor and different mindset in the fighter as he prepares for his Aug. 20 rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. In this fight Joshua will be looking to regain his world titles against the skilled Ukranian, but under the guidance of trainer
A rematch between undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano should take place at a lower weight class, according to Jake Paul. Paul, the polarizing YouTuber-turned-boxer, who manages seven-division champion Serrano, stated recently that it is only fair if a Taylor-Serrano rematch is held at 126 or 130 pounds, instead of at 135, where
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing On the day he turns 34, featherweight Leigh Wood reflects on his role in arguably the best fight of 2022 and discusses the possibility of a sequel ONE of British boxing’s great late bloomers, Nottingham featherweight Leigh Wood turns 34 years of age today, yet, 28 fights into his professional career,
Jake Paul’s next fight is officially off, with his team sending out a press release this evening announcing the cancellation of their planned Aug. 6 Showtime pay-per-view bout with Hasim Rahman Jr. The issue came down to Rahman’s weight, according to Paul’s team. They had agreed to bump the limit for the weigh-in from 200
NEW YORK – Danny Garcia planned to discuss his mental health struggles during his post-fight interview with Showtime’s Jim Gray on Saturday night. The 34-year-old Garcia just didn’t expect emotions to overwhelm him when he talked about everything he went through while working his way back to boxing. Garcia got out only a couple sentences
Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Things just haven’t been working out for Jake Paul lately. After Tommy Fury was unable to come to America to face the fiery cruiserweight on August 6th, Hasim Rahman Jr, son of former heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman, agreed to take Fury’s place. It certainly looked like it could be
11:01 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jose Ramirez will wait a little bit longer for the opportunity to regain his WBC junior welterweight title. He scrapped plans for a vacant title fight against Jose Zepeda that was ordered by the WBC because of a conflict with his wedding in October, a spokesperson for Ramirez said in
Danny Garcia opens up about his struggles with anxiety and depression with Jim Gray in his post fight interview after defeating Jose Benavidez Saturday, July 30, at the Barclays Center. “The pressure of life. The pressure of boxing, of being a good dad… It’s been weighing on me for a year and a half and