Month: October 2022
Following Joe Joyce’s big win against Joseph Parker, Tyson Fury spoke to BT Sport and shared his thoughts on The Juggernaut’s victory! 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 ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read
According to a report by ESPN, former WBC junior featherweight titleholder Brandon Figueroa was arrested on Sunday for being suspected of driving while intoxicated in his home state of Texas. Tests allegedly confirm that Figueroa had a blood-alcohol content of over .15, with the legal limit in the state of Texas being .08. Figueroa, 25,
20-year-old undefeated blue-chip prospect, lightweight Ernesto “Tito” Mercado (7-0, 7 KOs), who’s won all seven of his professional bouts by knockout and was a 2020 Olympic Trials Silver Medalist, wants to put every fighter in the lightweight division on notice. Born and raised in Pomona, California, Tito is one of the most dynamic power punchers
Posted on 10/04/2022 By: Sean Crose The red hot Shakur Stevenson raised a few eyebrows some weeks back when he lost his WBC super featherweight title on the scales before squaring off with Robson Conceicao. Underdog Conceicao could have picked up the title himself had he ended up beating Stevenson, but that didn’t happen, as
7:52 AM ET The most anticipated matchup between welterweight champions Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford still isn’t finalized, but if/when it happens, will the winner be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world? Canelo Alvarez and Tyson Fury will have something to say if Spence or Crawford can’t produce an impressive performance. In London
It’s Tuesday, so that means it’s podcast day here at Bad Left Hook! John and myself are back with our thoughts on the weirdo Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn fight, Showtime’s card on Saturday, and boxing things with bigger names that aren’t happening or possibly aren’t happening. Thrilling! We also get into some listener
Letters • Premium Tyson Fury (James Chance/Getty Images) The latest big-fight negotiations for Spence-Crawford and Fury-Joshua leave us with that familiar feeling, writes George Gigney Websites SPOOKY season is upon us. The nights grow longer, the days shorter, and when it comes to a choice between trick or treat, boxing – as ever – is
Feature • Premium 9 Oct 1993: Chris Eubank (left) trades blows with Nigel Benn in their rematch (Holly Stein /Allsport) Niall Hickman takes us back to the Benn-Eubank rematch which he covered alongside the great Harry Mullan IT WAS a phone call that was to change my life. Apologies if that sounds somewhat over-dramatic and
The stakes have been raised for Jazza Dickens after it was confirmed he will now fight for the vacant IBO world featherweight title at Probellum Liverpool II. Dickens faces the dangerous Lerato Dlamini at the Eventim Olympia on Saturday, October 15 as part of a show that includes Peter McGrail’s hardest fight to date and
9:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Joe Cordina’s junior lightweight title defense vs. Shavkat Rakhimov, scheduled for Nov. 5 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is off after Cordina suffered a hand injury that will require surgery, a source told ESPN. The IBF informed Cordina (15-0, 9 KOs) on Monday that he has been stripped of
Feature • Premium Steve Collins celebrates beating Chris Eubank in 1995 (Holly Stein/ALLSPORT) Having shared two fights with both of them, there is perhaps no man better positioned than Steve Collins to comment on Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, writes Declan Warrington In the 1990s “The Celtic Warrior”, Steve Collins, defeated Nigel Benn and Chris
Showtime has revealed the lineup for its October 21st ShoBox tripleheader in Atlantic City, which features a light heavyweight crossroads bout in the main event and four additional undefeated fighters. In the spotlight stands Ali Izmailov (9-0, 6 KO), one of Dmitry Salita’s prized up-and-comers. The 29-year-old got his first big win in 2020 when
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Rey Vargas has shifted his goal from unifying the featherweight titles to become a three-division titlist. The WBC Board of Governors unanimously approved a request filed by Vargas, its current featherweight champ, to challenge for the vacant WBC junior lightweight title. The unbeaten two-division title claimant will have to face number-one ranked WBC contender O’Shaquie
Posted on 10/03/2022 By: Sean Crose Eddie Hearn, who was rather suspicious from the start of Tyson Fury’s offer to fight Anthony Joshua late this year, has now said outright that, as things stand, a Fury-Joshua bout just ain’t happening. “In our mind, Tyson Fury is not fighting Anthony Joshua,” Sky Sports quotes Hearn (who
9:00 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Followers of MMA need no introduction to Anderson Silva. But for those combat sports fans who follow just boxing as well as those social media mavens drawn to boxing merely by the presence of YouTube personality Jake Paul, there is much to know about Silva, who will face Paul in