Feature • Premium Paul Butler celebrates beating Salvador Hernandez Sanchez on May 18, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) Paul Butler is about to embark on what almost everyone is calling an impossible mission: Go to Tokyo and beat Naoya Inoue. Butler sees it very differently, writes Oliver Fennell DEBATE RAGES, as ever, over
Month: November 2022
Dmitry Bivol defends his WBA light heavyweight title this Saturday in Abu Dhabi against Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in a meeting of unbeatens, and we’ve got two more world titles on the line and another kinda-sorta belt on Saturday, too! Who ya got this weekend? Scott Christ (79-34) I think Zurdo Ramirez is a good fighter,
Opinion Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Ramirez in Abu Dhabi ahead of their November 5 fight (Matchroom Boxing/Jorge Ferrari) A light-heavyweight fight involving two unbeaten boxers with a combined 64-0 record should generate more interest than it has, writes Elliot Worsell “DID you watch the fight at the weekend?” I was asked by my youngest brother,
Thompson Boxing’s lightweight Miguel Madueno (27-1, 25 KOs), is looking to bounce back from the first loss of his career when he faces Juan Huertas (16-3-1, 12 KOs), on Friday, November 4th, at the Whitesands Events Center in Plant City, Florida. The 10-round bout will broadcast worldwide on ProBoxTV.com with the WBO Latino Championship on
Posted on 11/03/2022 By: Sean Crose There was excitement in the air Thursday when Caleb Plant announced that he had signed to face his fellow former super middleweight titlist David Benavidez. “I went and MADE it happen,” Plant stated on Twitter. “Contract signed. See you next year.” Mike Coppinger of ESPN then took to Twitter
Letters Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Ramirez meet in Abu Dhabi ahead of their light-heavyweight fight on November 5 (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) This week’s panellists were asked to predict the outcome of Saturday’s light-heavyweight fight between Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Ramirez Leigh Wood (Featherweight contender) I expect Dmitry Bivol’s boxing ability and experience will be
David Morrell Jr. vs Aido Yerbossynuly FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE Unbeaten WBA Super Middleweight Champion and Minneapolis fan-favorite David Morrell Jr. will return to action against undefeated mandatory challenger Aidos Yerbossynuly in a 12-round duel. #DavidMorrellJr #AidoYerbossynuly #MorrellYerbossynuly 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
Zach Parker is looking to remain undefeated on November 26th when he takes on John Ryder for the WBO Interim World Super Middleweight title. Check out how Parker is getting on ahead of the biggest fight of his career. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️
David Benavidez will not be fighting Jose Uzcategui in January, as we discussed earlier today, and nobody is shedding any tears over that. Now, it appears we will be getting Benavidez vs Caleb Plant next, and there’s not a lot more that boxing fans could ask than that in the current landscape at 168 lbs.
The undercard attractions have been announced for the latest installment of the Global Titans Fight Series taking place Sunday, November 13, from the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai and live on pay-per-view, headlined by all-time-great boxing superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather in an exhibition bout against UK-based YouTuber turned pro-boxer Deji Olatunji in the main event. In
Posted on 11/03/2022 By: Sean Crose It appears that boxing fans might have finally gotten some good news after a very tough few weeks where highly anticipated fights like Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua and Errol Spence-Terence Crawford have fallen through. Former super middleweight world titlist Caleb Plant announced on social media Thursday that he has signed
8:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former super middleweight titleholders David Benavidez and Caleb Plant both announced Thursday on social media that they’ve struck a deal for a long-awaited fight. The 168-pound bout will be presented by PBC on pay-per-view in the first quarter of 2023, a source told ESPN. Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) and Plant
ESPN’s Mike Coppinger revealed last month that interim WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez was “finalizing a deal” to face former IBF champion Jose Uzcategui in January. Reception was predictably poor, and Coppinger now reports that fight has been “scrapped” due to “public backlash” over the failed drug test that tanked the matchup the first
Dmitry Bivol defends his WBA Light-Heavyweight World Title against Mandatory Challenger Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Saturday November 5, live to subscribers worldwide on DAZN (excluding South Korea and MENA). Bivol is coming off a huge upset win over Mexican pound-for-pound superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, at
Posted on 11/03/2022 By: Sean Crose The fight world was abuzz Wednesday night as Terence “Bud” Crawford and Errol “The Truth” Spence finally engaged in a highly anticipated fight. Sadly, their brawl was on Twitter rather than in a boxing ring, involved tweets of no more than 280 characters instead of punches and was for
7:47 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Dmitry Bivol arrived in Las Vegas this May as an afterthought. “The Canelo Alvarez Show” was in town — and attracting all the attention. Bivol was the WBA light heavyweight champion, and Alvarez, boxing’s top star, already had a deal in place to face Gennadiy Golovkin in September for a
Letters • Premium Tyson Fury (James Chance/Getty Images) Press Tyson Fury on subjects he would rather not discuss and you risk facing the wrath of “The Gypsy King”, writes Matt Christie YOUTUBE ANYONE who has interviewed Tyson Fury on multiple occasions will tell you that he’s wonderful to engage with when he’s in the right
Letters Kiko Martinez celebrates beating Jordan Gill on October 29 (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Stopping Jordan Gill was no surprise to me. This is the best I have felt for a long time, says Kiko Martinez THIS fight was all or nothing for me. I had promised myself and my wife that I would retire