Exhibition fever has come for Manny Pacquiao. The Filipino icon will partake in an exhibition bout promoted by Rizin, the Japanese mixed martial arts league, sometime in 2023, the fighter announced Saturday in Japan. In a surprise appearance at Rizin FF 40 in Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, the eight-division boxing champion said he signed
Month: December 2022
Posted on 12/31/2022 By: Sean Crose Was the mother of Gervonta Davis’ child truly admitting to wrongdoing this past Friday when she claimed she shouldn’t have called 9-1-1 earlier in the week to report that Davis had attacked her? Or was she simply behaving like so many abuse victims do by ultimately defending the person
8:14 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gervonta Davis allegedly struck a woman on the right side of her head with a “closed hand type slap,” leading to his arrest this week in Florida, according to a Broward County Sheriff’s Office incident report. According to the incident report, the woman, who doesn’t live with Davis and whose
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Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco fought to a majority draw on New Year’s Eve in Japan, meaning both fighters have retained their 115 lb world titles, and no unification was achieved. Scores from the judges were 114-114 and 114-114 from two of the three, with the third scoring it 115-113 for Franco. Franco (18-1-3, 8
After mostly competing as a welterweight for the first three years of his career, Jermell Charlo has shown unusual discipline by remaining a junior middleweight since June 2011. Eleven years in the same weight class is uncommon in boxing, yet the undisputed 154-pound champion doesn’t envision a move up to middleweight at any point in
5:59 AM ET SAITAMA, Japan — Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring in 2023. The boxing legend announced Saturday that he has a deal in place with Japan’s Rizin Fighting Federation to compete next year. Pacquiao made the announcement in the ring during Rizin’s New Year’s Eve card at Saitama Super Arena outside Tokyo.
SOPHIE GROVES enters the ballroom at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington, approaches her husband George, and is warmly greeted by Carl Froch making a beeline towards her in the fashion of someone reacquainting themselves with an old friend. “Who’s got the kids?” he asks. The two retired fighters had arrived together with Carl’s older
Michael Conlan (Featherweight contender) It’s hard to argue against my own fight with Leigh Wood. It had everything you look for in an instant classic. I suppose that fight was that makes boxing what it is: anything can happen. Wayne Alexander (Former European super-welterweight champion) I would have to choose the Leigh Wood vs. Michael
Dmitry Bivol entered the biggest fight of his career as a man without a country. The starting point of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine created a ripple effect in boxing. The WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO presented a joint ruling on February 24 to not sanction any boxing events taking place in Russia or Belarus
Posted on 12/30/2022 By: Sean Crose There were some impressive knockouts in 2022 to be sure. Then again, one of the good things about professional boxing is that each year brings with it any number of highlight reel finishes. No matter how bad things get in boxing – and, let’s face it, things ain’t great
8:54 PM ET The woman who called police to report boxer Gervonta Davis in a domestic violence incident earlier this week said Friday that Davis “did not harm me or our daughter.” The woman, whose identity was confirmed to ESPN by her attorney, released a statement on her Instagram account Friday, saying in part that
In a quickly developing story, the woman who called 911 and initially accused Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis of domestic violence is now claiming that he never harmed her nor their daughter, per a report by TMZ. The woman says in a social media post that she was frantic at the time of an argument that they
The latest development in an active domestic violence case involving Gervonta Davis could result in the charges getting dropped altogether. A statement was released by Vanessa Posso, the mother of Davis’ daughter and the previously unnamed victim in an alleged assault earlier this week who has reversed course on what took place. Davis was placed
Posted on 12/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Vanessa Posso, the mother of Gervonta Davis’ daughter, claims that “emotions were running high” when she called 9-1-1 on Tuesday to claim Davis had attacked her. She went on to add that “Gervonta did not harm me or our daughter.” It was a perhaps surprising development in a story
Dec 28, 2022 An undisputed featherweight title fight between IBF, WBC and WBO featherweight titleholder Amanda Serrano and WBA champion Erika Cruz is imminent, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The fight will headline a card on Feb. 4 at the Hulu Theater in New York City. If Serrano wins, it will be the first time
The Slamdance Film Festival has a long and proud history of debuting exceptional films like Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father and launching the careers of artists who would go on to shape both popular and artistic film. The Russo brothers (Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame) premiered their first feature film,
On May 14, 2022, Jermell Charlo made history by becoming the first-ever undisputed male super welterweight world champion in the four-belt era when he defeated Brian Castano by spectacular knockout in a rematch of their July 2021 showdown that ended in a split draw, and that’s why Charlo is the PBC Fighter of the Year
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