Month: February 2023

Rey Vargas envisions an aggressive O’Shaquie Foster coming to take him out Saturday night. Foster is a diverse offensive fighter who can employ different styles, but Vargas gets the sense Foster won’t want to box in their “Showtime Championship Boxing” main event. Mexico’s Vargas is a two-division world champion, but he’ll make his debut in
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4 YEARS AGO TODAY, it took Gervonta “Tank” Davis less than one round (2:59, to be exact) to stalk and ultimately stop former world champion Hugo Ruiz. Watch the full fight HERE: https://youtu.be/MLBbtaYrVzk #DavisRuiz #FightAnniversary 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
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2:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez and John Ryder are in the process of finalizing a deal for an undisputed super middleweight championship fight on May 6, sources told ESPN. The site hasn’t been finalized yet, sources said, but the bout is expected to land in Jalisco, Mexico, which would deliver a long-awaited homecoming
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Eddie Hearn speaks to Radio Rahim in New York and talks Canelo, Dmitry Bivol, Callum Smith and Artur Beterbiev. Full interview: https://youtu.be/io1ouYFnbAY Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader in boxing entertainment since 1999. Part of the Knockout TV YouTube MCN – http://goo.gl/t77GMc
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Feb 9, 2023 Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russia from the Olympic Games, saying any medals it wins in Paris next year would be tainted by the blood of his countrymen who have died in Russia’s war with his country. Ukraine has threatened to boycott the Games over the
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THE World Boxing Council (WBC) have been good to Rey Vargas over the years and on Saturday night inside San Antonio’s Alamodome in Texas, the Mexican attempts to win his third divisional belt with the sanctioning body. Also contesting the vacant WBC super-featherweight strap (relinquished by Shakur Stevenson) will be Houston’s O’Shaquie Foster, a boxer
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FIVE wins, five knockouts, four different cities. That was the tale of Adam Azim’s 2022. And now probably the hottest prospect in British boxing has been rewarded with a headline slot at a major British arena for the first time in his burgeoning career. Azim, still only 20, will face Santos “Starboy” Reyes, the 12-0
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Ahead of Anthony Joshua’s return to action where he’ll take on Jermaine Franklin, both fighters appeared for this opening press conference. Promoters Eddie Hearn and Dmitry Salita took some time to speak their piece, and before long it was Franklin making it clear that he’s ready for the moment at hand. “I’ve got the utmost
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Posted on 02/10/2023 By: Sean Crose “Money, money, money,” Anthony Joshua said at a Thursday press conference for his April 1st comeback bout against American Jermaine Franklin, “I like making money.” Joshua went on to explain his rationale, a rationale that has motivated fighters since the era of bare knuckles. “Straight up,” he continued, “this
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11:44 AM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — — The president of the International Boxing Association is offering financial support to boxers who defy a U.S.-initiated boycott of the upcoming world championships, which he said was decided by people “worse than hyenas and jackals.” USA Boxing and the Irish Boxing Association said this week they will not
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