Month: May 2023

Not even the benefit of fighting in her home country afforded Delfine Persoon a comfortable win. The former long-reigning WBC lightweight titlist was forced to sweat out a split decision in her ten-round points victory over South Korea’s Bo-mire Shin in their WBC Silver junior lightweight title fight Sunday in Torhout, Belgium. The visiting Shin
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 27, 2023, 03:21 PM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Seniesa Estrada’s next fight is on the move again — this time a shorter journey than before. Estrada will now headline an ESPN+ card on July
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Carl Frampton and Steve Bunce breakdown Luis Alberto Lopez v Michael Conlan from Belfast. #LopezConlan Hit ‘Subscribe’ above to ensure you never miss a video from the BT Sport YouTube channel. Get a BT Sport Monthly Pass now! – http://bit.ly/BTSportMonthlyPass Visit and subscribe to our ‘BT Sport Boxing’ YouTube channel ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Twitter: http://twitter.com/btsport Facebook:
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Lawrence Okolie spoke with Seconds Out ahead of his Cruiserweight world title fight against former gym-mate Chris Billam-Smith and also talks about new stablemate Tyson Fury. 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
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Posted on 05/27/2023 By: Sean Crose Michael Conlan suffered his second devastating loss in a world title fight this weekend when he was knocked out by Luis Lopez in his hometown of Belfast. After losing a terrific WBA featherweight title battle against Leigh Wood in 2022, Conlan hoped to make all right when he answered
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMay 27, 2023, 06:21 PM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Luis Alberto Lopez needed to again cross the Atlantic Ocean if he wanted to remain a featherweight champion. And for the second time in six months,
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On Saturday night, Chris Billam-Smith pulled off a big upset when he took a majority decision victory (112-112, 116-107, 115-108) over unbeaten Lawrence Okolie to become the WBO cruiserweight world champion in front of 15,000 hometown fans at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth. The sold-out crowd were totally behind Billam-Smith and provided a frantic atmosphere
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Nick ParkinsonMay 27, 2023, 07:44 PM ET Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — Leigh Wood contained the dangerous Mauricio Lara to get revenge and win back his WBA world featherweight title by
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