Keith Thurman vs. Claressa Shields? (photo by Ryan Hafey) With a few key conditions, Thurman is apparently on board. A fight between Thurman, the former unified welterweight titlist from Clearwater, Florida, and Claressa Shields, the multi-division champion from Flint, Michigan, widely regarded as the top female boxer in the world today, recently became an object
Month: September 2023
Not too long ago, it might have seemed inconceivable that multiple NBA superstars would become aware of the goings-on in Saudi Arabian professional soccer. Yet over the summer, LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo both weighed in on Al Hilal’s pursuit of French star Kylian Mbappé, as reports emerged that the club was willing to commit
CONOR BENN has called on anti-doping agencies to change their stance on Clomifene in the wake of his two failed tests for the substance in 2022. Benn returns on Saturday in Orlando, Florida, drawing a line under a 17-month hiatus from boxing following a pair of adverse findings via VADA tests in July and September.
Julius Julianis, who first broke the news that David Benavidez would defend his interim WBC super middleweight title against Demetrius Andrade, now brings word that the pair will square off on a November 24th PBC on Showtime PPV. That’s a Friday, for those curious, one day before Chantelle Cameron’s rematch with Katie Taylor in Dublin.
DERBY’S Zach Parker (22-1, 16 KOs) believed that he held his destiny in his hands when he fought John Ryder last November with the winner guaranteed a shot at world super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. Unfortunately, the 29-year-old’s right hand was severely injured in the fourth round, and he had to withdraw from the fight to ensure that
A match between Jaime Munguia and John Ryder has captured the fancy of promoter Oscar De La Hoya. The founder of Golden Boy, Munguia’s promoter, recently raved about a possible match-up between the Mexican super middleweight contender and London’s Ryder. De La Hoya was particularly keen on the idea that the fight could be used
IT MAY seem unfair that both Conor Benn and Eddie Hearn are the focal points of Thomas Hauser’s latest study into PEDs in boxing. Benn and Hearn, after all, are far from the only ones involved in a problem that’s just as prevalent today as it was several years ago when champions like Tyson Fury
Ryan Garcia’s getting his boxing plans in order, looking at a return by the end of 2023 and then a “big fight” in February 2024. Garcia says he’s going to Milan to “walk in fashion week,” which is very exciting news for fight fans, I know, then he’ll be going to Vegas to train. It
It was fun at first. The chance to face a fighter as great as Terence Crawford? For Canelo Alvarez, he sat back and fantasized about it before shaking his head and snapping back to reality. It didn’t make sense to spend a ton of time on that subject. Crawford has all of the skills in
Posted on 09/19/2023 By: Sean Crose “We’re targeting mid November,” Oscar De La Hoya said to Fight Hype in a recently published interview. “We’re having ongoing discussions with his team. We’re having ongoing discussions with DAZN, and we’re nailing down a venue and opponents. Then we’ll hopefully announce very soon.” De La Hoya and his
Tyson Fury appeared on Queensbury Promotions social media account to discuss a number of topics, including his upcoming bout with Francis Ngannou, his dear pal Oleksandr Usyk, and his new career aspirations. Check out some of what Fury had to say below. Fury on Dubois’ low blow on Usyk “I’ve been boxing all my life,
Jermell Charlo isn’t exactly proud of the way he comported himself in years past. In a recent interview, the undisputed 154-pound champion from Houston, Texas, expressed some regret about his tetchy behavior as he was coming up as a contender. Charlo, 33, admitted his emotions often got the best of him, to the extent that
LET’S talk honestly about the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs in boxing. A lot of people are competing these days to “break stories.” News outlets quote every utterance from Eddie Hearn, Conor Benn, and others involving performance-enhancing drugs. But there’s relatively little reporting that puts the recent spate of positive test results for banned PEDs
It’s Tuesday! That is the day of podcasts. Folks, it’s the diamond episode of Prophets of Goom. 75 glorious weeks out of 76. That’s a good hit rate. Anyway, it’s the same sort of thing as always. First Half: Previews for upcoming fights: Zhang vs Joyce 2 is the big one of the week, plus
Websites IT DOESN’T feel particularly great to be singing the praises of a Daily Mail article but, as a large fictional purple alien who wiped out half of all life in the universe once said, the hardest choices require the strongest wills. Or maybe that was Rishi Sunak when deciding what heat to set his
Keith Thurman is hoping his prizefighting fortunes change, if not now, then at least next year. (photo by Ryan Hafey) The former unified welterweight champion from Clearwater, Florida, has been plagued by inactivity for the past several years, with his last fight coming in February of last year, when he outpointed Mario Barrios by unanimous
THE original plan was bold, the open-sky venue vast, the dialogue legend, the money crazy, the fight was the Rumble in the Jungle and now there is a rematch in South London. Where else, bruv? Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Angelo Dundee, David Frost, Dick Saddler, Archie Moore are all led through 55-days in Zaire by Don
During the latest episode of Brian Custer’s The Last Stand Podcast, Shakur Stevenson talks about the recent bad news that his fight with Frank Martin won’t be happening after all and his inability to get other big names to fight him, including Vasiliy Lomachenko and Devin Haney. Check out some excerpts of what he had
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