Mike Coppinger Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Oct 28, 2023, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The fight is finally here. Tyson Fury, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion, takes on former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou on
Month: October 2023
O’Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC 130 lb title tonight against Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez, headlining a Matchroom Boxing show from Cancun, Mexico, live on DAZN. Wil Esco will be on the live coverage for you this evening, with the card also featuring the return of Aussie heavyweight prospect Justis Huni. It looks like a four-fight
Fabio Wardley isn’t impressed with the perfect record David Adeleye has built since he turned pro nearly four years ago. The undefeated Wardley believes he represents a huge step up in class for the hard-hitting London native. Adeleye also questioned Wardley’s slightly longer list of conquests, but Ipswich’s Wardley rolled his eyes as Adeleye spoke
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterOct 28, 2023, 12:19 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Amanda Serrano joked after Friday night’s bout that, after all of that, she still had enough
By Matt Christie IT WON’T matter to some what is written here in this preview because they’ll already be irate that Boxing News is giving a contest between a man claiming to be the world heavyweight champion (Tyson Fury) and a 37-year-old debutant (Francis Ngannou) any coverage at all. On numerous occasions BN has been
By Declan Taylor OLEKSANDR USYK says his request for a 14-week training camp was a misquote and insists he is ready to face Tyson Fury on December 23. Fury and Usyk have already signed a deal to fight each other next and it is the worst kept secret in boxing that December 23 is the
By Shaun Brown THE career of Charlie Edwards is now in his own hands having parted ways with former trainer and manager Joe Gallagher. Edwards joined Gallagher’s gym in September 2021 and beat both Jacob Barreto and Darwing Martinez with Gallagher by his side. However, the 30-year-old has has still fought only three times since
By Elliot Worsell RIYADH SEASON – or, in Arabic, موسم الرياض – are the two words on everybody’s lips at this present time, particularly if you happen to work in boxing and are known to lick your lips whenever you see the opportunity to make a few quid. In fact, so fixed in the boxing
The extra time on the clock couldn’t produce the knockout ending that Amanda Serrano craved. It didn’t matter, as she got everything else she wanted out of the 36 minutes of ring time shared with Danila Ramos. The record-setting, seven division titlist and reigning undisputed featherweight queen won every round in a twelve-round decision over
Posted on 10/27/2023 By: Sean Crose Amanda Serrano engaged in something new Friday night in Orlando – a woman’s title bout scheduled for twelve three minute rounds. This was unique due to the fact that women’s boxing generally consists of two minute rounds and ten round maximums for world title bouts. That all changed on
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterOct 27, 2023, 10:56 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — The WBC super middleweight title fight between Shadasia Green and former undisputed champion Franchón Crews-Dezurn will
Shadasia Green and Franchon Crews-Dezurn are officially set to fight for the vacant WBC super middleweight title on Friday, Dec. 15, the chief support to Jake Paul’s next fight on DAZN. Green (13-0, 11 KO) and Crews-Dezurn (8-2, 2 KO) were recently ordered by the WBC to fill the vacancy, after the sanctioning body named
O’Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC World Super-Featherweight title against Eduardo ‘Rocky’ Hernandez at the Benito Juárez Sports Center in Cancun, Mexico on Saturday October 28, live worldwide on DAZN, in association with Pepe Gomez and Cancun Boxing. (photos by Ed Mulholand) Foster (20-2 11 KOs) landed the vacant belt in San Antonio, Texas in
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 27, 2023, 08:19 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS AND RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — Cameras surround a ring at a gym Francis Ngannou has opened himself in Las Vegas. For years, Ngannou could be
IT IS never clear which version of Tyson Fury is going to sit down when he sweeps into the room, flanked by his brothers and the rest of his entourage, to conduct the latest in his myriad press obligations. “Are we doing a roundtable now,” he says, pointing at the empty chair set out for
Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou weighed in today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and tomorrow’s 10-round heavyweight clash is set and good to go. The stare down between the two was pretty good as stare downs go, with Fury leaning in on Ngannou, looking to put his weight on the former UFC heavyweight champ and intimidate
Promoter Eddie Hearn has apparently decided it is better for the high-profile fight between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. to take place on its own date. The Matchroom head suggested previously that a fight involving his client, the drug-embattled Benn, and Eubank Jr. had been penciled in for Dec. 23, possibly in England. But
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 26, 2023, 04:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jorge Masvidal says he will be returning to fighting relatively soon. The former UFC BMF champion and one of the biggest MMA stars of the last several years told ESPN he will fight in a boxing match “early next year.” No opponent
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