BN: How significant was what happened at Seoul ’88 in shaping your career? RJ: It was very significant, because if that didn’t happen to me the rest may not have happened. But what happened, happened. It drove me for a long time. It drove me a whole lot, because being that I had gotten robbed,
Month: October 2023
Jake Paul will return to action on Dec. 15, headlining what was originally scheduled to be a “Most Valuable Prospects” event but now, uh, isn’t. An opponent has not been named and we’re less than two months out from the fight night, so names are swirling out there, like when you flush a toilet. For
ONE morning 10 years ago I received a slew of angry emails, the apparent collective purpose of which was to get to the bottom of why 20,000 boxing fans’ Saturday night had been ruined by me – or us. There had been an injury and a cancellation, you see, and I, as part of the
Paris hosted the IBA Champions’ Night for the very first time on 18 October. The Westfield Forum des Halles witnessed the fights of twelve talented champions, medallists, and contenders. The boxers receive prize money, $10,000 for the winner and $5,000 for the runner-up. The main event brought the audience excitement, as French boxing star and
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 19, 2023, 01:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions has extended and expanded its deal with the streaming service DAZN for cards featuring the boxing stars of tomorrow, it was announced Thursday. Most Valuable Prospects will hold six cards in 2024, compared to four this year.
HISTORIANS are fond of discussing epochs. Those stitches in time where civilisations crumble and cultures fade to be replaced by something new. Boxing has been toying with its own ‘new dawn’ for a while now, and it is one understandably viewed with a sense of trepidation by many. Fights for one of the sports myriad
Following the news that Dan Azeez had to pull out of this weekend’s fight against Joshua Buatsi because of a training injury, Azeez talks to Sky Sports about the disappointment he’s feeling that anyone would question his credibility. “I was having my last, kind of, real hard session and I guess my back after the
Terence Crawford and Oscar De La Hoya have some differing viewpoints as it relates to growing the boxing business. An existential crisis of sorts has gripped boxing since it was announced earlier this week that Showtime will no longer be programming the sport after the end of this year, effectively ending the broadcaster’s nearly four-decade
Posted on 10/19/2023 By: Sean Crose “I’m looking to sign another ten fight deal after this,” ESPN’s Mike Coppinger quotes WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury as saying. “I’m going to put my feelers out there and see who I can get the best deal off for another ten fights.” So much for retirement.
Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 19, 2023, 06:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury briefly retired last year, a hiatus that lasted all of four months before he scheduled a December trilogy fight with Derek Chisora. Fury is set to meet former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2 p.m.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post about Showtime Boxing’s demise, reports of a December 9th show featuring Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia have been swirling for a while. Dan Rafael’s postmortem claims the show will “likely” be a PPV at the MGM Grand and names Eimantas Stanionis and Erislandy Lara as possible foes for “One
The early reception has been overwhelmingly favorable regarding the Regis Prograis-Devin Haney WBC junior welterweight title fight. A tasty press conference set the tone for what should be a fun promotion for their December 9 DAZN Pay-Per-View headline from the Chase Center, home to the NBA’s Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, California. Haney was
Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 19, 2023, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Catterall was ringside this past January in Manchester, England, with Josh Taylor two seats to his left at the Liam Smith-Chris Eubank Jr. bout. The plan called for Catterall and Taylor to face-off during the card and announce their March 4 rematch, but
IT’S COMPLETELY understandable why a group of female boxers are lobbying for their contests to be increased in duration. Currently, at professional level, their bouts are scheduled over four, six, eight or 10 rounds with those rounds lasting two minutes. It means that championship fights will be over 10-twos, which is a total of 20
Although he’s approaching 60 years of age, Ken Shamrock still looks like he can live up to his “World’s Most Dangerous Man” moniker for a few rounds. But as he approaches the October 27 Valor Bare Knuckle event as a promoter and not a participant, he makes it clear that he is not getting the
Posted on 10/18/2023 By: Sean Crose “I’m going to beat the shit out of him.” Devin Haney didn’t hem and haw when it came to discussing his upcoming junior welterweight title fight against Regis Prograis during a Tuesday press conference. “I’m thankful to be in this position and it’s a dream come true,” Haney continued.
Brandon Glanton snapped a two fight losing streak tonight in Florida on ProBox TV, stalking and smashing Carlos Fromenta across three dominant rounds. Glanton (18-2, 15 KO) was just a clear level above, and the difference in power and talent only got more and more obvious with each round. Fromenta (12-2, 7 KO) spent most
SUCH is the nature of boxing, and the bloodlust of its fans, it is simply not enough to just lose a fight. Ideally, if that’s to be your fate, you should have the decency to do so spectacularly and decisively, perhaps ending the night not upright but instead horizontal, eyes closed, limbs stiff, roused only
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