Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn, along with their handlers, still seem intent on renewing a classic rivalry between their fathers for what they expect will be a big box office attraction. That fight was supposed to take place last year until Benn ended up testing positive for a banned substance, which derailed the event.
Month: November 2023
By Declan Taylor SAUL ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and David Benavidez are both ‘committed and ready’ to fight each other but WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman refused to confirm when their mandatory clash will be called. Benavidez secured the most significant victory of his career to date when he stopped Demetrius Andrade in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Golden Boy partner Bernard Hopkins apparently isn’t too interested in sugarcoating his words toward his fighters—even one that is regarded as a cash cow. The Hall of Fame fighter popped up in the headlines this week when comments he previously made about Ryan Garcia, Golden Boy’s top client, prompted Garcia to castigate his promotional
Nick ParkinsonNov 30, 2023, 07:53 AM 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 Open Extended Reactions This year has been good to boxing fans. A lot of big fights took place, including Terence Crawford‘s epic
Ryan Garcia is preparing to fight Oscar Duarte Jurado on Saturday, and potentially promoters Golden Boy Promotions in court, as he attempts to start rebuilding following his first defeat, by Gervonta “Tank” Davis. He discusses what went wrong and how he’s put it right, with Declan Warrington BN: What’s it been like coming to terms
Orlando Gonzalez looked like he might finish the night clearly and quickly against Jorge Castaneda, tagging Castaneda with a neck-snapping straight left in the 1st round and knocking him down in the 2nd. But Castaneda got up and fought back hard, hanging in through his early struggles to survive the distance and split the decision.
There’s no other way to put it, Shakur Stevenson was flat-out boring during his showdown against Edwin De Los Santos. Fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, booed Stevenson mercilessly. Once they realized that Stevenson wasn’t stepping on the gas and continued to play it safe, they refrained from booing and simply walked
Posted on 11/29/2023 By: Sean Crose According to Mike Coppinger of ESPN, Devin Haney plans on giving up his lightweight titles after he faces Regis Prograis on December 9th for Prograis’ WBC junior welterweight title. This is big news, not only because of the fact that undisputed lightweight champion Haney is leaving his four world
Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 29, 2023, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney told ESPN he is vacating all four of his titles ahead of his Dec. 9 junior welterweight championship fight against Regis Prograis. Haney, 25, most recently retained his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO belts at 135 pounds after he
Orlando Gonzalez and Jorge Castaneda meet tonight in a ProBox TV main event, set for 10 rounds in the junior lightweight division. The show starts at 8 pm ET, so join us then for full live coverage in the comments section below! Gonzalez (21-2, 12 KO) is a 28-year-old Puerto Rican fighter (and expect to
Ryan Garcia says that his 15-month hiatus from boxing tending to mental health issues was a serious setback from further building on his budding career. After knocking out Luke Cambell on Jan. 2, 2021, Garcia was inactive until his April 9, 2022 fight against Emmanuel Tagoe. In between that period of time, in addition to
Nov 29, 2023, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder is part of a diverse investment group that has joined forces to buy the United States SailGP Team, the global sailing league said on Wednesday. Former WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder is part of an investment group that
Conor Benn’s application to box Chris Eubank Jnr in Britain has been rejected by the British Boxing Board of Control. The General Secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control, Robert Smith, told Talksport that they do not consider the investigation into the positive drug test that Benn returned last year to be complete. Over
Nov 29, 2023, 07:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Katie Taylor avenged her loss to Chantelle Cameron on Saturday to become the undisputed junior welterweight champion in front of her fans at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs), scored a majority decision victory over Cameron (18-1, 8 KOs). In their first fight back
Mikaela Mayer is scheduled to make her official debut at welterweight a the top of the year when she faces Natasha Jonas for the IBF title on January 20. Speaking to Sky Sports, Mayer responds to assertions that she’ll notice a real difference in size and power in this new division and says she’s be
By John Scully LOSING a fight, either as a four-round preliminary kid or a world champion, and everything else in between, evokes a feeling that can be compared to depression. It’s low, horribly so, and personal too. You feel like less of a human being, somehow inferior to the opponent who defeated you in the
UFC CEO Dana White is one of the more knowledgeable people when it comes to the business of pay-per-view. The UFC stages at least 12 pay-per-view events a year. Not all of them are a homerun when it comes to buyrate numbers. And White realizes how hard a company has to work to turn a
By George Gigney Social Media SHAKUR STEVENSON is a good fighter. In fact, you could argue he’s a very good fighter. Now a titlist in three divisions, the unbeaten American is actually one of the most accomplished practitioners in the sport today. But he’s creating a dreadful public image. In his most recent outing the
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