Johnny Fisher is ready to kick off a big year in style against Dmytro Bezus at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas on Saturday February 3, live worldwide on DAZN – and the Brit banger wants to add to his KO streak to set up more title fights in 2024. Fisher (10-0 9 KOs)
Month: January 2024
For the official public announcement of the upcoming lightweight fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos on May 11, both fighters appeared for an opening press conference where they spoke about the impending battle. “Vasiliy Lomachenko is a guy that we have looked at for a very long time, a guy that I’ve been watching
Timothy Bradley Jr.Jan 31, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions Last year’s list of promising boxers in each weight division showcased a remarkable six fighters who have risen to become
By Steve Bunce IT IS possible that the Ulster Hall has the best seat anywhere in the world to watch boxing. The optimum seat on the balcony, which is even closer to the ring than the one at York Hall, might just be about 10 feet away from and three feet higher than the boxers in
When he was undefeated, Angelo Leo felt like he was on top of the world. He felt even better once he grabbed a world title. Having a spotless record provides certain fighters with an aura of invincibility. But while Leo believed that he couldn’t be touched, Stephen Fulton brought him back down to earth. In
By Shaun Brown THE late, great Marvin Hagler was a man of few words, yet whenever he spoke ears everywhere twitched and listened. Regarded as one of, if not the, greatest middleweights of all-time, the Newark born southpaw would speak about the mindset he adopted when he was in camp. Trained by the Petronelli brothers,
Top Rank has officially announced that former unified lightweight champions Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr will square off for the vacant IBF title on May 11th in Perth, Australia. That’s May 11th stateside, by the by, May 12th local time. Both men are coming off of controversial decisions, with Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KO) dropping
By Declan Taylor CONOR BENN says the ‘shame’ he feels he brought upon the family name was the hardest thing about his ongoing clomifene saga. Benn returned adverse analytical findings for the banned substance clomifene in two VADA tests back in 2022. The first came in July and the second in September. In the end
Simon Kean, 35-years-old, has decided to pursue a different road. After an amateur career of 70 fights, marked by participation in the 2012 London Olympics, 25 professional fights, including 23 victories and 22 before the limit, the man nicknamed the “Grizzly” is hanging up his gloves. The Trifluvian turned to boxing to implement structure and
Posted on 01/30/2024 By: Sean Crose Ryan Garcia was planning on facing junior welterweight king Devin Haney. Then he spoke with Floyd Mayweather. “I’m hanging out with Floyd,” the 25 year old star told Fight Hype in an interview posted on Tuesday. “I’m not going to lie, Floyd’s pretty influential. He’s like why would you
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 30, 2024, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Overtime, best known for its elite professional basketball league featuring some of the top 16-20 year-olds in the world outside the NCAA, will return to boxing for a second year of events that begin March 29, officials told ESPN. Overtime launched its boxing efforts
Ryan Garcia gives an in-depth interview with Fight Hype about all the confusion surrounding his next fight, with him seemingly going in many different directions, none of which have panned out thus far. Here’s some of what Garcia had to say on all the commotion while he gave himself a face massage. Garcia on the
Ryan Garcia spun the block and arrived back at his most desired destination. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that negotiations have resumed in a bid for the 25-year-old contender to challenge unbeaten two-division and reigning WBC junior welterweight champion Devin Haney. The development—which was first reported by FightHype.com—comes less than four weeks after Garcia instructed Golden Boy
Posted on 01/30/2024 By: Sean Crose Shakur Stevenson has apparently decided to single handedly lower the retirement age by calling it a career at the ripe old age of 26. “I’m officially retiring from the sport of boxing,” he posted to social media early Tuesday morning. “I’ll be in the gym forever perfecting my craft
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 30, 2024, 10:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul‘s next foe will be another boxer without a high-profile name, but who has far more experience than Paul does in the ring. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter will face Ryan Bourland on March 2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, officials told ESPN on
Emanuel Navarrete will, in fact, chase gold in a fourth weight class next time out. Rather than face Shakur Stevenson in a long-brewing WBC title match, however, he’ll instead exercise the traditional WBO champion’s right to fight for the vacant WBO belt left behind by Devin Haney. The WBO has ordered him to face no.
By Elliot Worsell SIX days after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death on her way to school, light-heavyweight boxers Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez appeared at Croydon’s Boxpark, just a stone’s throw from the bus stop where the life of that girl, as well as the life of the boy who killed her, tragically
From the moment he threw on his first pair of gloves, Tim Tszyu knew he wanted to become a world champion. As he made his way up the junior middleweight ranks, he noticed that just about anyone could grab a belt but it takes someone special to beat the man who beat the man. Whether
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