Posted on 01/29/2024 By: Sean Crose “By the way,” ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez posted Monday in Spanish on X/Twitter, “everything looks like it will be Charlo-Crawford for Canelo in 2024, in that order.” Should Rodriguez be proven correct, Canelo Alvarez, perhaps the biggest star in the sport, will have two major events lined up for this
Month: January 2024
Fast Facts Age: 29 X: Josephlaws Nationality: British From: Benwell Stance: Orthodox Height: 5ft 9ins Record: 14-2 (5) Division: Middleweight (but is willing to fight from 147 to 168) Next fight: Laws returned after a 10-month layoff to outpoint Michael Hennessy Jnr in October and is looking to build on that early this year. When
By Elliot Worsell AMONG the many problems with social media, one of the big ones is the ease with which people – anyone – can tap something out on their phone, hit the send button, and then watch as this nonsense not only appears online but is somehow considered gospel; newsworthy. In boxing, this is
Shakur Stevenson has announced his retirement from boxing at age 26, posting to social media this evening. Stevenson, who currently holds the WBC lightweight title and has also won belts at featherweight and super featherweight, last fought in November, beating Edwin De Los Santos in one of the most unwatchable fights of 2023. “I’m officially
Emanuel Navarrete will embark on a path to capture a major title in a fourth weight division. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Mexico’s Navarrete has enforced his ‘Super Champion’ status to compete for the vacant WBO lightweight title. The sanctioning body responded in kind and ordered the three-division and reigning WBO 130-pound titlist to enter talks
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 29, 2024, 10:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu is a rising star, and he’ll look to continue that climb with a fight against his most high-profile opponent yet. The son of Hall of Fame boxer Kostya Tszyu will meet former welterweight champion Keith Thurman in a 155-pound fight on March
As Tim Tsyzu prepares for his next upcoming fight against Keith Thurman, he talks to media members a little about the fight, his career aspirations, and why he’s finally reached the conclusion that he’ll never get the Jermell Charlo fight he’s wanted. No longer focused on Charlo, Tsyzu looks for the next things to come.
Light heavyweight contender Dan Azeez is only days away from his grudge match with unbeaten Olympian Joshua Buatsi. Their WBA world title eliminator takes place on Saturday at Wembley Arena. They were initially scheduled to collide back in October, but the bout was postponed during fight week when Azeez sustained a back injury during camp.
Next update will come on Monday, February 12. Here are the ranked fights we’ll see between now and then: Not a lot going on, but two really important fights. Upcoming Fights: (1) Oleksandry Usyk vs (2) Tyson Fury, Feb. 17 … (3) Zhilei Zhang vs (5) Joseph Parker, Mar. 8 … (4) Anthony Joshua vs
By Elliot Worsell WHEN Julio Gonzalez was presented with the unenviable task of trying to dethrone Roy Jones Jnr in 2001, one of the fight’s selling points – perhaps its only one – centred on the idea of Gonzalez becoming the first Mexican in history to win a world light-heavyweight title. For Mexico, a nation
By Miles Templeton THERE is a whole raft of world-rated boxers who died young. Harry Greb, Pancho Villa and Tiger Flowers are three that spring readily to mind, and that is just during the 1920s. There are others who died in suspicious circumstances; Randolph Turpin, Oscar Bonavena and Arturo Gatti being notable examples. Sometimes these
Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona – Darius “DFG” Fulghum (10-0, 9 KOs) successfully defended his WBA Continental USA super middleweight title against his most experienced opponent to date, the crafty Alantez “SlyAza” Fox (28-6-1, 13 KOs), in a 10-round contest that went the distance. Fulghum landed a number of powerful shots throughout the fight, but
By Anthony Jones “FEAR is like fire,” the great boxing guru Cus D’Amato used to say, “It can cook for you. It can heat your house. Or it can burn you down.” The dictionary puts it this way, “Fear – an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm,” – coincidentally listing
Jaime Munguia returns to action tonight to face John Ryder in a 12-round super middleweight main event from Phoenix, live on DAZN. The unbeaten Munguia is coming off of a 2023 Fight of the Year-level clash with Sergiy Derevyanchenko, while Ryder was last seen in a losing effort against 168 lb top dog Canelo Alvarez.
Promoter Eddie Hearn was underwhelmed by the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions on Amazon Prime Video card. Last week PBC announced its first show under the e-commerce giant featuring Keith Thurman against Tim Tszyu in the main event on pay-per-view on March 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The show will also feature Rolando Romero
After the latest discord with Ryan Garcia, promoter Oscar De La Hoya insists his relationship with his star charge is still rooted in mutual understanding. Garcia felt bamboozled last week after he publicly indicated on his social media that De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions was close to finalizing a deal for him to fight
Highlights! The biggest fight of the weekend comes from England, where Joshua Buatsi will face Dan Azeez in a matchup of legit 175 lb contenders for the British and Commonwealth belts. That airs on Peacock in the US and Sky in the UK. Conor Benn is taking his road show to Las Vegas to face
BANGKOK, Thailand – India and Pakistan consistently create thrilling moments in the world of sports, the boxing contest between Kulbir Dhaka of Sonipat, India, and Shahir Afridi of Karachi, Pakistan, was no exception. After a hard-fought ring battle, tall and strong Dhaka (8-2, 4 KO’s) successfully conquered the WBA Asia South middleweight title by outclassing
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