Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom. An uninspiring contest came to an appropriately disjointed conclusion when veteran Pablo Cesar Cano damaged his ankle at the end of the eleventh round and dropped an 11-round technical decision to unbeaten welterweight Shakram Giyasov. All three judges at the Caribe Royal resort in orlando, Florida scored the contest 109-99 for
Month: February 2024
Undefeated super middleweights Edgar Berlanga and Padraig McCrory will meet in a 12-round main event tonight from Orlando, headlining a Matchroom Boxing card on DAZN. Berlanga, 26, and McCrory, 35, are both in “must-win” mode as far as being a serious contender at 168 lbs. The card also features the return of lightweight phenom Andy
Gervonta Davis took to social media platform X to reveal the offer he had received for a potential bout with Conor Benn. Benn was last in action on February 3, against Peter Dobson at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, defeating Dobson over 12 rounds to claim a unanimous points win as the 27-year-old Benn continued
Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 07:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Junto Nakatani scored a sixth-round TKO victory over Alexandro Santiago on Saturday in Tokyo to become the WBC bantamweight champion, his third division title. Japan’s Nakatani (27-0, 20 KOs) floored Santiago with a straight left in Round 6. Moments later, a crisp right hook
Junto Nakatani and Kosei Tanaka won world titles, while Takuma Inoue retained his in an impressive night of performances for the three Japanese stars in Tokyo. Nakatani (27-0, 20 KO) made an emphatic move to the bantamweight division to win a world title in a third weight class, pretty well dominating and stopping Alexandro Santiago
THE RESULT: WBA bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue finished a competitive and entertaining fight in Tokyo by sinking a right uppercut into Jerwin Ancajas’ body halfway through round nine. Unable to rise, Ancajas, from the Philippines, was then stopped at the one minute and 44 seconds mark of the round, resulting in a successful first defence
Kosei Tanaka added to his impressive collection of belts and is now a champion at 115lbs having won belts at 105, 108 and 112. The new WBO super flyweight champion won the vacant title with a solid victory over Mexican co-challenger Christian Bacasegua, flooring the Mexican in round eight and earning the decision on all
THE RESULT: After showing impressive patience and poise for the first five rounds of his debut at bantamweight, Junto Nakatani exploded in round six, dropping Alexandro Santiago not once but twice en route to winning the WBC belt in Tokyo, Japan. The fight was eventually called off by referee Laurence Cole one minute and 12
Three world title fights will come to us live today from Japan, with two in the bantamweight division and one at super flyweight, with the action streaming live on ESPN+ starting at 4 am ET. Alexandro Santiago and Takuma Inoue will defend their WBC and WBA bantamweight titles, respectively, against Junto Nakatani and Jerwin Ancajas,
MATCHROOM BOXING, in conjunction with Boxlab Promotions, hosts an enticing night of boxing in Orlando’s Caribe Royale on Saturday (February 24). DAZN televise. Top of the bill is the super-middleweight clash between Edgar Berlanga, and Belfast’s Padraig McCrory, 18-0 (9), and it’s a huge chance for the latter to gatecrash the title discussion at 168.Berlanga,
Heavyweight contender Zhilei Zhang has said he is focused on just one man ahead of his return to the ring. Zhang meets experienced New Zealander Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia on March 8, and he is not looking beyond the former WBO champion. Zhang told Seconds Out that while his training team, including Shaun George,
Posted on 02/23/2024 By: Sean Crose It had come as quite a surprise – word that the highly anticipated Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia pay per view fight was going to go down in New York, rather than in Las Vegas, as had been expected. It was said the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn would host the card
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 22, 2024, 01:22 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Francis Ngannou is two weeks away from his second appearance in a professional boxing ring, but he’s already considering his eventual return to mixed martial arts. Ngannou
Jay Harris vs Connor Butler feels like that type of fight you find out about after the event. After you know the decision, after the blood has dried on the splattered canvas and you’re forced to pick through highlight reels on X. But thanks to DAZN picking up coverage for this British, Commonwealth and European
Trainer and Manager of Canelo Alvarez, Eddy Reynoso, has hit back at claims that the undisputed super middleweight champion is avoiding divisional rival David Benavidez. Canelo-Benavidez has become one of the most wanted fights in the sport due to their respective standings in the 168lb ranks and natural rivalry, with the pair firmly cemented in
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 22, 2024, 02:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A rematch between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury in boxing could lead to a clash between the two inside a cage. Nakisa Bidarian, Paul’s business partner and the co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions, told ESPN that an offer is on the table
By Oliver Fennell “THAT man hit me so hard with a left hook, it felt like my head and my brain was on fire. I can’t even explain it. It messed up all the vertebrae in my neck, so after he hit me with it, I couldn’t turn my head back round. I been hit
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn speaks on the upcoming junior welterweight fight between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia, which is now set to head towards the Barclays Center in Brooklyn after initially being targeted for Las Vegas. Here Hearn talks about the making of the bout and why he thinks it’ll serve the fight well, being
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