By Elliot Worsell THE importance of a headline should never be underestimated. Nor perhaps is a headline more important than it is today, when a lot of the people consuming media and what’s left of journalism are reluctant to read beyond it. In fact, the headline is, in so many ways, the article itself in
Month: March 2024
By Declan Taylor RAY FORD is prepared to make featherweight one more time in order to face Nick Ball as part of the Matchroom v Queensberry event on June 1. Ford won the WBA featherweight title in the most dramatic fashion earlier this month, when he trailed on the cards heading into the final round
Francis Ngannou gave a peculiar reason to explain his clinical second-round knockout defeat to former unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25KOs). The Cameroonian MMA star posted a video on his Instagram account, explaining that he felt fatigued on the day of the fight against Joshua but refused to take any credit away from
Mar 13, 2024, 09:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jessica McCaskill will travel to Cardiff, Wales, to defend her WBA welterweight title against Lauren Price on May 11, promoter Boxxer announced on Wednesday. The fight at the Utilita Arena will be streamed live on Peacock in the USA. McCaskill (12-3-1, 5 KOs), of Chicago, is
By Louis Evans “‘YOU’RE going back, and you’ve got no choice. You’ve gotta be persistent with it,’” Brad Strand imitates his father’s firm stance during teenage years at Liverpool’s Kirkby ABC. “I kept going and eventually found me way. Happy I stuck at it now [laughs].” Now, as a lesser-known member of Everton Red Triangle’s
Ahead of the upcoming fight between Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero and Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz, taking place on the Keith Thurman vs Tim Tszyu undercard, both fighters appeared for a virtual press event where they were asked about their impending battle. Check out some of what both had to say below. Romero on if Cruz’s come-forward style
Posted on 03/14/2024 By: Sean Crose “What a decision!” says former WBO world featherweight champion Heather “The Heat” Hardy. Indeed, Hardy surprised a lot of people Thursday when she announced a May 11th throwdown between herself and BKFC flyweight champion Christine Ferea. That’s right, Hardy is entering the realm of bare knuckle boxing. “Being a
Undefeated super middleweight prospect Tommy “The Governor” Hyde (7-0, 4 KOs) will be fighting for his first title as a professional boxer this Saturday on St. Patrick’s Day weekend, outside of San Francisco at Fox Theater in Redwood City, California. The 24-year-old Hyde, fighting out of Cork, will challenge fellow Irishman, Craig “BTL” McCarthy (10-1-1,
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 14, 2024, 01:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall rematch has been postponed … again. Taylor suffered an injury that forced him to withdraw from the April 27 return bout vs. Catterall in Leeds, England, sources told ESPN. Taylor-Catterall 2 is expected to be rescheduled as soon as late
William Zepeda and Maxi Hughes square off Saturday night on DAZN from Las Vegas in a 12-round lightweight main event. Zepeda (29-0, 25 KO) is a clear favorite in the fight, but the veteran Hughes (26-6-2, 5 KO) has been on a good run for the last three-plus years, and some feel should be coming
The rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall has reportedly been postponed. Taylor, 33, and his long-term rival were scheduled to fight on April 27 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, but according to ESPN, an injury suffered by Taylor means that the rematch that has been on course for over two years will
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 14, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The latest winner of the Canelo Alvarez sweepstakes is Jaime Munguia, who beat out Jermall Charlo and Edgar Berlanga to land a May 4 fight in Las Vegas against boxing’s top star. With that fight comes a chance at boxing championship glory, and of
ACCORDING to ESPN, the rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, scheduled for April 27 in Leeds, has unfortunately been postponed. The cause of the postponement is an injury suffered by Taylor, though no further details have been provided on that front. The postponement was, however, confirmed to BN by two separate sources. This of
By Matt Christie “THIS event could quite easily end up being the biggest boxing event in history and usurp Floyd Mayweather’s fights with Conor McGregor and even Manny Pacquiao,” concluded a press release about the Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul ‘event’ that is supposedly going to happen on July 20 in Dallas. Where to start
Carl Froch wants today’s fighters to treat the British title with greater respect. The retired Froch, 46, reflects on his time winning and defending the British super middleweight title three times – and therefore becoming a permanent owner of the often-revered Lonsdale Belt – as that provided the platform for the career that took him
The on-again, off-again fight between Subriel Matias and Liam Paro appears to be back-on-again as ESPN reports the pair are in the midst of finally finalizing a junior welterweight title fight to take place in Manati, Puerto Rico on June 15 and streaming live on DAZN. Matias (20-1, 20 KOs) has been a force to
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 13, 2024, 01:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Emanuel Navarrete and Denys Berinchyk are finalizing a deal for a May 18 fight in San Diego for the vacant WBO lightweight title, sources told Salvador Rodriguez of “ESPN KnockOut.” The 135-pound title tilt will headline Top Rank Boxing on ESPN. Navarrete (38-1-1, 31
By Elliot Worsell THEY called it the ‘Fight of the Century’ before a punch had even been thrown. Someone must have known. In time Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier would become inextricably linked, the phrase Ali-Frazier stitched into the boxing glossary forever, but ahead of their first fight on March 8, 1971 at Madison Square
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