Month: March 2024

British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley (17-0, 16KOs) and his challenger Frazer Clarke (8-0, 6KOs) both weighed in ahead of their highly anticipated encounter on Sunday at London’s O2 Arena.  Wardley, making the second defence of his British title, having held it since November 2022 when he defeated Nathan Gorman, weighed in at 17st
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 29, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will attempt to become the heaviest Mexican champion of all time when he challenges Armenia’s Arsen Goulamirian for the WBA cruiserweight title Saturday in Inglewood, California. Ramirez (27-0, 19 KOs) is a former 168-pound titleholder who will compete at the 200-pound
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By Elliot Worsell MOST of them looked the same. They were bald, as wide as they were long, and firmly of the belief that a scowl says a thousand words. As if created from the same recipe, or mould, these men would stand with their arms crossed, biceps bulging inside a too-small polo shirt, and
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Tim Tszyu and Sebastian Fundora will fight for two super welterweight titles in tonight’s Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view main event, with Rolly Romero taking on Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz in the co-feature. The four-fight pay-per-view card starts at 8 pm ET on Prime Video PPV, and you can also buy through PPV.com, with the show priced
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 30, 2024, 01:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Oscar Valdez stopped Liam Wilson in Round 7 on Friday evening in Glendale, Arizona, to claim the interim WBO junior lightweight title. Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs) jumped off the stool and blasted Wilson with a series of shots along the ropes to open the
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THE RESULT: Oscar Valdez resurrects his hopes of becoming a two-time world super-featherweight champion stopping Liam Wilson at 2.48 in round seven of their fight at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. KEY MOMENTS: Valdez was putting everything into his punches twisting the body and letting his hands fire at Wilson as if he
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Posted on 03/29/2024 By: Sean Crose “His bark is far stronger than his bite,” Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz said of his opponent this weekend in Las Vegas, the always showy WBA lightweight titlist Rolando “Rolly” Ramiro. Sure enough, things have been tense in the leadup to Saturday’s co-main event on the Tim Tszyu-Sebastian Fundora pay per
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Ben Whittaker has warned his friend Frazer Clarke against the danger of allowing emotion to influence his fight with Fabio Wardley on Sunday evening. The long-term rivals, at London’s O2 Arena, contest Wardley’s British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles after a period of increasing demands for them to fight that contributed to Clarke being criticised for
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 29, 2024, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson and Artem Harutyunyan are finalizing a deal for a July 6 fight in Newark, New Jersey, for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title, sources told ESPN. The bout will mark the final fight of Stevenson’s promotional deal with Top Rank before he enters free
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The promoter of unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14KOs) still has reservations about whether a highly anticipated lucrative encounter or rematch between the Ukrainian and rival Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24KOs) will happen once the pair meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 18.  Alex Krassyuk remains skeptical about the prospect of any fight
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