It’s Tuesday! Podcast! HEY! We’re going with a fully straightforward approach to the episodes, cutting the fluff and giving you PURE BOXING! It’s mainly a time issue, and it’ll be this way for the foreseeable future. ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW: Canelo vs Munguia preview! How much shot does Jaime Munguia have at the upset? In
Month: April 2024
Mike Coppinger, ESPNApr 30, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A clash between former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and undefeated contender Jared Anderson is being planned for Aug. 3 in Los Angeles, Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, announced Monday evening on social media. Wilder (43-3-1, 42 KOs) will first
Bantamweight world champion Jason Moloney (27-2, 19 KOs) will begin another mammoth month for Australian boxing when he defends his title against Yoshiki Takei on the Naoya Inoue-Luis Nery undercard at the Tokyo Dome on May 6. Moloney’s trip to Japan is shortly followed by countryman George Kambosos Jr taking on Vasiliy Lomachenko for the
THERE has been a social media backlash after Amy Broadhurst was picked to box for Great Britain in the final Olympic qualifier. GB Boxing have had to limit who could comment on the story on their Facebook page as coaches and fans reacted angrily to the news GB Boxing will be sending Broadhurst at 60kgs
Sports mismatches are a feature, not a bug. Bracketed tournaments open with the highest seeds fighting the lowest seeds and round-robin formats disregard relative strength entirely. Those are products of circumstance, though; in those sorts of arrangements, the participants themselves don’t hand-select weak opponents. Things like college athletics have a bit more leeway involved, allowing
Jeff Wagenheim Mar 7, 2024, 04:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mike Tyson wasted no time in making his mark as one of the greatest heavyweights in boxing history. He made his professional fighting debut in 1985 and proceeded to win his first 19 bouts by knockout, with 12 of those bouts not making it
By Elliot Worsell BACK when first imagined as a retirement plan, the only thing pursuing Michael Conlan in his attempt to master marathon running was boxing, the sport he had left behind. He expected to hear its heavy breathing in his ear, and see its shadow left and right, yet still, despite these reminders, it
British middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz has been handed the captain’s armband by promoter Frank Warren for the upcoming Queensberry-Matchroom “5 vs. 5” tournament playing as the undercard for Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 1. “I didn’t even know, he just chose me,” Sheeraz told BoxingScene regarding his captaincy. “Literally, just before
AMERICAN heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Jared Anderson could be matched against one another on August 3 if Turki Alalshikh gets his way. The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority has been responsible for reviving the marquee weight class and found a way to ensure the world’s leading promoters allow their fighters to appear on
Mar 7, 2024, 01:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mike Tyson will turn 58 in June, but the former heavyweight boxing champ isn’t done with his in-ring activity. Tyson returns to the ring to face Jake Paul on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Tyson last fought in a competitive bout in 2005,
Ahead of this weekend’s big main event between Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia, PBC releases its first episode of PBC Gloves Off, taking a behind the scenes look at the respective fighters heading into the PPV event. Training camp has long been underway at this stage, and at the elite level where every part of
Trash talk tends to rule boxing, and poor behavior often generates big money. Vergil Ortiz and Tim Tszyu, who will square off in a junior middleweight fight on Aug. 3 in Los Angeles, break the mold. Last Saturday, Ortiz notched a first-round knockout against former world title contender Thomas Dulorme – Ortiz’s second opening-round knockout
Andreas Hale, ESPNApr 29, 2024, 10:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The July 20 bout between YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul and former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will be classified as a sanctioned, professional fight by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations. The heavyweight showdown will be contested over eight, 2-minute rounds with each fighter
David Benavidez has revealed that Turki Alalshikh approached him with the intention of making a possible fight between the former two-time world super middleweight champion Benavidez (28-0, 24KOs) and three-weight world champion Terence Crawford (40-0, 31KOs). Last week in New York, Alalshikh and Eddie Hearn confirmed that Crawford will step up to junior middleweight to
Posted on 04/29/2024 By: Sean Crose Despite the belief that this July’s Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight would be an exhibition match, the much anticipated novelty bout will now officially be a professional affair. “Mike Tyson wanted it to be a pro fight,” Paul posted on social media Monday. “Netflix wanted it to be a pro
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson will, officially, be a sanctioned professional boxing match on July 20 in Texas, but with rules that argue that it really isn’t one at all. Most Valuable Promotions confirms that the bout, which will be held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington and stream live on Netflix, will see the 27-year-old
In July 2018 Rocky Fielding earned the biggest win of his career by beating Tyron Zeuge in Germany. The fifth round TKO earned the Liverpudlian the WBA “Regular” Super-Middleweight title. Two months later in a hugely anticipated rematch in Las Vegas Canelo Alvarez defeated rival Gennadiy Golovkin to retain his two middleweight world titles. However,
Fast Facts: Age: 30 Twitter/X: @robbohannah Nationality: British From: County Durham Height: 5ft 7ins Stance: Orthodox Record: 0-0 Division: Super-lightweight Next fight: May 4, which will be my professional debut When and why you started boxing: I’ve always been really sporty, but I first fell in love with boxing after watching the Rocky films when I was about 13. I persuaded a mate
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