James Regan Mar 29, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As Ben Whittaker steps into the ring at London’s Bronx Boxing Gym ahead of his media workout on Thursday, heads instantly turn to get a glimpse of England’s latest rising star. Whittaker (6-0 5 KOs) is used to turning heads now. His last fight
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Sebastian Fundora upset Tim Tszyu to win the WBO and WBC super welterweight titles tonight in an oddly bloody battle from Las Vegas. Fundora took a split decision over 12 rounds, with two judges scoring the fight 115-113 and 116-112 in his favor, and the third going to Tszyu, 116-112. But it’s a fight that’s
CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH hopes that a rematch against Richard Riakporhe takes place at the same venue where he suffered his only defeat to date. On July 20, 2019, Riakporhe got the nod over 10 rounds on the undercard of Dillian Whyte’s win over Oscar Rivas at the O2 Arena in London. Billam-Smith and Riakporhe, both promoted
1) Bloody brilliant As if envious of Tim Tszyu’s efforts the night before, Fabio Wardley did his best to produce a similar amount of blood during his headline fight with Frazer Clarke. He bled profusely from a cut on his nose in round two but, like Tszyu, refused to let it get the better of
LAS VEGAS – Isaac Cruz made Rolando Romero eat his words Saturday night. Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KOs) started off fast and beat Romero (15-2, 13 KOs) from pillar to post, from the opening bell until the fight was stopped in the eighth round. Romero simply had no answer for the pressure that Cruz applied and
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 31, 2024, 12:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In one of the bloodiest fights in recent memory, Sebastian Fundora scored the upset with a split-decision victory over Tim Tszyu to capture the WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles. One judge scored the fight 116-112 for Tszyu but was overruled by scores of
LEIGH WOOD is confident that if a rematch against Josh Warrington does happen that he can win in quicker fashion than last time. Both fighters, now at super-featherweight, haven’t fought since their battle at the Sheffield Arena over six months which saw Wood rally and stop Warrington in the seventh round. Wood had hoped that
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