Charlie Edwards is to fight Thomas Essomba for the European bantamweight title on September 27 at York Hall. The 31 year old relaunched his career in April with a convincing victory over Georges Ory at the same venue. On that night his younger brother Sunny joined his new trainer Stephen Smith in his corner, but
Month: July 2024
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 18, 2024, 02:17 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Boxing star Ryan Garcia was formally charged with one misdemeanor count
BECOMING the very best at what you do can mean making decisions that won’t always make you popular. Between 2020 and 2022 Chantelle Cameron showed she had what it takes to get to the top of her discipline winning five consecutive world title fights which culminated in her becoming the undisputed female super-lightweight champion. Adriana
Mike Perry is promising to “give Jake Paul hell” when the two meet on Saturday night, and says Jake will definitely have to go past the first round in this bout. “I believe in myself and my boxing ability. I’m a brawling boxing mug, so I’m ready to get in the ring with Jake and
First came the fight, and then Keyshawn Davis weighed in. That’s the new order of business in boxing today, and unbeaten lightweight contender Davis – a 2020 U.S. Olympic silver medalist – maximized the tactic Saturday night after watching his Top Rank stablemate and fellow lightweight Raymond Muratalla notch a victory by decision over former
Jul 18, 2024, 02:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ESPN’s No. 1 bantamweight Junto Nakatani steps in the ring for the second time this year to defend his WBC world title against Vincent Astrolabio in Tokyo on Saturday (ESPN+, 5 a.m. ET). Nakatani (27-0, 20 KOs), of Kanagawa, Japan, has won eight of his last
It’s Tuesday! Well, it’s Wednesday. BUT WE’RE BACK! After nearly a month away, John Hansen and myself return with a podcast! Since we didn’t want to spend two hours doing this catching up on things, it’s a short one, but we do have our thoughts on Jake Paul vs Mike Perry coming this weekend, plus
Denzel Bentley will be an interested observer as his domestic rivals Nathan Heaney and Brad Pauls meet in their British middleweight title rematch in Birmingham this weekend (July 20). Although Bentley, 19-3-1 (16 KOs), lost a decision to now unified WBO and IBF middleweight champion, Janibek Alimkhanuly, in November 2022, he performed well and gained
ALTHOUGH it is often said that the key to finding success in any field boils down to a willingness to do the hard work in silence, it is easier to say that of some professions than it is others. In boxing, for example, it is all well and good training alone for years and honing
Caleb Plant announced on Twitter yesterday that he’ll meet Trevor McCumby on August 17th in his first ring appearance of 2024, with The Ring adding that said bout will headline PBC’s first non-PPV show on Amazon Prime. Plant (22-2, 13 KO) has fought just twice since a 2021 loss to Canelo Alvarez, smoking Anthony Dirrell
Boxlab Promotions’ super featherweight contender, Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz (29-4, 19 KOs) kept his world title ambitions intact when he defeated Derlyn Hernandez (12-2-1, 10 KOs) by second round knockout this past Saturday (July 13) at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. However, it wasn’t the fight or opportunity intended for Diaz; Hernandez stepped in
By Oscar Pick JUNTO Nakatani is one of boxing’s most underappreciated gems. Whenever he enters the ring, an electric performance is always guaranteed. Yet, when it comes to discussing the sport’s mainstream attractions, his name rarely gets mentioned. The 26-year-old is a three-weight world champion, ranked 10th on the Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound list and remains
FORMER unified super-welterweight world champion Tim Tszyu will return to the ring on September 22 in Australia. The 29-year-old has been out of action since his defeat to Sebastian Fundora on March 30 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Fundora, who was set to face Serhii Bohachuk on the undercard for the vacant 154lb WBC
Lightweight Gabriel Flores Jr. may not boast an undefeated record, but the challenges he has met and overcome have endeared him to his hometown of Stockton, California. Flores, 24, is scheduled to fight Saturday at Stockton’s Banner Island Ballpark in what will be the venue’s first major sanctioned boxing event. He will face Ronel Ron
Floyd Mayweather Jr’s August 24th exhibition rematch with John Gotti III is a joke, as is Victor Ortiz’s comeback against 13-5 Rodrigo Damian Coria in the co-feature. There will be one quality fight, though, as WBC no. 1 super bantamweight Alan Picasso will meet Azat Hovhannisyan for the “silver” title and, presumably, a shot at
By Eric Armit IT may have flown slightly under the radar, but Sulaiman Segawa pulled off a huge upset by scoring a unanimous decision win over Ruben Villa in Las Vegas last weekend. The Ugandan won the battle of southpaws, using his longer reach and high work rate. He was feeding Villa right jabs from
Trainer Joe Gallagher hopes Jack Massey’s victory over Isaac Chamberlain last month means he will be considered as a potential challenger for WBO cruiserweight titleholder Chris Billam-Smith. Massey (22-2, 12 KOs) surprised defeated Chamberlain over 12 rounds on June 15 to earn the European title in a result that surprised a lot of people. “I
Jul 17, 2024, 08:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford moves up to junior middleweight to challenge WBA champion Israil Madrimov on Saturday, Aug. 3, at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. (ESPN+ PPV). The WBO interim title will also be on the line. Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs), of Omaha, Nebraska, is a two-division undisputed
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