IN RECENT weeks it has become known that Nick Ball’s next fight would take place in his home city of Liverpool and now he appears to have an opponent. The 27-year-old is the current WBA featherweight champion having won the title against Raymond Ford on June 1 with a performance full of vigour and determination.
Month: August 2024
ESPN’s Mike Coppinger brings word that WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball is “in the process of finalizing a deal” to face veteran Ronny Rios on October 5th in Ball’s hometown of Liverpool. Rios (34-4, 17 KO) was previously slated to welcome Stephen Fulton to 126 this coming weekend, but presumably got pulled after Caleb Plant
After two years of inactivity, Chris Van Heerden has walked away from boxing – a sport that gave him more than he could ask for. South Africa’s Van Heerden (28-3-1, 12 KOs) announced his retirement from the sport via his X social media account Wednesday afternoon. “After much reflection, I have decided to announce my
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 14, 2024, 05:41 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 Nick Ball and Ronny Rios are in the process of finalizing
Tim Tszyu’s ring return won’t be the homecoming he expected but will have some hardware at stake, as World Boxing News’ Alan Dawson reports that Tszyu is set to challenge IBF super welterweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev on October 19th in Florida. Per WBN, the bout could kick off a “tentative” three-fight plan that would see
Devin Haney has indicated that he is ready to return five months on from fighting Ryan Garcia. Haney, 31-0 (15 KOs), had his undefeated record reinstated after Garcia tested positive, twice, for performance-enhancing drugs around the time of their contest in New York in April. On the night, Haney was dropped three times and Garcia
By: Sean Crose He was one of premier names of the late Mayweather era. A multidivsion titlist, he had bested such notables as Amir Khan, Lucas Matthysse, Lamont Peterson, Pauline Malignaggi, Erik Morales and others. What’s more, Danny Garcia’s three losses came to likely Hall of Famers Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter, and Errol Spence. In
Nick ParkinsonAug 7, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions There are some big boxing fights in the next few months, including undisputed title showdowns and fascinating rematches. While the first half of the year has given us incredible
ANGELO LEO isn’t known as one of boxing’s biggest punchers but last weekend his 10th round win over Luis Alberto Lopez will go down as one of the knockouts of 2024. Eric Armit looks back at the fight round-by-round and how it reached its conclusion. Round 1 Leo was boxing neatly on the retreat stabbing
Ten years after the final fight of one of the finest careers of any British fighter, Carl Froch reflects on the journey that, perhaps wrongly, is at risk of being defined by one night above all else. Interview: Declan Warrington BN: You’ve been a retired fighter for 10 years… CF: It’s gone quick. It seems
Tim Tszyu is prioritising a fight with the IBF junior-middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev over attempting to win over Turki Alalshikh, according to his promoter. The Australian, 29, hopes to fight Murtazaliev before the end of 2024, and should he do so and succeed he will have established himself as a significant figure in what is
By: Sean Crose He’s been a unified world heavyweight champion and remains one of the biggest names in the fight game. In other words, when Anthony Joshua talks, people listen. This is especially true when it comes to Tyson Fury and undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Joshua has lost to Usyk twice, after all –
IT WAS expected to be a Fight of the Year contender and it delivered. Super-welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr and Serhii Bohachuk traded huge shots for 12 rounds at the Mandalay Bay leaving fans enthralled but the losing side angered at the judges’ verdicts. Eric Armit looks back at how the fight unfolded while delivering his
Eddie Hearn sat down for a softball interview with his crew at Matchroom HQ this morning, and while it produced very little of substance, he did give us one interesting bit of info. Though it’s not done quite yet, Hearn claims he’s “working hard” to finalize Sunny Edwards vs Galal Yafai and hopes to make
Vergil Ortiz Jr. deserved the decision over Serhii Bohachuk. He won more rounds. He spent more time in control than Bohachuk. And he showed some good boxing skills. The two knockdowns he suffered were legitimate. But he recovered well from them – especially the second, in Round 8, when he won the remainder of the
Chris Eubank Jr still says he has his sights set on a meeting with Canelo Alvarez, who’s currently scheduled to take on Edgar Belanga on September 14. Eubank Jr tells Sky Sports that he believes he and Canelo could land a fight fight May 2025 while he continues to seemingly haggle with Canelo’s team about
Chris Eubank Jr. is back and he sounds determined to make up for lost time. Eubank, 33-3 (24 KOs), hasn’t stepped foot in the ring since last September when he impressively rebounded from the first stoppage defeat of his career to even the score with Liam Smith, stopping the Liverpudlian in the 10th round of
CHRIS EUBANK JR swerved a September showdown with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez because he did not want to face the Mexican off the back of a year out. The Brighton middleweight last month emerged as a surprise candidate to face Canelo on Mexican independence weekend. However Canelo instead opted to take on Edgar Berlanga, his WBA
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