By: Sean Crose The 21-0 Virgil Ortiz slipped in between the ropes at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas Saturday evening to face his biggest challenge to date, the 24-1 Serhii Bohachuk. Not only was Bohachuk’s WBC interim world super welterweight title at stake in the scheduled 12 round affair, a high profile and
Month: August 2024
Connor O’Halloran Aug 11, 2024, 07:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif, who endured intense scrutiny about her womanhood throughout the Paris Games, has filed a formal legal complaint in which she says she was the victim of online abuse. In a statement posted Sunday to Instagram, Khelif’s
By Daniele D’Alessio CANELO Alvarez and Gervonta Davis are two of the biggest pound-for-pound superstars, yet neither have worked with Turki Alalshikh. Just over two months remain until the one-year anniversary of Riyadh Season in boxing. Ever since Tyson Fury fought Francis Ngannou in the ‘Battle of the Baddest’ on October 28, 2023, Saudi’s grip
By Oscar Pick THE cruiserweight division is wide open, awaiting its next bona fide star to fill the void left by Oleksandr Usyk. Since the Ukrainian stepped up to further cement his greatness in the land of the giants, four formidable champions have seized the jewellery that fragmented following his undisputed reign. And yet, while
Featherweight Angelo Leo became a two-division world titleholder by knocking out Luis Alberto Lopez in the 10th round to win the IBF featherweight title at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Photos: Mikey Williams / Top Rank Inc.) Junior welterweight Lindolfo Delgado won a 10-round split decision over Bryan Flores in the co-feature. Junior middleweight
By: Sean Crose The ending had the whiff of Mike McCallum’s brilliant single punch knockout victory over Donald Curry back in 1987. In the midst of a close, high level fight, McCallum fired a left hook seemingly out of the blue that sent the popular Curry down and out in front of HBO cameras. This
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 11, 2024, 01:38 AM 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 Angelo Leo scored a spectacular one-punch knockout of Luis Alberto Lopez
Angelo Leo claimed both the IBF featherweight title and a spot at the top of 2024’s Knockouts of the Year with a shocking one-punch knockout of Luis Alberto Lopez. Leo (24-1, 11 KO), fighting in his native Albuquerque, came out with a clear and effective gameplan: work the jab, punish Lopez’s (30-3, 17 KO) wild
IT might not have been the one-sided display he’s used to, but Vergil Ortiz gritted out a title win at the Mandalay Bay last night, defeating Serhii Bohachuk by majority verdict. The Ukrainian soaked up the kind of shots that have stopped lesser men in their tracks and did everything he could to retain his
LAS VEGAS – Whether he is making, suggesting or rejecting fights, Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh is currently the straw that is stirring boxing’s drink. That was never more obvious than on Thursday, as promoter and former world champion Oscar De La Hoya addressed two of the sport’s more high-profile fights. The first was Saul “Canelo”
Serhii Bohachuk and Vergil Ortiz Jr meet tonight in a matchup that promises fireworks, headlining a DAZN card that starts at 8 pm ET. Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KO) will be defending his interim WBC title at 154 lbs, and the winner is potentially in line to face Terence Crawford or any other top name at
BAKHODIR Jalolov is now a two-time Olympic gold medallist after beating Ayoub Ghadfa to claim super-heavyweight gold. The big Uzbek toiled hard to keep the younger man at bay but resisted the temptation to plant his feet and score a KO, instead opting to step off and secure history. The judges’ decision was unanimous. Currently
David Benavidez’s promoter wants a fight with David Morrell, but he would prefer that match wait just a little longer. “That fight, it will happen, but we need to marinate like I did with Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.,” Sampson Lewkowicz told BoxingScene.com. “Marinate and everybody make money.” Benavidez and Morrell were previously
By Steve Bunce I SAT with two Olympic dreamers 10 days before the first bell in Paris. It was Callum Smith and Tasha Jonas, and the venue was an outdoor bar in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. They had the same dreams at the same time, and they had been dreaming of boxing at the Olympics since
Luis Alberto Lopez will defend his IBF featherweight title against Angelo Leo tonight in an ESPN main event from Albuquerque. Live coverage will start at 10 pm ET on ESPN and ESPN+, and prelims will begin around 6 pm ET on ESPN+. Lopez (30-2, 17 KO) has made quite a run and a big case
Francis Ngannou may have fought two of the biggest-name heavyweight boxers in the world, but he no longer has plans of chasing a title in the ring. Ngannou, who made his transition from MMA to boxing when he fought Tyson Fury last year, is scheduled to return to the sport he left when he comes
By: Sean Crose “Ya’ll want me to shake someone’s hand,” Virgil Ortiz asked rhetorically on social media Thursday, “after people on said person’s team has been calling me unprofessional this and that? I give respect where it’s due.” Ortiz was referring to a press conference where he wouldn’t shake the hand of Serhii Bohachuk, who
By Mark Butcher The Olympics and controversy share the same DNA. As mad as it may seem, the endless corruption and political disputes of the Games surpass anything we can conjure up in pro boxing. The five rings are a veritable magnet to toxicity. It’s a tournament of infamy, from Hitler’s Sieg-Heiling propaganda machine in
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