Dominic Valle is looking to continue climbing the junior-lightweight rankings, and hopes that Wednesday night will bring his transition from prospect to contender. Valle is to fight Kevin Piedrahita on Wednesday Night Fights at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. The 23-year-old (9-0, 7 KOs) will be fighting in his second scheduled
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ZHILEI ZHANG and Martin Bakole could next be fighting one another if Turki Alalshikh gets his way. The two heavyweight behemoths are in Alalshikh’s plans for a future matchup according to ESPN. Zhang’s momentum from his two wins over Joe Joyce was shattered when Joseph Parker beat the Chinese fighter on points in March. However,
BOXING is like no other sport. The drama of a fight week and a fight night can be extraordinary and outrageous. But throughout its checkered history boxing has found itself in the headlines for the right reasons and the wrong reasons. Documentary and film-makers are drawn to the sweet science because of all the above
It’s another ProBox Wednesday night, and we’ve got live coverage here at Bad Left Hook! Tonight, Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario meet in a ProBox TV main event, set for 10 rounds in the middleweight division. The show starts at 8 pm ET, so join us then for full live coverage in the comments section
Amid the layoffs and losses endured by Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario were likely moments when they resisted, wrestled with, and realised the truth that boxing, for now, is what they were put on this earth to do. At some point on Wednesday night, during what promises to be a fascinating must-win brawl scheduled for
FORMER Central Area lightweight champion Jimmy ‘The Fist’ First last spoke to Boxing News in February in the changing room after his final dance. Content with what he had achieved the 43-year-old went out on a high beating Karl Sampson in a four-round contest. Jimmy had only lost to top 10 fighters in Britain and
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By: Sean Crose WBC lightweight titlist Shakur Stevenson will be facing Joe Cordina on the Artur Beterbirev-Dmitry Bivol undisputed light heavyweight title card on October 12th in Saudi Arabia. The 22-0 Stevenson last fought in July when he bested Artem Harutyunyn in his hometown of Newark via unanimous decision. The 17-1 Cordina last saw action
TYPICALLY, the end of a career is not something a boxer gets to choose. Rather, it is something forced upon them, something that often blindsides them, and something they refuse to acknowledge exists so as to avoid what it actually represents. It is not, like a fight, something they can control in any traditional sense
Shakur Stevenson will officially face Joe Cordina in the featured undercard bout on Oct. 12 in Riyadh, the show headlined by the long-awaited showdown between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. Stevenson (22-0, 10 KO) will be back in the ring in pretty short order following a July 6 decision win over Artem Harutyunyan, which was
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 20, 2024, 07:06 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 Shakur Stevenson will defend his WBC lightweight title against Joe Cordina
The undercard is set for Naoya Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight title defense against TJ Doheny on September 3 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Four-division champion Inoue, 27-0 (24 KOs), is one of the leading fighters in the world while Australia-based Irishman Doheny is 26-4 (20 KOs) and popular in Japan after several underdog victories
Just about a month away from Canelo Alvarez’s return to the ring, taking on Edgar Berlanga on September 14, Canelo speaks to TMZ Sports about his upcoming fight and his thoughts on the matchup. Canelo on the importance on fighting on Mexican holiday weekends “For me it’s always great to represent my country on those
WBC and WBO female bantamweight champion Dina Thorslund (22-0) has suffered a cut in training and her defense against Japanese challenger Terumi Nuki (15-5) has been postponed from August 30 until October 25 with Holstebro (Denmark) remaining as site. Thorslund-Nuki is billed as “The Last Dance” and will be Thorslund’s last fight on Danish soil.
A CHANGE in fortune was overdue for Steed Woodall. Last year his mother suffered a heart attack and then COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Believing she was close to losing her life, depression hit her son who had also gone through a break-up with the mother of his daughter. Having accepted fights with some of
A few days ago, WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson claimed that his “verbally agreed” mandatory defense against William Zepeda would come in February as opposed to the initially stated October 12th Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev undercard. Now, the historically reliable Julius Julianis reports that Stevenson has signed a one-fight deal with Matchroom to face
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