Lamont Roach Jnr has been given “special permission” to move up from junior lightweight to fight Gervonta “Tank” Davis for the WBA lightweight title on December 14. Roach Jnr, 29, is the WBA champion at 130lbs; the sanctioning body has approved of a request made by his promoters to allow him to enter what would
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Though PBC has yet to officially announce its rumored December 14th Gervonta Davis/David Benavidez doubleheader, but we’re about as close to official as we can get. Shortly after Benavidez dispelled rumors that of a David Morrell Jr fight and confirmed that he’d face Jesse Hart, the WBA has given super featherweight champion Lamont Roach Jr
IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia has set up shop in London for the final stages of his training camp. Opetaia is set to face England’s Jack Massey in Riyadh on October 12 and flew back to London for the press conference last week. But, rather than spending another 30 hours to get back to Australia,
THE next fight in the career of boxing superstar Gervonta Davis looks to have been confirmed. That’s because today the WBA revealed they have granted their super-featherweight champion Lamont Roach special permission to challenge Davis for his WBA lightweight belt on December 14. WBA grants special permit for Lamont Roach to fight for the lightweight
Tyson Fury is promising to bring a different demeanor to his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on December 21. The former WBC heavyweight champion (34-1-1, 24 KOs) suffered a knockdown and a split-decision loss to Usyk in May, when the Ukrainian outlanded him 170 to 157 over 12 rounds by overcoming a serious size disadvantage with
Where is Nick Ball vs. Ronny Rios being held? The M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool. More commonly known to the locals as the Echo Arena. Ball will be on home turf while Rios will be fighting outside America for the first time. What time does Nick Ball vs. Ronny Rios start? Ringwalks for the main event
Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn believes Devin Haney’s lawsuit against Ryan Garcia could be a positive tipping for the sport. Garcia defeated Haney in April in New York on points, dropping Haney three times, but the result was overturned after Garcia tested positive for banned substances. Haney, on Friday, filed a lawsuit, and Hearn believes it
With Sandy Ryan set to make a defense of her WBO welterweight title against Mikaela Mayer tonight on ESPN, the pre-fight build up has gotten a bit personal for both fighters with more than a couple disagreements over Ryan coming to America to train with Mayer’s team — which Mayer felt was stepping on her
Twenty-three years ago today, Bernard Hopkins defeated Felix Trinidad to become undisputed middleweight champion and, at 36 years old, give new impetus to his professional boxing life. For Trinidad, who had swept all before him at welterweight and junior middleweight, it was the beginning of the end of what would be a Hall-of-Fame career. Hopkins’
By Mark Baldwin MAYBE I’ve been in denial all these years. Or have I just ignored the obvious and carried on regardless for my own convenience. I’ve never once seriously thought of questioning why I love boxing so much. There have been fleeting thoughts of trying to justify why I watch it. Why I write
Tuesday, Oct. 1 TrillerTV+, 8:00 pm ET, CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing. The boxing is the boxing. The music is Neon Union. Friday, Oct. 4 ESPN+, 5:00 am ET, Janibek Alimkhanuly vs Andrei Mikhailovich. For Janibek’s IBF middleweight title, but not the WBO. This is a very quick turnaround, getting bought at purse bid 31
THE EDWARDS brothers have never hidden how competitive they are, and over the years, there will have been a few rounds shared in the ring to decide who is the better fighter. Both are now nearing 10-year careers and both have become world champions in that time. After Charlie won the European bantamweight title on
How the fight started between Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua led to how the fight ended, according to Tony Bellew. Dubois came out looking to fight. Anthony Joshua came out looking to box. “There was no warm-up or feel-out period in the fight, it was just ‘come out and let my hands go,’” Bellew said
The drama surrounding the April 20 fight between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia rolls on as Haney has now officially filed a lawsuit against Garcia for battery and fraud, as reported by TMZ. Although originally a big win for Garcia, it would later be revealed that Garcia tested positive for banned substance ostarine leading into
With a Monday negotiating deadline with four-division champion Terence Crawford arriving, Sebastian Fundora’s promoter is poised to submit a Premier Boxing Champions-backed bid to stage the bout within the 90-day window that the World Boxing Organization has ordered. Sampson Lewkowicz, the promoter for WBO/WBC junior-middleweight champion Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs), said Crawford representatives have not
Nick ParkinsonSep 28, 2024, 05:25 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Terri Harper produced a much-improved display to earn a unanimous points victory over Rhiannon Dixon for the WBO lightweight title and become a three-weight world champion on Saturday. Harper
TERRI Harper is now a three-weight world champion after defeating Rhiannon Dixon on points in Sheffield’s Park Community Arena. Dixon was making the first defence of her WBO lightweight title of what was expected to be the start of a lengthy run. Terri Harper proved otherwise. The judges totalled 97-93 (twice) and 96-94, all favouring
Alycia Baumgardner and Delfine Persoon fought to an unfortunate no-contest tonight in Georgia, with Baumgardner retaining her super featherweight championship due to the fight ending on a clash of heads in the fourth round. Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KO) hadn’t fought since July 2023, largely due to a failed drug test after her bout with Christina
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