ON Saturday night boxing will crown an undisputed light-heavyweight champion when Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol collide in Riyadh. The two are top of the 175lbs weight class and have been for some time but separating them is a difficult proposition. This week there will be countless predictions, analysis and debate over what is a
Month: October 2024
Gervonta “Tank” Davis is officially set to return as prior reports suggested, as he’ll defend his WBA lightweight title against Lamont Roach on Dec. 14 in Houston. Roach (25-1-1, 10 KO) will be coming up from 130 lbs, where he is the reigning WBA titleholder, having beaten Hector Luis Garcia last November. Roach made one
Lamont Roach Jnr says he brings far more to the table than Frank Martin, the undefeated lightweight contender who was knocked out in highlight-reel fashion by Gervonta “Tank” Davis in June. “Respectfully, I’m not Frank Martin. Frank Martin started boxing when he was, what, 15?” Roach said in an interview with Naji Grampus of “Cigar
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 6, 2024, 10:22 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 Gervonta Davis will defend his WBA lightweight title against
It is almost impossible for an undercard fight to steal the show on a night that Anthony Joshua fights at Wembley Stadium, but it was widely predicted that Anthony Cacace-Josh Warrington would provide the in-ring fireworks to match those that lit up the London sky in September. Daniel Dubois’ stunning knockout of Joshua regardless totally
Closing in on the October 12 rematch between Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke, both fighters appeared for a sit down conversation for DAZN’s Face Off. Wardley and Clarke both fought to a grueling draw in their first meeting, and are set to run it back with both wanting to ensure a conclusive ending on their
CHRIS Eubank Jr is now mixing on the fringes of boxing’s world stage, but once upon a time, he mixed things up in a different arena. The Brighton boxer, who faces Kamil Szeremeta on October 12, revealed in a One On One Boxing video that he was an enforcer in a gang. “It’s just what
JOSH WARRINGTON may not be quite finished with his boxing career. The 33-year-old signalled that he was done with fighting when he left his gloves in the centre of the ring at Wembley Stadium following his loss to Anthony Cacace last month. Cacace defeated Warrington on points which still yet could be the last stand
Nick Ball is targeting a rematch with Rey Vargas and a future fight with Naoya Inoue after successfully defending his WBA featherweight title against Ronny Rios. Ball was defending his title for the first time and making his first appearance in Liverpool, his home city, for over four years. His growing support there had to
We’ve got an odd situation this week with the big Beterbiev vs Bivol card, so we’ll try to make that clear for you along with the rest of this week’s otherwise short schedule. Friday, Oct. 11 DAZN, 7:00 pm ET, Jan Paul Rivera vs Andy Beltran. A Most Valuable Prospects show from Caguars, Puerto Rico,
Oct 6, 2024, 04:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury has said he will throw caution to the wind when he faces heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and aim for a knockout victory in their rematch. In their first bout in May, Fury hit his stride in the fourth round and engaged in some showmanship
LIAM SMITH pulled no punches with his opinions on Josh Kelly and trainer Adam Booth last night. The former WBO super-welterweight champion spoke to Boxing News after watching the action at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool where gym-mates Jack Turner and Jadier Herrera won in impressive fashion. Smith was scheduled to fight Kelly on
By: Sean Crose WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball retained his title Saturday night by repeatedly dropping, then stopping, a very game Ronny Rios. Although the 21-0-1 Ball dominated the fight, his nose got pretty busted up throughout the bout. “My nose always goes,” he said afterward, “it’s boxing, you’re going to get a little nosebleed.
WBO strawweight titleholder Oscar Collazo is preparing for one of the biggest unification bouts in recent strawweight history as he faces WBA titleholder Thammanoon Niyomtrong, better known as Knockout CP Freshmart. The 27-year-old Puerto Rican Collazo will take on the 34-year-old Thai fighter Niyomtrong on “Latino Night” No. 16, part of the Riyadh Season at
Nick ParkinsonOct 5, 2024, 06:30 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Nick Ball looks like the world’s leading 126-pounds boxer after he battered Ronny Rios in 10 rounds of a first defense of his WBA world featherweight title Saturday. The
Nick Ball successfully defended his WBA featherweight title today in Liverpool, dropping Ronny Rios three times en route to a 10th round TKO victory. Ball (21-0-1, 12 KO) continued his breakout year in 2024 by putting Rios down in the third and seventh rounds, then again for the last time in round 10, where Rios
NICK Ball finally overcame the resistance of WBA featherweight challenger Ronny Rios in Liverpool’s Echo Arena. Rios’ chief cornerman stepped up on the ring apron to wave the towel and pull their man out of harm’s way at 2-06 of round 10. Ball came racing out of the blocks, firing in heavy shots from both
With Hurricane Milton heading toward Florida, the October 9 ProBox TV show near Tampa will be held a week later. Winds of more than 110mph are anticipated to hit the state so the show, headlined by the 10-round lightweight bout between Chris Colbert, 17-2 (6 KOs), and Omar Salcido, 19-1 (13 KOs), will now take
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