Month: October 2024

The potential fight between legendary Manny Pacquiao and Mario Barrios could be on the rocks, according to Barrios’ trainer Bob Santos. Barrios, 29, of San Antonio, has a date with Abel Ramos for the WBC welterweight championship on the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul undercard at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on November 15. As it stands,
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James Regan Oct 23, 2024, 02:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Oleksandr Usyk cut a formidable figure at the pre-fight news conference with Tyson Fury at London’s Guildhall on Thursday, dressed as Agent 47 from the movie “Hitman.” While he didn’t engage in any verbal sparring and repeatedly delivered one-word responses, Usyk —
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Well, here’s something you don’t see everyday: a successful protest. WBO flyweight champion Anthony Olascuaga, whose recent defense against Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez ended via no contest after a clash of heads cut Gonzalez, now boasts a TKO victory instead after the WBO accepted Olascuaga’s appeal. Though nobody disputes that the cut came from a headbutt,
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By: Sean Crose You can see him online, rapidly swimming the length of an indoor pool while the darkness outside the window indicates it’s long past daylight. Finishing his swim, former world champion Regis Prograis flexes his bicep for the camera, the picture of confidence. Of course the 35 year old Prograis is going to
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Oct 25, 2024, 08:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lawrence Okolie has signed with Queensberry promotions. Andrzej Iwanczuk/NurPhoto via Getty Images Former cruiserweight world champion Lawrence Okolie has signed with Frank Warren and Queensberry as he eyes a move to the heavyweight division. Okolie (20-1 15 KOs) won the WBO cruiserweight title in 2020 and the
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JACK Catterall and Regis Prograis both made weight ahead of their fight in Manchester tomorrow evening at the Co-op Live Arena. Catterall is aged 31 and boasts a 29-1 (13 KOs) record that includes a win and contentious loss to rival Josh Taylor, plus wins over Ohara Davies, Tyrone McKenna and Jorge Linares. Prograis, 35,
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Oct 24, 2024, 06:55 AM ET Oleksandr Usyk (L) and Tyson Fury in London on Wednesday. Andrew Redington/Getty Images Tyson Fury has revealed his wife, Paris, suffered a miscarriage on the eve of his heavyweight title fight against Oleksandr Usyk in May. Paris Fury was six months pregnant with the couple’s eighth child and did not
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