Month: February 2025

Feb 25, 2025, 05:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. face off in London in April. Leigh Dawney/Getty Images The winner of the highly touted April clash between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. could face Canelo Alvarez, Turki Alalshikh confirmed. Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) and Eubank Jr. (37-3, 13 KOs)
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Fox Sports AU reports that former WBO super welterweight champion Tim Tszyu is looking to kick off his 2025 campaign in an April 6th pay-per-view main event opposite Joey Spencer. A press conference is reportedly planned for around 90 minutes from time of posting. Tszyu’s (24-2, 17 KO) March 2024 defeat to Sebastian Fundora was
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Nick ParkinsonFeb 22, 2025, 04:23 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Carlos Adames ended Hamzah Sheeraz’s 15-fight knockout streak with a split points draw to hold on to his WBC world middleweight title. Adames (24-1-1, 18 KOs), 30, from Dominican
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Feb 24, 2025, 12:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Josh Padley has said there is a “very good possibility” he will be able to focus on boxing full time following his fight against lightweight world champion Shakur Stevenson on Saturday. Padley stepped up with four days’ notice when Floyd Schofield was forced to withdraw from
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Nick ParkinsonFeb 24, 2025, 07:38 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions WBC world bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani scored two knockdowns on his way to a Round 3 knockout win over David Cuellar on Monday, which sets up a world title
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By: Sean Crose The WBC super middleweight interim title was at stake Saturday in Saudi Arabia as the undefeated 22-0 Virgil Ortiz Jr. defended his belt against the 10-1-1 Israil Madrimov, who was widely known as possibly the only fighter to give Terence Crawford a run for his money (even though Crawford ultimately emerged victorious).
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James Regan Feb 22, 2025, 05:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Joseph Parker beat Martin Bakole with a vicious Round 2 knockout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. Parker (36-3, 24 KOs) sent Bakole (21-2, 16 KOs) crashing to the canvas after an overhand right struck the top of his
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By: Sean Crose WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames, 24-1, defended his title belt on Saturday against the 21-0 Hamzah Sheeraz in Saudi Arabia. The fight was scheduled for 12 championship rounds. The first was something of a feeling out process for each fighter, as both men were strategically patient. The taller Sheeraz was able to
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Open Extended Reactions Dmitry Bivol avenged his 2024 loss to Artur Beterbiev, defeating his rival by majority decision for the undisputed light heavyweight championship early Sunday morning at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The rematch was set 133 days after Beterbiev won a narrow majority decision in October, and the second fight was every
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By: Sean Crose WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson took on the widely unknown Josh Padley Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Stevenson was supposed to have fought Floyd Schofield before Schofield had to drop out of the bout due to an illness. The 15-0 Padley subsequently took the fight on beyond short notice. The question, of course,
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James Regan Feb 23, 2025, 04:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Dmitry Bivol has said he will consider a move up to cruiserweight after beating Artur Beterbiev to become the undisputed light heavyweight world champion. Bivol outpointed Beterbiev 114-114, 116-112 and 115-113 to win via majority decision and claim the WBA,
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By: Sean Crose The 35-3 Joseph Parker wasn’t only a former heavyweight champion. He was a man whose career was on the upswing after having gone through a rough patch. And on Saturday, Parker showed just how game he was when he got into the ring to face the towering, 300+ pound, undefeated, 21-1 Martin
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