Posted on 05/03/2024 By: Sean Crose “July 13th its gonna get nasty,” IBF welterweight titlist Jaron “Boots” Ennis posted on social media Friday. Indeed, on that day the uber talented Ennis will be entering the ring for the first time in close to a year. The fact Ennis will be facing challenger Cody Crowley in
WHILE many fighters admit that they prefer to climb between the ropes and let their fists do the talking, completing media rounds comes as part of the territory. Shunning the mic and tape recorder isn’t a viable option during fight week as hyperbole and excess are required to sell the spectacle and whip up excitement.
Jaron Ennis’ homecoming is officially on the schedule, as Matchroom confirmed today that “Boots” will defend his IBF welterweight title against mandatory challenger Cody Crowley on July 13th at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. As the Philadelphia Inquirer points out, this marks the first boxing match at Wells Fargo Center since it opened in 1996. Ennis
David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterMay 2, 2024, 11:57 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Mike Tyson is an underdog against Jake Paul in their July 20 fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The heavyweight fight between Paul, 27, and Tyson, who will turn 58
Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom has admitted the enticing all-London light heavyweight showdown between Joshua Buatsi and Anthony Yarde is beginning to look less likely to happen. For several weeks, negotiations for the fight seemed to be progressing well with the friendly rivals both calling for the contest, but Shalom said that while Buatsi was ready
Posted on 05/02/2024 By: Sean Crose It’s hard to imagine that Jaime Munguia, at just 27 years of age, has already engaged in a total of 43 professional fights. Perhaps even more difficult to imagine is the fact that Munguia has yet to lose a single bout. While many fighters with perfect records are either
EIGHT is the magic number in this week’s Las Vegas fight predictions. First, Canelo predicted that he would finish Jaime Munguia before that round. Now, Munguia’s trainer Freddie Roach has countered with an eighth-round KO prophecy of his own. Snapping the legendary beard of Canelo, who has proven to be a difficult man to hurt
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 2, 2024, 10:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Oscar De La Hoya issued a cease-and-desist letter Thursday to Canelo Alvarez over what he says are “defamatory allegations” that the Golden Boy Promotions founder stole money from former champion Gennadiy Golovkin, among other fighters. The legal letter, a copy of
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn weighs in on the news about Ryan Garcia testing positive for banned substances for his fight with Devin Haney and the reaction he has along with his fighter Haney. Here are some excerpts of what Hearn had to say below. “I woke up to missed calls from Devin and a text
LAS VEGAS – Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s news-conference claims that his former promoter Oscar De La Hoya “tried to steal” from the fighter have been met by a legal letter asking that he retract the words while warning him to avoid repeat comments. “He said this outrageous lie not once, but several times – both in
Timothy Bradley Jr.May 2, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican Army’s victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla on May 5,
BEN WHITTAKER could become the latest name to join the growing list of fighters to box in Saudi Arabia. Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, is believed to be a fan of the British light-heavyweight. Boxxer, who currently promote Whittaker, have not been involved with the boxing boom in the Middle
If the world made any sense, Richard Torrez Jr. wouldn’t be anywhere near a boxing ring. Since the dawn of the sport, this sport has been the option for those without options, the place of refuge for those looking to escape to a better life. And if this dirty business is the better life, that
Canelo Alvarez takes on Jaime Munguia this Saturday in a pay-per-view main event from Las Vegas, defending the undisputed super middleweight championship of the world. Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KO) fully unified the 168 lb division with his win over Caleb Plant in late 2021, and has made three successful undisputed defenses since then, along with
IT had taken Vito Mielnicki Jr just 40 seconds to tell Boxing News that he had been away from his family for eight weeks for his latest training camp with Ronnie Shields in Houston. The original question centred around who he was fighting next, and the super-welterweight contender confirmed it was Ronald Cruz on Saturday
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 2, 2024, 01:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, and his former promoter, Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya, engaged in a heated verbal exchange at a Wednesday news conference ahead of Alvarez’s undisputed super middleweight championship defense vs. Mexican countryman Jaime Munguia
So far, Saudi Arabia’s foray into boxing has resulted in fantastic cards, imaginative matchmaking and promotional matrimony. Still, despite the seemingly never-ending list of announcements, the most surreal to emerge from the past 12 months may still be that the man behind the entire movement, Turki Alalshikh, had personally asked that Portsmouth’s talented lightweight, Mark
Posted on 05/01/2024 By: Sean Crose I’ve had the pleasure of speaking to Canelo Alvarez on several occasions. He’s always struck me as polite and dignified. Therefore, the undisputed super middleweight champion’s actions at a Thursday press conference to promote Saturday’s fight with Jaime Munguia came as something of a surprise. While it’s true Canelo