LIAM DAVIES is unsure who will win between Dennis McCann and Peter McGrail on December 21 but he knows who he wants to. McCann will defend his British and European super-bantamweight titles on the Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury 2 undercard in Riyadh. Since its announcement the trade has been buzzing at the prospect of the 122lbs
Featherweight John Laryea is set to arrive in Florida on Friday ahead of his U.S. debut against Alexander Mejia on November 1. Ghana’s Laryea, 24, will face Mejia at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida, as he looks to announce himself to the American market. Ahead of the bout, trainer Lawrence Carl Lokko believes Laryea,
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 23, 2024, 05:39 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 Undisputed minimumweight champion Seniesa Estrada announced her retirement from boxing Wednesday
BEFORE their press conference devolved into strange exchanges of one-word answers, Tyson Fury acknowledged yesterday that he is more focused and less complacent ahead of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk than he was before their first fight. Morecambe’s Fury, 36, and Ukraine’s Usyk, 37, were in London to promote their second heavyweight title bout, which
Ahead of the December 21 heavyweight rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, both fighters appeared for a press conference to formally announce the fight and talks about their expectations for the title fight. Here’s some of what both fighters had to say below. Fury on his mindset heading into the rematch with Usyk “It’s
Nicklaus Flaz will face Christian Gomez in a 10-round junior lightweight bout at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, on November 9. The event, promoted by ProBox TV, begins at 7 p.m. ET and will stream on the ProBox TV app. Flaz, 13-2, (9 KOs), from Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, will try to extend his
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 23, 2024, 04:19 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 Tyson Fury vows to be “more focused” during his unified heavyweight
Seven months after scoring the biggest win of her 12-year professional career, undisputed minimumweight champion Seniesa Estrada has announced her retirement from the sport at age 32. Estrada picked up her first title, the WBA interim light flyweight belt, in 2019 with a wide technical decision over former Olympian Marlen Esparza. She followed that up
by Keith Idec Regis Prograis prefaced his assessment of Ryan Garcia’s performance-enhancing drug ordeal by stressing he understands that the besmirched star “cheated” and that using ostarine is “illegal.” The former WBA/WBC 140-pound doesn’t think, though, that Garcia’s use of a banned substance had nearly as much impact on the outcome of his overturned victory
Undisputed minimumweight world champion Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada has announced her retirement. The East Los Angeles star is calling it a day after a 13-year professional career. Estrada retires with a 26-0 (9 KOs) record having won world titles in two weight classes, going 7-0 in title fights. A pound-for-pound mainstay who holds the world record for the
Almost exactly a year after joining forces with Don King, longtime cruiserweight contender Noel Mikaelian claimed his first world title by torching Ilunga Makabu for the WBC belt. Unfortunately for him, we have now once again reached the point where the scorpion stings the frog. A planned June defense against Ryan Rozicki got pushed to
ONCE upon a time, a fight between Terence Crawford and Tim Tszyu was under serious consideration. Following a cut-induced defeat to Sebastian Fundora and a brave yet reckless display on Saturday evening, Tszyu has swiftly fallen out of the Terence Crawford and even Vergil Ortiz Jr realm. Expecting to overpower and bully Bakhram Murtazaliev just
Welterweight contender Gor Yeritsyan’s circuitous journey to fighting Saturday for the first time since suffering his first career loss was hit with several unforeseen circumstances. The Freddie Roach-trained fighter’s original opponent, Mylik Birdsong, was tragically killed in front of his mother’s house during a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles on September 30. Days later, Mexican
Shaun Brown spoke to the super-middleweight prospect just before he clashed with Sulecki… FIVE years ago Diego Pacheco beat Terry Fernandez by third-round stoppage in a four-round contest. The bout kicked off a Golden Boy Promotions card – headlined by Jaime Munguia vs. Patrick Allotey – at the ‘War Grounds’ in Carson, California. Pacheco, then
Antonio Tarver takes some time to break down his thoughts on a proposed fight between Errol Spence and Sebastian Fundora, and why he’s not a big fan of Spence jumping right back in the fire after so much time away from the ring combined with the beatdown he took from Terence Crawford. Here’s some of
By: Sean Crose It was pretty much a given that the heavyweight division now belonged to men between 6.5 and 7 feet tall. Lennox Lewis was the first to dominate years ago, then Wladimir Klitschko. Then came the three fighters who were seen as the division’s future: Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. All
This was supposed to be the start of a road forward for Carlos Jackson. The junior featherweight had signed with Main Events in August and landed a spot on the undercard of his promotional stablemate, Bakhram Murtazaliev, who was taking on Tim Tszyu in the headline bout. Jackson, at 35 years old, came in with
by Keith Idec Regis Prograis became consumed with the wrong things toward the end of the over-the-top promotion of his fight with Devin Haney. The former WBA/WBC 140-pound champion began to focus on what he would say to Haney and his father/manager/trainer, Bill Haney, when they talked trash during press events before their 12-round bout
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