Sunday, Oct. 13 ESPN+, 4:00 am ET, Takuma Inoue vs Seiya Tsutsumi. The first of two Japanese cards on the docket this week, and arguably the stronger of the two, but they’re both pretty good at worst with a lot of relevant names in action. Inoue’s defending his WBA bantamweight title. Also on the card:
Welterweight Daniel “El Gallo” Gonzalez secured a unanimous decision victory over Michael “Slick” Anderson last Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Judges scored the bout 100-90, 99-91, and 99-91, all in favor of Gonzalez. The 34-year-old Gonzalez (22-4-1, 7 KOs) from Queens, New York, extended his winning streak to two fights by
ANTHONY Yarde hopes to take a step back towards world class when he appears at the Copper Box Arena this Saturday evening. The Hackney light heavy features as part of an eight-fight undercard, supporting the Adam Azim-Ohara Davies main event on Sky Sports. Yarde will showcase his talents on a Boxxer/Ben Shalom show rather than
Liam Cameron may not have gotten the marquee win he appeared to earn this past weekend, but he didn’t leave Riyadh empty-handed after securing a contract with Queensberry Promotions. Though viewed by most as another stepping stone for Olympic silver medalist Ben Whittaker, Cameron (23-6-1, 10 KO) took it to his man from the opening
Dan Morley was ringside, soaking up every punch, flurry and feint. THE super-fight between Beterbiev and Bivol in essence, was so close, either man could’ve won marginally, or it could’ve been a draw. It was a brilliant fight at the highest level. After an intense 12 rounds of high-level action, the feeling ringside was that
By Harrison Baskind PUNCHING someone in the face and catching a ball shaped like an elongated sphere in an end-zone are at two completely different ends of the sporting spectrum, right? Well, despite the obvious difference between individual and team dynamics, many key attributes such as endurance, power, and hand-eye coordination are fundamental to both
By: Sean Crose It was without doubt a major event in the sport of boxing. Undefeated light heavyweight titlists Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev squared off in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to find out once and for all who the king of the division truly was. And now that the fight is over and done
Controversy nearly always follows a close fight, particularly when it’s watched by a lot of people – as the verdict that favored Artur Beterbiev over Dmitry Bivol proved. Let’s get this out of the way early: I scored the contest 115-113 for Beterbiev; I watched on a screen alongside three boxers and a broadcaster, all
Following his majority decision loss to Artur Beterbiev over the weekend, Dmitry Bivol sits down with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV to discuss his thoughts on the fight and he breaks it down matter of factly while making comparisons to his experience with Canelo Alvarez. Check out some excerpts below. Bivol on how he’s
Former light heavyweight king Roy Jones Jr. has called for an immediate rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol after Beterbiev eked out a majority decision win on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Jones, who won the 175-pound undisputed championship in 1999, believes the undisputed light heavyweight title bout between Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and Bivol
Oct 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron became tangled and fell over the top rope during their fight in Riyadh. Richard Pelham/Getty Images The fight between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ended in bizarre circumstances on Saturday as the contest had to be ended following
A quick rundown of the action we saw today in Tokyo. Junto Nakatani TKO-6 Petch Sor Chitpattana Nakatani (29-0, 22 KO) retains his WBC bantamweight title with another terrific winning performance. Sor Chitpattana (76-2, 53 KO) came in here aiming for the upset, wasn’t just rolling over, but Nakatani is a P4P guy and Sor
Each sport has its own set of unspoken rules, customs that are not to be violated lest you reveal yourself as a pretender or mere casual fan, but no code requires a morality check like that of boxing. With little regard for the sheer bravery it takes just to climb into the ring, fighters can
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 14, 2024, 08:29 AM 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 Junto Nakatani retained his WBC bantamweight title with a sixth-round TKO
Where is Adam Azim vs. Ohara Davies being held? The Copper Box Arena in London. This will be Azim’s first fight at the former Olympic venue while Davies will box there for the first time in over eight years. What time does Adam Azim vs. Ohara Davies start? Ring-walks for the main event are scheduled
JUNTO NAKATANI added to his reputation as one of boxing’s pound-for-pound best by crushing Petch Sor Chitpattana inside six rounds. The three-weight world champion dominated the early stages against his opponent, who had never been stopped, before going through the gears in search of his third straight stoppage win. Chitpattana was dropped for the first
TENSHIN NASUKAWA picked up the first title of his boxing career via a lopsided 10-round unanimous decision over Gerwin Asilo. The 24-year-old from Japan had it almost all his own way as he went the 10-round distance for the first time in his career in a fight punctuated by a knockdown in the ninth. Judges
Results Phumelele Cafu SD-12 Kosei Tanaka (113-114, 114-113, 114-113) Anthony Olascuaga NC-1 Jonathan Gonzalez (2:25) Junto Nakatani returns to defend his WBC bantamweight title against Petch Sor Chitpattana in the main event of a four-fight card that features two more world title fights as well as the latest fight for Tenshin Nasukawa. Along with Nakatani’s
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