JOSH WARRINGTON may not be quite finished with his boxing career. The 33-year-old signalled that he was done with fighting when he left his gloves in the centre of the ring at Wembley Stadium following his loss to Anthony Cacace last month. Cacace defeated Warrington on points which still yet could be the last stand
Nick Ball is targeting a rematch with Rey Vargas and a future fight with Naoya Inoue after successfully defending his WBA featherweight title against Ronny Rios. Ball was defending his title for the first time and making his first appearance in Liverpool, his home city, for over four years. His growing support there had to
We’ve got an odd situation this week with the big Beterbiev vs Bivol card, so we’ll try to make that clear for you along with the rest of this week’s otherwise short schedule. Friday, Oct. 11 DAZN, 7:00 pm ET, Jan Paul Rivera vs Andy Beltran. A Most Valuable Prospects show from Caguars, Puerto Rico,
Oct 6, 2024, 04:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury has said he will throw caution to the wind when he faces heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and aim for a knockout victory in their rematch. In their first bout in May, Fury hit his stride in the fourth round and engaged in some showmanship
LIAM SMITH pulled no punches with his opinions on Josh Kelly and trainer Adam Booth last night. The former WBO super-welterweight champion spoke to Boxing News after watching the action at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool where gym-mates Jack Turner and Jadier Herrera won in impressive fashion. Smith was scheduled to fight Kelly on
By: Sean Crose WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball retained his title Saturday night by repeatedly dropping, then stopping, a very game Ronny Rios. Although the 21-0-1 Ball dominated the fight, his nose got pretty busted up throughout the bout. “My nose always goes,” he said afterward, “it’s boxing, you’re going to get a little nosebleed.
WBO strawweight titleholder Oscar Collazo is preparing for one of the biggest unification bouts in recent strawweight history as he faces WBA titleholder Thammanoon Niyomtrong, better known as Knockout CP Freshmart. The 27-year-old Puerto Rican Collazo will take on the 34-year-old Thai fighter Niyomtrong on “Latino Night” No. 16, part of the Riyadh Season at
Nick ParkinsonOct 5, 2024, 06:30 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Nick Ball looks like the world’s leading 126-pounds boxer after he battered Ronny Rios in 10 rounds of a first defense of his WBA world featherweight title Saturday. The
Nick Ball successfully defended his WBA featherweight title today in Liverpool, dropping Ronny Rios three times en route to a 10th round TKO victory. Ball (21-0-1, 12 KO) continued his breakout year in 2024 by putting Rios down in the third and seventh rounds, then again for the last time in round 10, where Rios
NICK Ball finally overcame the resistance of WBA featherweight challenger Ronny Rios in Liverpool’s Echo Arena. Rios’ chief cornerman stepped up on the ring apron to wave the towel and pull their man out of harm’s way at 2-06 of round 10. Ball came racing out of the blocks, firing in heavy shots from both
With Hurricane Milton heading toward Florida, the October 9 ProBox TV show near Tampa will be held a week later. Winds of more than 110mph are anticipated to hit the state so the show, headlined by the 10-round lightweight bout between Chris Colbert, 17-2 (6 KOs), and Omar Salcido, 19-1 (13 KOs), will now take
Oct 5, 2024, 09:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For the first time in the four-belt era, two light heavyweight will meet to fight for the undisputed championship. Artur Beterbiev, the WBC, WBO and IBF champion, faces WBA titleholder Dmitry Bivol on Saturday, Oct. 12, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET) to unify
We’ve got another world title fight set today, as Nick Ball returns at home in Liverpool to defend his WBA featherweight title against Ronny Rios. The fights will stream live starting from 2 pm ET on ESPN+ in the United States, and will also air on TNT Sports in the United Kingdom. Ball (20-0-1, 11
In April, Dennis McCann added the European junior featherweight title to his British and Commonwealth straps by outclassing the dangerous Ionut Baluta over 12 rounds. Last August, McCann and Baluta battled to a bloody, technical draw after engaging in a nine round war. The way McCann, 16-0-1 (8 KOs), approached and then dominated the rematch
ANTHONY Yarde, one of the forgotten men of British boxing, makes a ring return on October 19 in the Copper Box Arena. The Hackney native was last seen beating up Marko Nikolic in the same venue in February. However, he has not faced a legitimate test since a spirited effort against Artur Beterbiev in January
By Dan Morley THE ability to take a punch can’t be taught. Fighters can be blessed with an iron chin or cursed with a glass chin. Across the course of history, many of the greatest fighters of all time have relied on their punch resistance to overcome adversity and remain among the top of the
Anthony Yarde, a former light heavyweight title contender, will officially make his return to the ring on Oct. 19, serving as chief support for London’s Copper Box headliner between Adam Azim vs Ohara Davies, as reported by Sky Sports. “On October 19 I’m back in my home city and I can’t wait,” Yarde said. “Everything
Terence Crawford seems to have a single-minded pursuit of Canelo Alvarez in progress for now, but the pound-for-pound elite and unbeaten four-division champion is finding it hard to deny that he, too, is being targeted. The past week has seen WBA junior-middleweight champion Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) called out by former UFC two-division champion Conor
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