Apr 8, 2021 Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published ahead of Joe Smith’s win over Maxim Vlasov. Joe Smith. A search on Boxrec.com reveals seven and a half pages — almost 200 professional fighters — who go, or have gone, by “Joe Smith.” The name itself is a generic suggestion: just a
Vito Mielnicki Jr. improved to 10-1 (7 KOs) following his tenth-round technical knockout victory over Nicholas DeLomba, whose corner stopped the fight, in their scheduled 10-round welterweight bout, live on FOX from Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. #MielnickiDeLomba Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-122521 #PBConFOX #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS:
Opinion Barry Jones has some advice for Kash Farooq as the Scot is forced to retire BARRY JONES joins us this week as we digest the shock retirement of Kash Farooq. We hear from Farooq, and his manager Iain Wilson, as he prepares for life on the other side of the ropes. Jones goes in-depth
Roy Jones Jr. has a few words of advice for Canelo Alvarez as it pertains to the latter’s multi-weight class ambitions. The 31-year-old Alvarez has been a middleweight and junior middleweight for most of his career, but he caught the weight-jumping bug after he moved up to the 168-pound division in 2020 and subsequently unified
Here’s a plot twist I didn’t see coming. Wasserman’s lengthy struggle to secure an opponent for Filip Hrgovic’s ordered IBF final eliminator is at an end, as former Olympic foe Tony Yoka has “formally” accepted the challenge after both Luis Ortiz and Joseph Parker declined. Yoka (11-0, 9 KO) and Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KO) met
Posted on 01/13/2022 By: Sean Crose “I love the Haney fight,” lightweight multitilist George Kambosos says in a Fighthub video released yesterday, “he’s got the WBC regular belt.” He then adds that “Tank is a great fighter, as well…and Lomachenko,” he adds. “I’ve got to give him respect.” To boil it all down, Kambosos claims
Feature • Premium Joe Smith Jnr has a life outside boxing, an escape route, but for now he remains focused on conquering the light-heavyweight division before retreating back to the day job MAKE a Google search on the Team Smith Tree Service, and pretty much across the board you will see five-star ratings and rave
IBF featherweight world champion Kiko Martinez is still riding high after last year’s stunning knockout win over Kid Galahad. He will face Britain’s Josh Warrington, a former world champion, in a rematch on March 26 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds (England). Four years ago, Warrington won a twelve round decision over Warrington. Against
Posted on 01/13/2022 By: Hans Themistode Though Brian Castano has never shied away from marching into the backyard of his opponents, the current WBO 154 pound belt holder will no longer have to do it for the second time in a row. Originally, Castano battled it out against unified super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo in
Are you looking for a boxer who can give you a guaranteed quality performance for a fraction the price of a bad PBC pay-per-view? If so, IFC Films has a trailer you should watch: [embedded content] That’s the latest look at “Catch the Fair One,” the award-winning film starring unified super lightweight champion Kali Reis.
Steve Geffrard wasn’t supposed to be here. Last Friday, he was preparing to weigh in for a fight in Delray Beach, Florida, when he received a call. WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith Jr. needed an opponent after British puncher Callum Johnson contracted COVID-19. (photos by Mikey Williams) Geffrard answered the call and will fight
Posted on 01/13/2022 By: Hans Themistode Time simply hasn’t been on the side of Keith Thurman. At one point, the former unified welterweight champion enjoyed the views from the top of the 147 pound mountain. Following back-to-back victories over both Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia in 2016 and 2017, the Clearwater Florida, native reigned supreme
Jaime Munguia will have full hometown advantage when he faces D’Mitrius Ballard in their DAZN main event on Feb. 19, as the Golden Boy show is headed to Tijuana, Mexico, with the fights taking place at Plaza Monumental de Playas de Tijuana. Munguia (38-0, 30 KO) hasn’t fought in Mexico since 2019, when he received
#ThurmanBarrios Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-020522 Former world champions Keith “One Time’’ Thurman and Mario “El Azteca” Barrios collide in a high-stakes 12-round welterweight showdown that headlines a jam-packed FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View lineup on Saturday, February 5 from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. In the co-feature, four-division world
Letters • Premium Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer This week’s panellists were asked to take at look at the February boxing schedule and pick their favourite all-British fight Michael Conlan (Featherweight contender) Khan vs Brook because it has the history behind it. I’m looking forward to it finally being settled. Though they are both past their primes, I
You don’t need a belt evidently to be tops in the lightweight division, according to Ryan Garcia’s personal hierarchy. The lightweight contender still believes former unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko is the top threat in the division, putting him over the likes of WBC titleholder Devin Haney, Gervonta Davis, Teofimo Lopez, and the recently crowned
Posted on 01/12/2022 By: Hans Themistode Terence Crawford had grown acrimonious over the lack of big-name fighters that were willing to face him in the ring. With the pound-for-pound star finally landing his first marquee fight against Shawn Porter in November of 2021, the final fight of his contract with his former promotional outfit, Top
News ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images After attacking Oleksandr Usyk on social media, Tyson Fury discovered that Wladimir Klitschko has now adopted the Big Brother role at heavyweight, writes Elliot Worsell MUCH of what makes Tyson Fury such an engaging and compelling character is that he says either what other people are thinking or what other people