Editor’s letter • Premium The fate of Farooq and Saakyan put Whyte’s demands into perspective, writes Matt Christie FOUR months after 26-year-old Kash Farooq threw the final punch of his professional career, Arset Saakyan took the last blow of his. On January 7, Farooq announced his retirement following complications with his annual medical and Saakyan,
News Anthony Yarde hopes for a “happier year” in 2022 and hopes, too, to unify the world’s light-heavyweight titles, writes Elliot Worsell BIT by bit, things are getting better for Anthony Yarde, even if it wasn’t all that long ago he thought they couldn’t get much worse. By now a story well documented, the London
The Terence Crawford-Top Rank saga is far from over. The New York Post reports that “Bud” filed suit against Bob Arum in Nevada, alleging that Arum’s “revolting racial bias prevented him from landing big fights and earning tens of millions of dollars.” “Bud” is seeking “almost $10 million.” The Post has a number of snippets
Yet another deadline has passed without a deal in place for an ordered title consolidation clash between Hiroto Kyoguchi and Esteban Bermudez. The World Boxing Association (WBA) has taken matters into its own hands, calling for a January 28 purse bid hearing to bring resolution to the junior flyweight fight that has been more than
Posted on 01/12/2022 By: Hans Themistode Gary Russell Jr. continues to show his frustration for his inability to land a marquee fight. The WBC featherweight belt holder is by far the longest-reigning champion in his division. But, despite his elongated title run, the 33-year-old has stepped foot inside the ring just once annually from 2015-2020.
3:55 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Welterweight champion Terence Crawford filed a lawsuit Wednesday against his former promoter Top Rank in Nevada, alleging racial bias on the part of the company’s chairman, Bob Arum. The suit alleges that the 90-year-old Arum “continues to make racist and bigoted statements and purposefully damage the reputations of Black boxers.”
Man, what is it about that date? Just two days after the February 5th clash between Jose Ramirez and Jose Pedraza got pushed back a month due to “Sniper” catching COVID, Eddie Hearn revealed that Jessie Vargas’ has tested positive as well, delaying his own February 5th bout with Liam Smith. If the Tweet’s not
What was once a crowded fight day is now down to just one major boxing event in the United States. A junior middleweight clash between Liam Smith and Jessie Vargas is once again placed on hold. The bout was due to headline a February 5 DAZN show from Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, only
Posted on 01/11/2022 By: Hans Themistode After a long and wildly successful run in the super lightweight division, that was punctuated with an undisputed world title reign, there was nothing left for Terence Crawford to accomplish at 140 pounds. So, with the Omaha, Nebraska, native wiping out most of the top names, he opted to
11:23 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Edgar Berlanga and Steve Rolls have agreed to terms for a super middleweight fight on March 19 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The bout will be Berlanga’s first since he tore his left biceps in Round 3 of his victory over Marcelo Esteban
WBC World Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr. and undefeated 122-pound contender Carlos Castro join The PBC Podcast this week to break down their upcoming showdowns. Russell discusses his title defense against unbeaten hard-hitter Mark Magsayo Saturday, January 22, in Atlantic City, live on SHOWTIME, and maps out a plan for a mouthwatering 2022. Castro is
Former welterweight titleholder Kell Brook says he’s extremely motivated now that he’s finally secured his long sought grudge match with rival Amir Khan, but doesn’t particularly like some of the things Khan has been throwing out in the media about coping with lingering pain and injuries that all top level athletes must persevere through. For
It will be an all British battle between past-their-prime 35-year-old former world champions, with the victor, loser — or both — potentially retiring after the bout when Amir Khan and Kell Brook finally meet on Feb. 19 at the Manchester Arena in England. There is much fanfare in the fight that is years in the
Posted on 01/11/2022 By: Hans Themistode The eye-catching hand speed, underrated punching power, and sublime skills have made Gary Russell Jr. a fan favorite in the ring. It’s also made him completely maddening outside of it. From 2015-2020, Russell Jr. has stepped through the ropes only once annually. In 2021, the current WBC featherweight belt
Letters • Premium This week’s panellists were asked to plot the route back for Ryan Garcia following a barren 2021 Michael Conlan (Featherweight contender) I’d love to see the Devin Haney fight. I think it’s a very good fight. Both have fast hands but Ryan is faster; both hit hard but Devin hits harder. It’s
Feature • Premium Ryan Garcia should have been on top of the world when he hit rock bottom. Thoughts of suicide and deteriorating mental health forced the young star out of boxing but now he’s back, writes Dan Rafael RISING lightweight star Ryan Garcia had just scored the biggest win of his career. It was
Letters • Premium Kash Farooq vs Luis Gerardo Castillo, 14 August 2021 (Picture By Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) “This is the hardest thing I’ve ever been through but I’m now only looking forward,” says Kash Farooq I’VE KNOWN for over a month that I had to retire. It’s easier now than it was then, when
Floyd Mayweather recently made a public appearance where he seemed to confirm his intention of stepping in between the ropes to face another YouTuber in a boxing. But instead of Logan Paul, this time it’s being reported that Mayweather is nearing a deal to face Dubai based YouTuber Rashed Belhasa, who goes by the moniker