Posted on 01/10/2022 By: Hans Themistode Caleb Plant has always been a man of few words. But, despite keeping to himself, Plant has noticed an unwanted trend. For a number of months now, WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo has mentioned on numerous occasions that a showdown against Plant was a distinct possibility. Still, while Charlo
9:51 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Boxing’s welterweight division has arguably become the most competitive weight class, and Conor Benn, another exciting contender, wants to take on the world’s best
Yoelvis Gomez improved to 5-0 (5 KOs) following his first-round dominating stoppage over Clay Collard in their scheduled six-round super welterweight bout, live on FOX from Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. #GomezCollard Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-122521 #PBConFOX #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing
British welterweight prospect Conor Benn tells ESPN that he’s already prepared for the top fighters in the world coming off his destruction of Chris Algieri last month. Benn openly rates Terence Crawford, Errol Spence, Yordenis Ugas, Jaron Ennis, and Vergil Ortiz as his top-five fighters in the weight class, but has particular interest in Yordenis
News Picture By Ian Walton Matchroom Boxing Gifted Scottish bantamweight Kash Farooq has announced his retirement from boxing on medical grounds A shock to all in British boxing, it was announced at the weekend that Scottish bantamweight Kash Farooq has been forced to retire from the sport at the age of just 26. In a
Opinion • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Estrada-Gonzalez III the pick of an enticing DAZN 2022 schedule, writes George Gigney Broadcasts DAZN was the first major broadcaster to announce its schedule for the first quarter of 2022, and it set the bar fairly high with a few surprising matchups plus a bout that could end up being
Amir Khan was never totally pleased with the idea of facing Kell Brook at their contracted weight agreement of 149 pounds, but the former junior welterweight titleholder was not going to let that be the reason one of the biggest British fights in recent memory did not happen. After years of going back and forth
Letters • Premium Lawrence Lustig There are some decent all-British fights in the offing for February and there are many others crying out to be made too As 2022 gets under way, we look at some of the best all-British matchups that can be made this calendar year. 1 Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua It
Posted on 01/09/2022 By: Hans Themistode Vasiliy Lomachenko has spent most of his life working and honing his boxing craft. As a result, the Ukrainian is the proud owner of twin Olympic gold medals, numerous titles as a professional, and worldwide recognition as one of the best fighters on the planet. While the pound-for-pound star
The surest path to contempt from boxing fans is a job connected to the sport that involves speaking into a microphone. If you’re a boxing broadcaster or a podcaster, you’d better have thick skin. And you’d better not need praise or anything more than grudging acceptance from your audience to sustain your self esteem. The
Miguel Cotto Promotions has high expectations for several of their fighters for 2022 – including Oscar Collazo and Danielito Zorrilla, who understand that they could be close to fighting for world titles. Héctor Soto, vice president of the promoting company, and executive director Bryan Pérez, stipulated that both Collazo and Zorrilla look like strong contenders
Posted on 01/09/2022 By: Hans Themistode (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) 2021 didn’t go exactly the way Edgar Berlanga was expecting. During the first four years of Berlanga’s career, judges were given the night off. No matter who the New York native entered the ring against, he quickly and violently ended
As Jake Paul continues his boxing campaign there have been more and more calls for him to box an actual boxer, as opposed to the fellow YouTubers, and athletes from other sports. Recently there’s been talk of a proposed fight between Paul and former middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Paul doesn’t deny that
It was an offer Regis Prograis couldn’t refuse. The former junior welterweight titleholder surprised some observers this past fall when he linked up with the new promotional outfit Probellum, which is headed by former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer. Prograis says the company enticed him to a contract after promising three things. “First promise is
Posted on 01/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Shobox entered it’s 2022 season by featuring a three fight card which was broadcast live from Orlando’s Caribe Royal Resort. Things started off with the 13-0 Edwin De Los Santos squaring off against the 13-0 William Foster in a scheduled 8 rounder at junior lightweight. De Los Santos appeared
When Rajon Chance and Elon De Jesus first met in the ring, they fought to a controversial draw. On December 25, 2021, Chance ended the controversy with a close split decision win over De Jesus in their six-round featherweight bout, live on FOX from Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. #ChanceDeJesus Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-122521
Nathan Heaney went to 14 fights undefeated with a seventh round stoppage of Sladan Janjanin in front of his loyal Stoke supporters. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on Instagram ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read
It hasn’t exactly been a fruitful start of the year for heavyweight Filip Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs), who’s team has been trying to go down the list of available IBF ranked contenders to work their fighter towards a world title fight. Earlier this week it was reported that Hrgovic’s promoter Kalle Sauerland was eager to