Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing It was a boxing year of extremes, excitement and deliverance, writes Steve Bunce IT seems that all the Savage wanted was a loss before Christmas and in one of the very last fights of the year he very nearly got his wish. Welcome to an alternative
Feature Al Bello/Getty Images In 2007 Kelly Pavlik climbed off the canvas to dethrone Jermain Taylor in one of the most exciting middleweight title fights ever. By Thomas Hauser ON September 29, 2007, Kelly Pavlik challenged Jermain Taylor at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City for the middleweight championship of the world. Pavlik was born in
Highly ranked bantamweight Jason Moloney has his sights set on WBC champion Nonito Donaire, as the ‘Filipino Flash’ successfully defended his WBC 118 crown last month. (photo by Mikey Williams) Donaire needs no introduction, as he’s a legend to the sport, and the all-action Australian was full of admiration for the boxer Moloney stated, “You
Posted on 01/03/2022 By: Hans Themistode The moment Tim Bradley got word, he immediately began holding his sides as tears rolled down his cheeks from laughing. With Keith Thurman set to end his near three-year layoff on February 5th, against Mario Barrios, the former unified welterweight titlist has stated on numerous occasions that he intends
6:40 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Bob Halloran, a former sportscaster for CBS Sports who later organized major boxing events as an executive in Las Vegas, has died. He was 87. Halloran died of natural causes Sunday at his home in the desert city of Rancho Mirage located 120 miles east of
Claressa Shields announced today that her fight against Ema Kozin, the co-feature alongside the twice-delayed main event in Wales between Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Williams, is now scheduled for February 5th. It’s an encouraging sign that the UK’s suspension of all January boxing events likely won’t extend past the end of this month. My
Dante “Free Smoke” Benjamin Jr., the Cleveland-born light heavyweight star who won seven national titles as an amateur, has signed a multi-year promotional contract with Top Rank. The 19-year-old will make his professional debut in a four-round bout Saturday, Jan. 29 on the Robson Conceicao-Xavier Martinez undercard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Benjamin is the latest young
Frank Sanchez dominated Christian Hammer through 10RDs in his UD victory as the co-main event on the Ortiz vs MArtin PBC on FOX PPV. Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
Posted on 01/03/2022 By: Sean Crose Yordenis Ugas has certainly been keeping himself busy. After becoming the toast of the sport by smartly outboxing the legendary Manny Pacquiao last fall, the WBA welterweight titlist is now aiming to fight the WBC and IBF welterweight titlist Errol Spence in April. That fight – unless it were
9:00 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 2021 was another momentous year for British boxing — but what does 2022 hold? After Tyson Fury defended his WBC heavyweight title against Deontay
Issue • Premium • Reports Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions Luis Ortiz looked every bit his age against Charles Martin, but got the result he needed. Jack Hirsch was ringside in Florida FOR the sport of boxing, it was not New Year’s day, it was Saturday, the night reserved for PPV events, no matter how worthy,
Opinion Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions The latest Opening Bell podcast covers the highs and lows of boxing in 2021 and looks ahead to the year to come ON the latest episode of the Boxing News podcast, we reflect on the highs – and lows – of the last 12 months. Both Alex Steedman and Matt
Rankings go up on Mondays. There will be no update next Monday, the next one comes on Jan. 17. Ranked fights the next two weeks: Light Heavyweight: (3) Joe Smith Jr vs Callum Johnson, Jan. 15 Note: Some inactive fighters have been removed, as was the plan for this update. A few remain — those
It appears Geovany Bruzon didn’t lose after all on Saturday either. Although the record will forever indicate a victory for Lenier Pero by unanimous decision, both Cuban heavyweight prospects went home with a firm commitment from Premier Boxing Champions. Their fight was featured on Fox Sports 1, as part of the undercard to Luis Ortiz’s
Posted on 01/02/2022 By: Sean Crose According to the Daily Star: “Floyd Mayweather earned so much from Logan Paul fight he could buy Jeff Bezos’ jet.” Paul, who fought Mayweather last year in what could only be considered a novelty fight extravaganza, responded thusly on social media Sunday: “Yeah because the dirty little rat hasn’t
Issue • Opinion • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom In his media review George Gigney looks back on an eventful year for boxing broadcasting and wonders what’s in store for the next 12 months 2021 was a significant year for broadcasters in the UK and perhaps the biggest development we saw was Matchroom Boxing’s shift to streaming
History Steve Marcus/Getty Images After one of the greatest of all boxing careers, the only thing left for Manny Pacquiao was retirement following his loss in August to Yordenis Ugas, wrote Matt Christie THE eighth loss of his career did not feel like the other seven. Manny Pacquaio could justify, explain and then wipe those
Feature So far you have voted for Ali-Frazier, Hagler-Hearns, Chavez-Taylor and Ward-Gatti… But what did you consider to be the best fights of the last decade? By Matt Christie The premise for Desert Island Fights is simple: You will soon be stranded on a desert island. To ease the boredom, you can take along one