The International Boxing Hall of Fame has announced its newest slate of inductees, which will join both the Class of 2020 and 2021 in a ceremony this coming June. This year’s honorees: Four-division champion, pound-for-pound stalwart, and one of the most spectacular fighters in modern history, Roy Jones Jr. Three-division champion and fellow pound-for-pound standout
The WBC issued an order Tuesday for the open negotiating period to begin for its heavyweight title bout between Tyson Fury and mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. BoxingScene.com has learned that the WBC informed Fury’s co-promoters, Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. and Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, Whyte’s longtime promotional representative. Open
Posted on 12/07/2021 By: Hans Themistode For roughly a decade, Floyd Mayweather reigned supreme as boxing’s number one fighter in the world. During his time on top of the sport’s mountain top, Mayweather knocked off everyone who dared challenge him for supremacy. Amongst those who ultimately came up short, was a 23-year-old Canelo Alvarez. With
8:49 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 After fighting the likes of Errol Spence and Manny Pacquiao earlier in his career, Chris Algieri said he is now a more educated fighter
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David Haye tipped Anthony Yarde as a future world champion, insisting his intensity and mindset showed that he is levels above Lyndon Arthur in their rematch. 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/BTSpo… Follow us on
Tommy Fury has come out to give a public statement on his withdrawal from the Jake Paul fight, scheduled for Showtime PPV on Dec. 18, which will now be replaced by Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley 2. During the video Fury details how he contracted a chest infection during training camp before subsequently suffering a
Issue • Opinion • Premium Alex Pantling/Getty Images Skeete didn’t recover from flagrant illegal blows. The Hamzah Sheeraz foul should have been called, writes George Gigney as he examines the weekend’s boxing coverage IT was not a particularly successful night for the BT Sport broadcast team on Saturday night. The Queensbury Promotions card at the
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Attending the national amateur championships reminds me what a wonderful sport this is, writes Steve Bunce THE man in the blazer was once handed 1,000 dollars at a tournament in Cuba by a big Russian, the guy with the ponytail is a national hero for stopping a suicide, the
Olympian Michael Conlan is prepared to face a very dangerous opponent in the form of WBA “regular” featherweight champion Leigh Wood. The fight was ordered by the World Boxing Association. The winner would fall in position to face the WBA’s super champion at the weight, Leo Santa Cruz. Last month, Wood’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, secured the
Posted on 12/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode For the first time in the career of Gervonta Davis, the hard-hitting Baltimore native had an opponent who refused to crumble underneath his normally deleterious power. The three-division titlist and current WBA “Regular” lightweight belt holder, defended his crown this past Saturday night against Isaac Cruz in front of
Japan’s new COVID restrictions may have scuttled IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas’ plans to face WBO champ Kazuto Ioka in a New Year’s Eve unification, but he’s still planning to get in the ring before winter’s end. Promoter Sean Gibbons tells Sports Nippon that Ancajas intends to defend his title in January before revisiting
The WBO super welterweight world champion, Brian Carlos Castano, is already training hard for a planned unification rematch with IBF, WBA, WBC champion Jermell Charlo. The two champions fought to a very competitive twelve round draw, in a Showtime televised main event on July 17 of this year in San Antonio, Texas. Their rematch is
Posted on 12/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode For months on end, Caleb Plant listened to his naysayers dismiss his chances against Canelo Alvarez. The two clashed with all of the super middleweight marbles on the line on November 6th, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this year. Though Alvarez stated time and
12:33 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LOS ANGELES — Gervonta Davis shot to stardom with the support of Floyd Mayweather and a bundle of explosive knockouts. “Tank” had Mayweather, his promoter and mentor, watching from ringside, but the fight-ending shot never materialized. In fact, Isaac Cruz, a major underdog from Mexico, never appeared to be in
Top impressionist Darren Farley channels the superstar likes of Carl Froch and Steven Gerrard ahead of Ultimate Boxxer III. Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB More boxing news 24/7: http://goo.gl/aJFtws Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: http://goo.gl/mI5B64 SecondsOut is a world leader in boxing entertainment since 1999. Part of the Knockout TV YouTube MCN –
Junior middleweight prospect Hamzah Sheeraz has heard the criticism of himself and referee Steve Gray from this past Saturday’s stoppage win over Bradley Skeete, and Sheeraz is both owning up to the foul and offering Skeete a chance at a rematch to clear the controversy. Sheeraz, 22, had plenty of trouble with the 34-year-old Skeete,
Amateur Andy Chubb/England Boxing Plenty of upsets light up the semi-finals and quarterfinals of the National Amateur championships. Matt Bozeat reports from Cannock TOP seed Ramtin Musah had back-to-back wins over a pair of England internationals at Chase Leisure Centre, December 4-5, to reach the middleweight final of the National Amateur Championships. In the last