Issue • Premium • Preview Isaac Cruz steps up for a Sunday showdown with Gervonta Davis, writes John Dennen ISAAC CRUZ was not expecting the summons. Four weeks out, he got the call to step into a Showtime pay-per-view against Gervonta Davis this Sunday (December 5) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Given Davis’
Kerman Lejarraga retained his European junior middleweight title with a brutal ninth round knockout of Jack Flatley today in Bilbao, Spain, a briefly scary scene that did see Flatley up and OK after quickly receiving medical attention. Lejarraga (34-2, 26 KO) dropped Flatley (17-2-1, 4 KO) in the first round and again in the eighth,
Fighters competing on the Gervonta Davis vs. Isaac Cruz SHOWTIME PPV undercard taking place this Sunday, December 5 (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) previewed their respective showdowns during a press conference Friday before they enter the ring in a Premier Boxing Champions event from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. (photos by Esther Lin, Sean Michael
Posted on 12/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode Like most, Vasiliy Lomachenko was completely stunned by the results. The former three-division world titlist and pound for pound star believed that long-time rival, Teofimo Lopez, would take care of business this past weekend. Yet, in front of a mostly pro-Lopez crowd at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater, Australian
4:46 PM ET Ginny Fuchs, the captain of the 2020 U.S. Olympic women’s boxing team in Tokyo, told ESPN she has decided to turn professional. The 33-year-old Houston native will begin her career at flyweight, the weight she has competed at over the past eight years — including in Tokyo, where she reached the second
Matchroom return to Spain today, with Kerman Lejarraga defending his European 154 lb title against Jack Flatley in the DAZN main event from Bilbao. We’ll have this post up for live discussion for those watching, and I’ll be somewhat in and out, possibly, but here for most of the show at the very least. It’s
News Gennady Golovkin and Jerwin Ancajas were due to box in Japan later this month but both of their fights have been postponed PRECAUTIONS against the new Omicron strain of the coronavirus have forced the postponement of two major fights that were set to take place in Japan this month. Gennady Golovkin was due to
Amateur WABA Gareth Jones on the boxers who impressed in the finals of the Welsh Elite championships The Croft twins from Cardigan celebrated their last weekend as teenagers with a Welsh Elite double before an enthusiastic crowd at the Sport Wales National Centre on November 26, the first such competition since 2019. Southpaw Ioan, fresh
THE REMATCH between Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde will take place at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday December 4, live on BT Sport. The showdown between the two top light heavyweights falls a year on from the pair’s close-fought Battle of Westminster at Church House, where Arthur prevailed on the cards of
Posted on 12/03/2021 By: Sean Crose “He’s ducking Benavidez.” So Floyd Mayweather said of Canelo Alvarez at a Thursday press gathering to promote Tank Davis’ Sunday pay per view battle against Isaac Cruz. Mayweather, who dominated the sport of boxing for years, remains the only person to have ever bested Alvarez in the ring. Needless
Anthony Yarde has vowed he will return to winning form in Saturday’s rematch with Lyndon Arthur, after admitting a combination of tactical mistakes in the fight and dealing with the loss of four family members led to a brutal defeat to his bitter rival. Across 2020, four of Yarde’s family members died of COVID-19 —
Amateur Andy Chubb/England Boxing Dan Toward versus Ramtin Musah will be one of the bouts to watch in the England Boxing Elite championships. John Dennen watched the tournament progress to the quarter-final stage THE national Elite championships reached the pre quarter-final stage at the Spiceball leisure centre in Banbury on November 28. At 75kgs Dan
Order #DavisCruz NOW on SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View: https://pbcham.ps/DavisCruz-PPV Watch live as Gervonta Davis and Isaac Cruz host their final press conference ahead of their lightweight championship bout on Sunday, December 5, live on SHOWTIME PPV from Staples Center in Carson, CA. #PressConference Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets
Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde make their final appearance before they rematch on Saturday at the weigh-in. 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 more on upcoming fights on
Issue • Premium • Preview Devin Haney faces his next examination when he boxes Joseph Diaz in Las Vegas on Saturday, writes John Dennen JOSEPH DIAZ was meant to be fighting Ryan García. But with a hand injury ruling out the Golden Boy star it was natural to put him in with Matchroom’s rising American
Opinion Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer It’s coming much too late, but Amir Khan and Kell Brook will finally settle their differences in 2022. Here are their 10 best wins… 1. Kell Brook vs Shawn PorterDespite his potential, few expected Brook to go to America and usurp undefeated IBF welterweight belt-holder Porter in 2015, but that is exactly
Opinion We ask the Boxing News panel how they see Saturday’s Lyndon Arthur vs Anthony Yarde rematch going Jon ThaxtonBritish and European championTough to call. I’m going to go for Arthur again. He won the first time, it was close. But I think Arthur just had his number, just had a bit too much and
Devin Haney and Joseph Diaz Jr will take to the scales today as they weigh in for tomorrow night’s DAZN main event. The live stream will start at 4 pm ET, and if you can’t watch live, we’ll have up to the minute results from all the fights in this stream: Haney (26-0, 15 KO)