WBA welterweight titleholder Yordenis Ugas won’t be getting the fight he wants, with the the sanctioning body officially denying his request to unify titles with Errol Spence on Feb. 22, and instead ordering him to face Eimantas Stanionis as part of a four-fighter tournament to crown only one champion in the division. The other bracket
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is back on the suspension list. The second-generation boxer and former WBC middleweight titlist from Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico was issued a retroactive three-year suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) stemming from an unresolved drug testing violation in October 2019. The ruling was handed down during the monthly agenda hearing
Posted on 10/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode Dillian Whyte’s highly anticipated heavyweight showdown against Otto Wallin has officially been pushed to the wayside. With only a few short days left until the pair faced off on Halloween eve at the O2 Arena in Greenwich London, Whyte has reportedly suffered a shoulder injury as training camp winded
News Warren Little/Getty Images ‘At the end of the day, Queensberry and I have an exclusive contract so no other boxing goes on BT, whoever buys it.’ Frank Warren speaks to John Dennen SPECULATION might be mounting that DAZN are looking to buy BT Sport. But promoter Frank Warren is relaxed. While DAZN is the
History DANIEL LIPPITT/AFP/Getty Images James Slater explains why Mike Tyson vs Andrew Golota was destined for chaos from the beginning IN the year 2000 at The Palace in Detroit, former heavyweight king Mike Tyson scored a quick TKO over the notoriously unstable Andrew Golota, but the win, which came when Golota refused to begin the
Feature • Long read • Premium How an old rivalry turned into one of the greatest heavyweight fights of the modern era. Thomas Hauser puts Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder in perspective ON October 9, in a sensational fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Tyson Fury knocked out Deontay Wilder in the 11th round
Hannah Rankin has given her prediction on the big boxing debate about who wins between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall. In what would be the biggest fight in women’s boxing history, WBO World Middleweight champion Marshall, from Hartlepool, and America’s Shields – who holds all the other world title belts at middleweight – are slated
Posted on 10/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode Nothing appears to be off with Anthony Joshua. The former unified heavyweight titlist still possesses hulking muscles, still flashes a bright smile, and appears to be just as menacing as he always was. Yet, after watching Joshua over the past few fights, Tim Bradley believes something is off. Recently,
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Lyndon Arthur’s head trainer Pat Barrett and Anthony Yarde’s head trainer Pat Barrett exchanged heated words at the opening press conference as tensions spilled over in London. Watch Arthur v Yarde 2 on BT Sport, on December 4. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing
Otto Wallin is in a big club of fighters who thought they’d booked fights, only to see the matchup fizzle out. Heavyweight Wallin (22-1, 14 KO) said he’s stayed true to his personality and didn’t allow any frustration to boil over. So he stayed close to ready when a battle against Luis Ortiz didn’t materialize,
Opinion Meg Oliphant/Getty Images ‘There’s no limit to Tyson Fury because he has this cavalier ease and nature to himself that connects us to him,’ Top Rank’s Todd DuBoef tells John Dennen AFTER his triumph over Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas earlier this month, Tyson Fury reigns at the top of the heavyweight division. He
IBF #11, WBC #14 and WBO #15 light heavyweight Ali Izmailov stayed busy Saturday night with an eye-opening two-round demolition of Detroit-based slugger James Ballard. Making his US ring debut at the Performance Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan, Izmailov (now 6-0, 4 KOs), from Malgobek, Russia, turned the heat up early in round two with
Posted on 10/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode A win over Jose Uzcategui is one that David Benavidez desperately wants. Not only because defeating a former world champion would bolster his resume but more than anything, a victory against Uzcategui would become a gateway to the one fight he craves the most. “I definitely feel like whoever
We knew it was coming, but now we have the deets. WBA “world” lightweight champion Gervonta Davis is officially set to defend his title against former interim champion Rolando Romero atop a December 5th Showtime PPV at Staples Center. Tickets go on sale this coming Thursday (Oct. 21st). This digital-turned-analog grudge match came about thanks
FRANK WARREN today hosted a press conference to announce the light heavyweight rematch between Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde. ‘King’ Arthur will make the third defense of his Commonwealth championship against Ilford puncher, Yarde (21-2, 20 KOs) at Copper Box Arena, London on Saturday December 4 , live on BT Sport. Also on the line
Posted on 10/19/2021 By: Sean Crose Someday I’d like to know why the back and forth between lightweights Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney last Saturday night in Fresno became almost as big a story as the one that went down in the ring earlier in the evening. For those who don’t know, popular multitilist Mikey
7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Boxing has 17 weight classes, more than double the number the UFC, the top organization in MMA, carries. But that didn’t stop the WBC from creating an 18th division. When Oscar Rivas and Ryan Rozicki meet on Friday in Montreal (ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET), that new division, bridgerweight (named after