6:31 AM ET Philip Matel Philippine senator and boxing icon Manny Pacquiao accepted the nomination of the PDP-Laban-Pacquiao faction to run for president in the 2022 Philippine elections scheduled in May. In the faction’s national assembly held in Quezon City on Sunday, Pacquiao ended months of speculation by pushing through with his biggest fight outside
Senator Manny Pacquiao has just informed the world on his social media accounts that he has accepted his party’s nomination and will officially run for presidency in his home country of The Philippines. This announcement ends years of speculation regarding Pacquiao’s aspirations in public office. I boldly accept the challenge of running as PRESIDENT of
Feature Lennox Lewis heard talk in 2000 that Michael Grant was boxing’s next great heavyweight. By Thomas Hauser THE mid-20th century gave birth to a new breed of athlete; men who were big, well-coordinated, and faster than men their size had been before. By the start of the new millennium, athletes had further honed their
History Scotland’s greatest heavyweight might well have been Manuel Kid Abrew but there aren’t many to choose from I THINK it’s a surprise that Scotland has produced very few top-class heavyweights. From Wales we have had Tommy Farr, Joe Erskine, Dick Richardson and, more recently, David Pearce and Scott Gammer. Gary Cornish, from Inverness, challenged
History Nigel Collins’ superb tribute to the Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta THERE’S a blurry video that had been popping up on the Internet for months, a bare-chested old man throwing slow-motion punches in a dimly lit room. It looks like he’s in a dream and perhaps he was, maybe dreaming of past glories, maybe trying
BCB Promotions have announced the signing of Walsall boxer, Shaun Cooper (10-2). The 24-year-old lightweight will continue to train with one of BCB’s favorite sons, Martin Gethin, and has signed a management contract with BCB. Cooper, ‘the Coalpool Warrior’, raced to a perfect 9-0 record after turning professional in 2017 and picked up the WBO
Posted on 09/18/2021 By: Sean Crose Premiere Boxing Champions returned to Fox Sports 1 on Saturday with an under the radar card that was broadcast live from the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California. The headliner was a scheduled 10 round lightweight affair featuring the 9-0 Jose Valenzuela as the 26 year old took on the
Jose Valenzuela improved to 10-0 following his unanimous decision victory over Deiner Berrio in their entertaining and action-packed 10-round lightweight bout, live on FS1 from Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California. #ValenzuelaBerrio Fight Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-091821-II #PBConFS1 #Highlights 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
John Fury, Shane McGuigan, Tris Dixon, and Frank Warren discuss in-depth the trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Steve Bunce hosts the debate as the panel breakdown the strategy needed by Fury and what the Bronze Bomber needs to do to get revenge. Watch Fury v Wilder 3 on October 9 on BT
According to sources cited by Mike Coppinger, the undisputed 168lb title fight between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant will officially headline a Showtime PPV event set for November 6th in Las Vegas. Anyway, we obviously already knew that Canelo and Plant agreed to terms for the fight, but now we know exactly where the fight
Premier Boxing Champions will present back-to-back nights of FS1 PBC Fight Night action, and on FOX Deportes, on Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19 delivering an exciting fight-filled weekend live from Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California. (photos by Sean Michael Ham) On Sunday, undefeated super featherweight prospect Maliek Montgomery faces Aleem Jumakhonov in
Posted on 09/18/2021 By: Hans Themistode Shawn Porter’s resume speaks for itself. The 33-year-old welterweight contender is highly respected in his weight class and has shared the ring with the best of them. Yet, despite wrapping gold around his waist on two separate occasions and regardless of Porter picking up notable wins against the likes
Following the official announcement of Terence Crawford defending his welterweight world title against Shawn Porter, Crawford chatted with ESPN about his thoughts on the fight and why this bout ended up being a long time coming. Check out some excerpts of what Crawford had to say on the fight below. Crawford on what took so
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Malik Scott training former world champion Deontay Wilder, Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter, the lightweight foursome being called the New Four Kings, more. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Bread, I just think Malik Scott is more cheerleader than trainer. Not only does Fury
Posted on 09/18/2021 By: Sean Crose Premiere Boxing Champions returns to Fox Sports 1 this evening with an under the radar card that will be broadcast live from the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California. Let’s not kid ourselves, these low key cards without big names have been pretty entertaining lately. Why? Because those not
After failing to secure fights with division standouts Brian Castano and Tony Harrison, WBO #1 super welterweight contender Tim Tszyu has announced that he’ll return to the ring November 17th against former title challenger Takeshi Inoue. Tszyu (19-0, 15 KO) tells Wide World of Sports that the Harrison fight was “thought to be a done
Feature • Issue • Premium Al Bello/Getty Images Thomas Hauser revisits Cotto vs Foreman, one of the worst examples of a fighter being needlessly endangered ON JUNE 5, 2010, at Yankee Stadium, Yuri Foreman defended his 154-pound WBA championship against Miguel Cotto. Foreman was a Chabad rabbinical student and the first practising Orthodox Jew to
Feature • History • Premium Mark Thompson/Allsport Mark Prince didn’t like what he saw in the mirror when he emerged from a night on crack with nothing to show for his life. From that point on, any adversity he encountered, whether in life or in a boxing ring, only made him stronger. He explains in