Fernando Vargas was known for taking the hard fights early in his career. His son, Fernando Vargas Jr. (14-0, 13 KOs) stopped former contender Brad Solomon (29-7, 9 KOs) this past Saturday in Stockton, California. Vargas Sr. is the lead voice in the corner for Vargas Jr. His three sons, Amado, Fernando Jr., and Emiliano
Posted on 03/18/2024 By: Sean Crose Former welterweight titlist Keith Thurman will not be fighting Tim Tszyu as scheduled on March 30th due to a bicep injury, numerous outlets are reporting. Thurman, who essentially fights on a part time basis these days, apparently suffered a bicep injury while in training. ESPN reports that Tszyu will
Tim Tszyu and Sebastian Fundora will fight for Tszyu’s WBO 154 lb title and the vacant WBC belt on March 30, in the new main event of PBC’s first pay-per-view card on Prime Video. The fight came together earlier today after Keith Thurman, Tszyu’s original opponent in a 155 lb contract weight bout, withdrew from
Associated Press Mar 18, 2024, 04:44 PM ET PANAMA CITY — Boxing great Roberto Duran received a pacemaker Monday after he was hospitalized on the weekend, his family said. “The Duran family is pleased to inform that thanks to God the surgery in our champion, a pacemaker implant, was totally successful,” his family posted on
Brad Pauls (18-0-1, 10 KOs) produced a career-best showing against Nathan Heaney (18-0-1, 6 KOs) last weekend in Birmingham, challenging for the British middleweight title. However, his best efforts were not enough to return to his native Cornwall as a holder of the Lonsdale Belt. The duo fought to a split draw with one scorecard
Posted on 03/18/2024 By: Sean Crose Another dream of a Keith Thurman fight has been deferred. While a fight was set for later this month between the former welterweight world titlist and the red hot Tim Tszyu, word arrived on Monday that an injury to one of Thurman’s biceps will keep the fighter known as
Tim Tszyu will now face Sebastian Fundora on March 30, with Keith Thurman reportedly out of the planned bout with Tszyu, according to ESPN.com’s Mike Coppinger. It was reported earlier today that Thurman had come down with a biceps injury, and it was easy to guess that Fundora would be the most likely replacement if
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 18, 2024, 02:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu will defend his WBO junior middleweight title vs. Sebastian Fundora on March 30 in Las Vegas in the main event of PBC’s inaugural PPV on Prime Video, sources told ESPN, after Keith Thurman suffered a biceps injury in training that prompted his
Keith Thurman has been declared out Monday for the March 30 pay-per-view main event versus unbeaten WBO 154-pound champion Tim Tszyu because of a training camp injury, BoxingScene has learned from two officials. The card will remain an Amazon Prime Video pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and Premier Boxing Champions officials have worked
FOLLOWING hot on the heels of last week’s postponement of Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall II, reports suggest that another intriguing fight has unfortunately fallen by the wayside today (March 18). The March 30 welterweight fight between Tim Tszyu and Keith Thurman, which was to serve as PBC’s inaugural pay-per-view offering on Amazon Prime, is
THERE were countless punches thrown and landed by the 14 boxers involved in Frank Warren’s latest “Magnificent Seven” show in Birmingham on Saturday (March 14), yet none were better than the right uppercut produced by Liam Davies in round two of a super-bantamweight fight between the hours of 11 and 12 o’clock. The punch, thrown
Nathan Heaney retained his British middleweight title in a split draw with Brad Pauls tonight in Birmingham, England, with the two warriors putting on an outstanding, grueling fight that represented the best of what British title fights can be. Heaney (18-0-1, 6 KO) got one card of 116-113 in his favor, and another went to
1) Round 11 of Heaney vs. Pauls The British middleweight title fight between Nathan Heaney and Brad Pauls was thrilling for 10 rounds, full of momentum swings and dramatic moments, but then elevated itself in round 11. Pauls got the better of things for the most part, yet Heaney, sensing Pauls had punched himself out,
Super bantamweight Liam Davies (16-0, 8KOs) continued his rapid rise through the ratings following a destructive second-round stoppage of Erik Robles (15-2, 9KOs) at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on Saturday. The Telford native, who has claimed British, Commonwealth and European title success in the previous two years, landed his third consecutive knockout win
The impressive Irish heavyweight Thomas Carty made short work of Pavel Sour in Castlebarm, Ireland on Sunday night. He improved his record to 8-0 with a second-round stoppage of the Czech heavyweight in front of a large and vocal following. The big puncher clinically stopped the fight midway through the second round with two well-timed
Thursday, March 21 DAZN and Social Media, 9:00 am ET, Smith vs Zepeda press conference. DAZN and Social Media, 6:30 pm ET, X Series 013 press conference. Friday, March 22 DAZN and Social Media, 9:00 am ET, Smith vs Zepeda weigh-in. TrillerTV+, 1:00 pm ET, BKFC 58 Bulgaria: Toni Markulev vs Kaloyan Kolev. TNT Sports
The first fighter uttered from the mouths of both William Zepeda and his promoter Oscar De La Hoya following Zepeda’s beatdown of Maxi Hughes Saturday night was Shakur Stevenson. Bob Arum, Stevenson’s promoter, welcomes De La Hoya to now make his first Sunday phone call to Arum. “Let Oscar call me and I’ll get that
Carl Froch has had plenty of back-and-forth with Jake Paul over the last few years, and he’s no fan of the announced Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight which is going to happen on July 20. Froch, now 46, says he doesn’t see what the 27-year-old Paul can really gain by fighting the 57-year-old Tyson.
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