We’re now just days away from this weekend’s super lightweight title fight between Regis Prograis and Devin Haney, and here Haney speaks to boxing media members about why he firmly believes his performance in this fight will be much better than his last. Prograis on how he feels now compared to heading into the Zorrilla
We are just over a week away from the IBF/WBO flyweight unification fight between Sunny Edwards and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez and opinions are still split over who will emerge triumphant in the ultimate clash of styles. For every fight fan who believes Edwards will be too smart, too slick and too elusive for Rodriguez, you
Nick ParkinsonDec 6, 2023, 07:53 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions After 14 games in the 2023/24 Premier League campaign, AFC Bournemouth was looking for just its fifth win of
Following the recent news that women’s world champion Amanda Serrano has opted to relinquish her WBC title following a disagreement with the organization over sanctioning three-minute rounds for women, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman spoke to Sky Sports to defend their decision. “There is not much to say. The WBC has changed the world of boxing
By George Gigney Broadcasts JORDAN GILL did not owe us the admission he made on Saturday night after he had just stopped Michael Conlan in Belfast. He did not need to admit that he had dragged himself back from the brink, that in June he was going to take his own life, but in a
The noise has died down around Frank Martin but some fans won’t let him hear the end of it. The 28-year-old has always wanted to become a champion. Although the lightweight division is filled with killers, he seemed just fine with going through whomever to reach his goals. Shakur Stevenson, a former Olympic silver medalist
By Elliot Worsell HAVING waited two decades for it, Emiliano Marsili would have been forgiven for fearing his first defeat as a professional would be a far more decisive and damaging experience. The older he got, after all, the more the likelihood of this scenario increased and the younger the opponents naturally became, which, for
By Steve Bunce THE bus left from the side of Madison Square Garden and at that point I had never been inside the building. I was surely the only Garden virgin on the bus. It was early November in 1989, it was bitterly cold and the Saturday before in Atlantic City, Evander Holyfield had stopped
Both Wasserman Boxing and BOXXER sent out press releases today with updates to their upcoming schedules. Neither of them felt like they justified an article on their own, so I’m slapping them together. Freelance writing is more art than science. From the former comes word that Josh Kelly (14-1-1, 7 KO), previously slated to face
A path has been established to assign the next mandatory challengers to one of the most feared titlists in the sport. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has ordered a Jack Catterall-Richardson Hitchins junior welterweight final elimination bout. Both boxers positively responded to a November 29 invitation letter sent by the sanctioning body, with the
Posted on 12/05/2023 By: Sean Crose “Just trying to get that Charlo fight,” Caleb Plant tells Fight Hub‘s Marcus Hayes in an interview posted Tuesday night. “That’s what we want next.” Without doubt a matchup between former IBF super middleweight titlist Plant and current WBC middleweight titlist Charlo is an intriguing proposition. Indeed, Tennessee native
It’s fight week for junior welterweight title fight between Regis Prograis and Devin Haney, and in anticipation of the fight Prograis sits down with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub to discuss the fight, his preparations, and why he doesn’t think Haney will make it to the final bell. Check out some excerpts of what Prograis
Ryan Garcia and Derrick James seemed to gel quickly in their first fight together. The lone exception was the fighter’s odd use of the Philly shell defense in his eventual eighth-round knockout of Mexico’s Oscar Duarte. Among the different looks and techniques that came with Saturday’s win at the Toyota Center in Houston, that part
By Shaun Brown Last Saturday night (December 2) Jordan Gill defeated Michael Conlan emphatically in Belfast. However, had it not been for the help of a friend, Gill may not have been here at all. Speaking to Boxing News, the 29-year-old looked back at his recent win, as well as his heartfelt post-fight interview, and
Women’s undisputed featherweight champion Amanda Serrano has taken to her social media to announce that she’ll be formally giving up her WBC title. Serrano states that she’ll no longer fight for any sanctioning body that will not allow women to compete under the same rules as men, specifically referencing her preference to fight for 12
Boxing always needs stars. It might need stars more than it needs great fighters. Stars put butts in the seats, generate press, and drive the most important question in boxing: what’s next? When fans are asking that question, when they care, especially the kind of fans who can only name a handful of boxers at
Dec 5, 2023, 06:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Featherweight world champion Amanda Serrano has relinquished her WBC title after it refused to allow her to compete in bouts under the same rule-set as men’s boxing, with 12 three-minute rounds. Women’s championship fights are typically scheduled for no more than 10 rounds with each round
By Chris Billam-Smith MOST people are expecting me to just turn up on Sunday night and win. Luckily, I don’t listen to most people. I listen to about four people’s opinions in boxing and they are the only people that matter – maybe five if you include my own. For me, Mateusz Masternak is my hardest
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