Month: May 2021

Posted on 05/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode Julian Williams vividly remembers the night he fought Jermall Charlo. After the two talked smack to one another for several months, Williams goaded Charlo into staying at the 154-pound division for one final fight. With the two facing off for Charlo’s IBF world title, the Houstonian would ultimately prevail
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Top Rank has officially revealed that their June 26th Vasiliy Lomachenko-Masayoshi Nakatani card will see former WBA “world” middleweight champion Rob Brant face Kazakh Olympian Janibek Alimkhanuly in the co-feature. Brant’s roller-coaster career saw him rise through the ranks at middleweight before making a one-and-done trip to 168 for the World Boxing Super Series, where
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WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire will meet in a long-awaited championship showdown on Saturday, May 29 headlining action live on SHOWTIME in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT and will
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Daniel Dubois speaks to BT Sport about rebounding from his heartbreaking loss to Joe Joyce, teaming up with new trainer, Shane McGuigan and his comeback fight against Bogdan Dinu on June 5th on BT Sport. 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
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Issue • Premium • Preview Scott Heavey/Getty Images Kash Ali determined to make fans forget his past when he takes on Salek on Friday in Sheffield, writes Matt Bozeat THINK of Rotherham heavyweight Kash Ali and you doubtless think of him biting David Price. The red tops rounded on him and the British Boxing Board
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Mexico’s Alejandro Barrios and the Dominican Republic’s Juan Gabriel Medina will meet in an eight-round bantamweight attraction that highlights the non-televised undercard lineup this Saturday, May 29 from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The undercard will also see unbeaten super lightweight Luis Salazar (15-0, 3 KOs) taking on Detroit’s Kevin Johnson (8-2, 4
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Posted on 05/27/2021 By: Sean Crose “This isn’t an easy fight,” the 26-0 Mario Barrios says to ESNEWS during his training camp for his June 26th Showtime Pay Per View bout against the 24-0 Gervonta “Tank” Davis. “We’re both explosive.” The fight, which will go down at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, will be for Barrios’ WBA
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Posted on 05/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode Heading into his highly-anticipated showdown against Oscar Valdez on February 20th, earlier this year, many believed Miguel Berchelt would walk right through his man. Considering the streak he was on, which consisted of 16 straight wins with 15 of them coming by way of knockout, Berchelt was head and
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Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Oleksandr Usyk all had backup plans for when Deontay Wilder flipped the table, but Joe Joyce, who was expected to face Usyk for WBO mandatory status, got left in the lurch. As a result, the EBU has once again ordered him to defend his European heavyweight title against former cruiserweight
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