Luke Campbell called it a career Friday. The lightweight contender announced through his social media accounts that he has retired from boxing. The 33-year-old Campbell’s retirement came almost seven months after Ryan Garcia stopped the British southpaw with a body shot in the seventh round of their fight for the WBC interim lightweight title January
Month: July 2021
Posted on 07/28/2021 By: Charles Jay Some observers have thought that the inclusion of professional boxers into the Olympics would have an impact, and in fact, a major one. Needless to say, things have fallen short of that. And naturally, this can be rationalized. It is admittedly very difficult to explain the concept of long-time
8:07 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. There are a lot of good fights on the schedule for the rest of 2021, but there are a lot of good matchups still waiting to be made — some fights that have been talked about, and some that haven’t. Former two-division world champion and current ESPN boxing analyst
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Feature • Issue • Premium They fought at the age of 11, been best pals ever since, but along the way Ashley Sexton and Tommy Jacobs lost their way at different times and for different reasons. Both are now 33 and fight on the same bill on Saturday night. Matt Bozeat tells their story ASHLEY
Luke Campbell, who won a gold medal for Great Britain at the London Olympics in 2012 and fought for a world lightweight title as a pro, has decided to retire from the sport at age 33, releasing a statement this morning via social media. “After a lot of thought and reflection, I have decided that
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has compared upcoming opponent Deontay Wilder to a “loaded gun.” (photo by Ryan Hafey) Fury will defend his title against Wilder in a trilogy fight on October 9th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. When they met back in February 2020, Fury
Posted on 07/29/2021 By: Sean Crose “It popped in my feed,” Keith Thurman says of a video apparently making the rounds showing Errol Spence sparing in preparation for his fight with Manny Pacquiao in late August. “It was too juicy not to click it,” Thurman tells FightHype. There is indeed a video on social media,
3:02 PM ET Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe is getting back in the ring. Bowe, 53, will face former NBA player Lamar Odom in a celebrity boxing event on Oct. 2 at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami, event promoter Damon Feldman told ESPN. Bowe, a member of the International Boxing Hall of
Amateur Buda Mendes/Getty Images Pat McCormack and Ben Whittaker are through to the semi-finals at the Tokyo Games GB’s Pat McCormack and Ben Whittaker both won through to the semi-finals of the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Friday (July 31). At the Kokugikan Arena McCormack contained rough Uzbek Bobo-Usmon Baturov. Baturov came on strong though.
#VitoMielnickiJr displayed the full arsenal of his power when he took on Nóe López on February 27, 2021 on PBC on FOX. Mielnicki delivered a knockout performance displaying poise, patience and power in his third round stoppage. In the second, the 18-year-old Mielnicki floored López when he rolled under a lazy jab and landed a
Sam Noakes makes it seven KO’s in seven fights and becomes the first man to stop Naeem Ali in 73 fights. #NoakesAli #JoyceTakam 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 Sport Boxing Facebook Group ➡︠https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on Instagram ➡︠http://instagram.com/btsportboxing
It’s not often that you’ll find Manny Pacquiao as the underdog heading into a world title fight, but that exactly what we have here as the Filipino legend prepares to face a talented world champion in his physical prime in Errol Spence Jr. With Pacquiao going through camp to prepare himself for the August 21
Elwin Soto could be pressed with a hard decision to make. For now, it’s his promoter who is currently on the hook to bring resolution to his next due title fight. The World Boxing Organization has issued a Status Update—Negotiations letter to the camps of Soto, the sanctioning body’s junior flyweight champion and mandatory challenger
Posted on 07/29/2021 By: Sean Crose ESPN is reporting that negotiations between Canelo Alvarez’ team and Caleb Plant’s team are now dead in the water. There had been a report earlier in the week that the hoped for super middleweight title unifier was close to dead. Now the matter appears to be confirmed. Details, frankly,
6:27 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez is still in search of a foe after a long-negotiated deal with Caleb Plant fell through at the 11th hour. Boxing’s top star traditionally fights on two weekends: Cinco de Mayo and again on Mexican Independence Day weekend in September. Those are the dates Floyd Mayweather and Alvarez’s
Day seven of boxing at the 2020 Olympics will see the women’s lightweights in preliminary rounds action, and the women’s welterweight, men’s welterweight, men’s light heavyweight, and men’s heavyweight divisions in in quarterfinal bouts, with winners guaranteed at least a bronze medal. You can stream live on NBCOlympics.com if you’re in the United States, I’m
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images The Olympics produced Joyce, Usyk and Joshua. But boxing more than ever needs these Tokyo Games to be a success. John Dennen explains THE first names Joe Joyce called for, after his victory over Carlos Takam on Saturday, were Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. He knows
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