Towering at 6ft 1in, Irish welterweight Stevie McKenna (8-0, 8 KOs) has warned rival Conor Benn that he’ll be too big and strong for the “wee” Brit if and when they fight. Speaking to Ali Drew for an exclusive interview on Hennessy Sports’ YouTube Channel, McKenna says that he’d be major threat to Benn. Unbeaten
Month: July 2021
Posted on 07/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode For the past few weeks, Canelo Alvarez saw himself move closer and closer to his ultimate goal of becoming an undisputed world champion at 168 pounds. However, as first reported by Mike Coppinger of ESPN, his dream of holding all four world titles will have to wait. Initially, all
4:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Vitor Belfort says he is already in talks about his future in boxing, even before his foray into the ring against Oscar De La Hoya in September. Belfort, one of the most accomplished knockout artists in UFC history, told ESPN on Tuesday that he is planning a boxing match
Amateur FRANK FRANKLIN II/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Karriss Artingstall is into the semi-finals at the Olympic Games, while Ben Whittaker and Lauren Price are also victorious for GB GB featherweight Karriss Artingstall guaranteed herself an Olympic medal as she won her quarter-final at the Kokugikan Arena on Wednesday (July 28). But it was only after
Nancy Petecio continues her storybook run on the road to an Olympic medal. The first quarterfinal bout of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ends with Philippines’ Petecio defeating Colombia’s Yeni Marcela Arias by unanimous decision to advance to the final four of the women’s featherweight bracket. Scores were 30-27, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 and 29-28 for Petecio,
Posted on 07/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was always excruciating work to make the 168-pound threshold but for Callum Smith, the rewards were far too great. For a number of years now, Smith (27-1, 19 KOs) claimed that he was finding his weight cuts more and more difficult. Still, after capturing the WBA and Ring
2:40 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez’s longtime goal of becoming undisputed boxing champion is further from reality than ever since he won his third 168-pound title in May. Boxing’s top star was on the verge of a deal to meet Caleb Plant on Sept. 18 in Las Vegas — a PBC on Fox pay-per-view
During this video interview with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya talks about his plans to return to boxing in September and where he’s looking to go from there. De La Hoya talks about the first of three fights he’s planning to have and says his endgame could
Sam Noakes beaming with confidence after notching his seventh KO in seven fights at Wembley and welcomes a future fight with Mark Chamberlain! #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
Avni Yildirim has brushed off his defeat at the hands of pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez and is ready to launch his quest at a new weight when he takes on Jack Cullen on the first week of Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex on Saturday July 31, live worldwide on DAZN. Yildirim (21-3 12 KOs)
Posted on 07/27/2021 By: Sean Crose “We wanted to do it in December,” Eddie Hearn said to talkSport in a recent interview, “but I think with AJ fighting September 25, Fury now delayed until October, I think February is more realistic.” Hearn was talking about a long awaited super fight between his fighter, Anthony Joshua,
8:11 AM ET Welterweight champion Terence Crawford was hoping for a unification bout against Errol Spence Jr., or a superfight against the legendary Manny Pacquiao. But with Spence and Pacquiao already set to face off on Aug. 21, it seems Crawford could be facing Shawn Porter next, after the WBO ordered that title defense. Is
WBC interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte still intends to return to the United States in his next bout, and Eddie Hearn tells Michael Benson that it will “most likely” take place September 11th. The show “may” also feature Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. Elwin Soto and Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Ronny Rios, which were previously slated to land
Amateur James Chance/Getty Images Caroline Dubois and Pat McCormack are victorious, but GB’s Cheavon Clarke is eliminated on the fourth day of the Tokyo Olympics CAROLINE DUBOIS and Pat McCormack won their opening Olympic contests at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on Tuesday (July 27), but their GB team-mate Cheavon Clarke was eliminated. Dubois’ swift
Promoter Lou DiBella has officially announced the return of the acclaimed Broadway Boxing series to the West Coast, set for Friday, August 20, held at the beautiful Sycuan Casino Resort, in El Cajon, CA. Two women’s world title unifications highlight the card. The event will be streamed live and exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS, the
Posted on 07/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode It’s been several years since Danny Garcia was able to look in the mirror and call himself a world champion. The former two-division belt holder had his championship status forcefully stripped away from him in March of 2017 against Keith Thurman. The two clashed in a welterweight unification bout,
Junior middleweight Anthony Fowler is still set to return Saturday at Matchroom’s Fight Camp show on DAZN, but he’ll have a short-notice opponent. Roberto Garcia is out with a back injury, so Rico Mueller (28-3-1, 19 KO) will take on Fowler in a 10-round bout with a regional WBA title on the line. The last
Boxers • Issue • Premium Matteo Innocenti Boxing Photography Alessandro Riguccini tells Paul Wheeler he can’t wait to silence all those who say he can’t make it to the top level When and why you started boxing:Back when I was a kickboxer, I went out to Cuba to improve my pure boxing skills. This started
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