Issue • News • Premium KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images One moment Colin Nathan was preparing his boxer for a contest, the next he was lying in a Russian hospital with very real fears for his life. Tris Dixon reports SOUTH AFRICAN trainer and fight manager Colin Nathan is finally back home after a month
Month: August 2021
Day nine of boxing at the 2020 Olympics will see quarterfinal action for the women’s flyweights, men’s featherweights, men’s middleweights, and men’s super heavyweights, as well as semifinal bouts at men’s welterweight and men’s light heavyweight. You can stream live on NBCOlympics.com if you’re in the United States, I’m sure there are options elsewhere if
Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence Jr. fight in a legendary world welterweight championship bout. As we inch closer to the fight, we preview Pacquiao vs Spence: FIGHT CAMP. 🥊📺: https://pbcham.ps/PacSpencePPV-5 #MannyPacquiao #ErrolSpenceJr #PacquiaoSpence Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
BT Sport Boxing caught up with Joe Joyce in his locker room post-fight with a few extra special guests after his huge sixth-round TKO over Carlos Takam. #JoyceTakam #Juggernaut 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/
Jonnie Rice found out he would be fighting Michael Coffie on national television the same way and the same time everyone else did. Rice was enlisted as a standby alternate for the scheduled bout between Coffie and Gerald Alexander, a common practice particularly during pandemic-era boxing. Two weeks prior to the bout, Rice had checked
Posted on 08/01/2021 By: Hans Themistode Time isn’t exactly on the side of Canelo Alvarez and promoter Eddie Hearn. With the Mexican star failing to negotiate terms for an undisputed showdown against IBF super middleweight titlist Caleb Plant, team Alvarez has reportedly elected to move on. Under normal circumstances, the unified 168-pound champion has primarily
NBCOlympics.com, 10:00 pm ET, Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Men’s flyweight quarterfinals, men’s featherweight semifinal, men’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s heavyweight semifinal, women’s lightweight quarterfinals, and women’s featherweight final. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage NBCOlympics.com, 4:00 am ET, Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Women’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s flyweight quarterfinals, men’s featherweight semifinal, men’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s heavyweight semifinal,
It was a successful raid in Italy last night for Brighton heavyweight destroyer Tommy Welch who blasted through Jiri Svacina in one round to maintain his perfect unbeaten record. Welch had been scheduled to face Petr Frolich, but he was withdrawn at the last minute and replaced with the experienced Svacina for the four-round bout
Posted on 07/31/2021 By: Hans Themistode It wasn’t what normally happens. In the early stages of a prospect’s career, they’re matched relatively lightly against fighters that more time than not, are meant to make them look good. Yet, once welterweight contender Vito Mielnicki (9-1, 5 KOs) suffered the first defeat of his career in his
Women’s flyweight (Quarterfinals) Buse Naz Cakiroglu (Turkey) def. Jutamas Jitpong (Thailand), 5:0: Top seed Cakiroglu looked vulnerable in her first outing in Tokyo, but here, she looked very much like a top seed. Jitpong had been formidable, but Cakiroglu just outclassed her here, and now the Turkish fighter is in the semifinal and guaranteed at
Brentwood, UK – For the WBA “regular” featherweight title, Leigh Wood (25-2, 15 KOs) stopped Xu Can (18-3, 3 KOs) in the twelfth and final round to become a champion. (photos by Mark Robinson) After a close first, Wood began to let his hands go during the second round. Can was mostly in a defensive
Posted on 07/31/2021 By: Sean Crose The PBC returned to Fox on Saturday with a card aired live from Newark’s Prudential Center. Gerald Washington, the veteran heavyweight, was supposed to highlight the event. Sadly, Washington was removed from competition due to testing positive for Covid. Therefore, Washington’s would-be opponent, the rising 12-0 Michael Coffie faced
4:57 PM ET Crystina Poncher and Mikaela Mayer will make history in August — while standing outside the ring instead of inside it. When Mayer and Poncher call the international broadcast of the Joshua Franco-Andrew Moloney card Aug. 14 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, they’ll become the first all-female broadcast team to call a boxing match. “We’ve
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Xu Can arrived with an imposing reputation, but Leigh Wood left no doubts as he finished him inside the 12th round at Matchroom’s Fight Camp CHINA’S Xu Can, the ‘Monster,’ came to the first show of Matchroom’s Fight Camp series on Saturday (July 31) with the reputation of a fearsome volume-puncher.
Feature • Issue • Premium Mike Cooper/ALLSPORT It’s 29 years since Wayne McCullough won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics. Here in his own words he reflects on the highs, the lows and reveals the incredible bond he shared with the legendary Eddie Futch BACK in February 1993, I flew from Belfast to Los
#Danny Garcia bested Robert Guerrero in a high-octane brawl, winning a unanimous decision to become a two-division world champion at 147 pounds. Robert Guerrero knew Danny Garcia is sometimes a slow starter in fights. So it’s not surprising that he came out firing at Staples Center in Los Angeles, hoping to score the quick strike.
Joe Joyce and Frank Warren discuss next moves after the Juggernaut punches through another test! #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 Read more on upcoming fights on BT Sport and BT
Amateur Themba Hadebe/Pool/Getty Images Ben Whittaker and Pat McCormack are through to the finals at Olympic Games, while super-heavyweight Frazer Clarke is guaranteed a medal after an extraordinary ending GB’s Ben Whittaker and Pat McCormack are through to finals of the Olympic Games. Whittaker defeated strong Russian light-heavyweight Imam Khataev on Sunday (August 1) at