Posted on 08/24/2021 By: Sean Crose You don’t have to be an MMA fanatic to understand that Tyron Woodley was some kind of fighter in the octagon. The man held the UFC welterweight title for close to three years – that’s no short period of time in the UFC world. On top of that Woodley
Month: August 2021
7:44 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN David Benavidez’s fight with Jose Uzcategui has been rescheduled. The 168-pound bout is set for Nov. 13 at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, a PBC on Showtime main event. The fight was originally slated for Aug. 28 before Benavidez tested positive for COVID-19. Benavidez, ESPN’s No. 3 super middleweight, will
Premier Boxing Champions has announced that David Benavidez vs. Jose Uzcategui, previously slated to take place on August 28th before “El Bandera Rojo” tested positive for COVID, will now go down November 13th. As before, it’ll take place at Footprint Center, formerly known as Phoenix Suns Stadium. While the original Showtime opener between Carlos Castro
Unbeaten two-time world champion and Phoenix-native David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez will battle former world champion Jose Uzcategui in a WBC Super Middleweight title eliminator in his hometown on Saturday, November 13 live on SHOWTIME in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Footprint Center in Phoenix. Benavidez saw action back in March, when he stopped
Posted on 08/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode No matter who steps into the ring, there’s always a chance that things go the opposite of the way many were expecting. As Mike Tyson laid flat on his back during his 1990 showdown against journeymen James “Buster” Douglas, virtually no one expected their showdown to have that end
8:02 AM ET Manny Pacquiao has likely fought his last fight, and while it wasn’t viewed in this way heading into Saturday in Las Vegas, the bout against Yordenis Ugas may have been the passing-of-the-torch moment the welterweight division has desperately needed. Pacquiao will almost certainly step away from the sport to focus on his
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty Images Matt Christie pays tribute to Manny Pacquiao, the man and the fighter PEOPLE who are not Manny Pacquiao, and do not know what it feels like to be Manny Pacquiao, will attempt to advise him on what to do next. ‘Hold your head up high’,
In a career-defining fight, Yordenis Ugas shone bright on the biggest of stages. A boisterous crowd of 17,438 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas watched the underdog Ugas outbox and out-fight the great Manny Pacquiao to win a 12-round unanimous decision and retain his WBA Welterweight World title in the main event of FOX Sports
We asked our expert panel, Dan Hardy, Viddal Riley and John Fury to pick their winner in Jake Paul v Tyron Woodley on August 29. Two agreed on the same result and even round the fight may end, with one slightly different prediction. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡︠http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport
COVID uncertainty is still impacting the fight game, cementing the adage that if you wanna make God laugh, make plans for the future and assume they are immutable. But Bob Arum and Top Rank are proceeding full steam ahead, as fast as is prudent. Top Rank have a show in Tucson, Arizona, topped by WBC
THE NIGHT BEFORE both Daniel Dubois and Tommy Fury get to experience their American dream on Sunday, back in Blighty we will be showcasing a triple-header of domestic title action to the fans in Birmingham. The Utilita Arena will play host to three British title scraps, Anthony Yarde attempting to put himself back on course
Posted on 08/23/2021 By: Hans Themistode Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have never quite seen eye to eye. The two welterweight belt holders have failed to hammer out a deal that would see them face off in the ring. They also have a hard time believing that anyone, other than themselves, should be considered
3:03 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Terence Crawford is inching closer to the biggest fight of his career. After Top Rank and PBC failed to complete a deal for Crawford to defend his title against Shawn Porter by Friday’s deadline, the WBO ordered a purse bid Monday that will be held Sept. 2 where the rights
History Holly Stein /Allsport James Toney, born on this day in 1968, discusses eight of his best performances Michael Nunn (W RSF 11)Davenport, IA (May 10, 1991)I was losing to Nunn because I lost the focus of what I went in there for – to win the [IBF 160lb] world title – and was trying
A long overdue clash for the world lightweight championship will finally see the light of day. Hopefully. The oft-postponed lineal/WBA/IBF/WBO lightweight title fight between defending champion Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12KOs) and mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr. (19-0, 10KOs) is likely to remain stateside. BoxingScene,com has been informed by representatives directly involved with the event that
Posted on 08/23/2021 By: Hans Themistode Teofimo Lopez was adamant that he would not be traveling to the backyard of IBF mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr., to defend his lightweight world titles. Lopez, 24, was so headstrong in his decision in fact, that he threatened to drop the IBF title entirely. Now, after a lengthy
3:48 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos soap opera appears to be reaching its conclusion. Triller’s Ryan Kavanaugh told ESPN he sent contracts on Monday to both Lopez and Kambosos for the undisputed lightweight title fight to take place Oct. 5 at New York’s Hulu Theater at MSG. “We’re really excited about it:
Rankings go up on Mondays. There will be no update on August 30. Ranked fights for the next two weeks: Junior Welterweight: (7) Ivan Baranchyk vs Montana Love [welterweight], Aug. 29 Featherweight: (4) Mauricio Lara vs (6) Josh Warrington, Sept. 4 Junior Bantamweight: (2) Kazuto Ioka vs (10) Francisco Rodriguez Jr, Sept. 1 Women’s P4P:
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