Radzhab Butaev handed Jamal James his second career loss by way of ninth-round technical knockout, earning the WBA World Welterweight Title in the process, live on SHOWTIME from the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. Butaev improves to 14-0 (11 KOs). #JamesButaev Fight Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-103021 #PBConSHOWTIME #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more
Month: October 2021
10) Terri Harper vs Alycia Baumgardner (Nov. 19, DAZN) Harper (11-0-1, 6 KO) defends her WBC 130 lb title against Baumgardner (10-1, 6 KO) in Sheffield, England, where Terri should have some good support. Harper is in consistently fun fights; even if she wins in pretty one-sided fashion, she just has the sort of style
Canelo and Caleb Plant are bringing the heat on November 6 as they battle it out for the undisputed super-middleweight crown. Watch our official BT Sport promo and get excited for one of the best fights you will see this year. Watch Canelo v Plant on November 6 live on BT Sport Box Office. Subscribe
Carlos Canizales defeated fringe contender German Valenzuela by unanimous decision late Friday night at the Foro Centenario in Mexico City. Scores were 98-92, 98-92, and 99-91 for Canizales, who improves to 23-1-1, 17 knockouts. Canizales, the former WBA ‘Regular’ junior flyweight titleholder who resides in Caracas, Venezuela, was making his return to action since losing
Posted on 10/31/2021 By: Hans Themistode The fast track looked appealing to Josue Vargas. It was also the most dangerous. The 23-year-old New York native was moving along like your typical highly touted boxing prospect. He easily outboxed everyone placed in front of him and at times, when the moment presented itself, Vargas went in
1:02 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN A weigh-in fracas on Friday led to the New York State Athletic Commission barring Jose Zepeda’s brother Rene from his corner. As it turns out, Zepeda never had the opportunity to go back to his corner anyway. Zepeda eviscerated Josue Vargas, a 23-year-old prospect, with a first-round TKO on Saturday
Amateur AIBA A hard start at the World championships in Serbia. John Dennen rounds up the action from October 25-31 THE AIBA’s men’s World championships began at the Stark Arena in Belgrade this week. With new weight classes and no seeding, high-level contests worthy of the medal stages were drawn from the start. At 51kgs
Zepeda frankly embarrassed Josue Vargas, drilling him with a clean left hand that put the confident young fighter on the canvas, and Vargas just had no real chance of recovering. Before the home fighter in New York even knew it, he was slumped in the corner and the fight was over in the first round.
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas – In the Showtime televised co-main event, rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis (28-0, 26 KOs) scored an explosive first-round knockout over former title challenger Thomas Dulorme (25-6-1, 16 KOs), the 12th first-round knockout of Ennis’ young career. “It was a good knockout,” said Ennis. “You know me, I wanted
Posted on 10/31/2021 By: Sean Crose Minnesota’s 27-1 Jamal James returned to the ring to face the 13-0Radzhab Butaev for the WBA’s world welterweight strap at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Saturday night. The bout was scheduled for 12 rounds and was aired live as the main event of a Showtime broadcast. The
2:15 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jaron “Boots” Ennis is a can’t-miss fighter, and Saturday’s performance was the best proof yet. The Philly welterweight needed less than two minutes to dispatch veteran gatekeeper Thomas Dulorme by knockout in the first round Saturday in Las Vegas, a PBC on Showtime co-feature. Ennis, 24, dropped Dulorme (25-6-1, 16
Feature • Issue • Premium Jonathan Daniel/Bongarts/Getty Images Nikolai Valuev was fighting for more than victory when he journeyed to Chicago on October 7, 2006, to defend his heavyweight belt against Monte Barrett. By Thomas Hauser NIKOLAI VALUEV was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) on August 21, 1973. A massive giant of biblical proportions,
Amateur • Issue • Premium Ezra Shaw/Getty Images ‘I’m small, but mighty.’ America’s super-heavyweight Olympic silver medallist Richard Torrez speaks exclusively to John Dennen THE honesty of Richard Torrez is disarming. “People say that their biggest fear is pubic speaking. Well, I don’t think any of them have been in an Olympic final with a
LAS VEGAS – Radzhab Butaev made the most of his second championship chance Saturday night. Nearly two years after he was cheated in his first shot at the WBA world welterweight title, the Russian-born Butaev stopped a battered, bloodied Jamal James in the ninth round to win that title. Butaev beat James in the main
History Nikolai Valuev might be the most successful seven-footer to have graced the boxing ring, but he isn’t the only one Gogea Mitu (7-foot-4-inches)Recognised as not only the tallest boxer to have entered the ring, but the tallest Romanian to have walked the Earth, Mitu boxed professional three times in 1935 after being scouted by
Jose Zepeda wiped out Josue Vargas in the first round of their ESPN+ main event tonight in New York, and now hopes to move on to another world title shot in 2022. Vargas (19-2, 9 KO) had talked a big game all week, and Friday’s weigh-in scuffle created a bit more buzz. But the real
Posted on 10/30/2021 It wasn’t exactly the most exciting fight in the world but Carlos Jackson managed to get it done against Jonathan Guzman. The two squared off at Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City. To start things off, Guzman attempted to box and move. Initially, he gave his man fits.
10:58 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Rolando Romero is on the verge of being pulled from his Dec. 5 fight with Gervonta Davis, multiple sources told ESPN on Saturday. On Thursday, a woman posted on Twitter accusing Romero, 26, of sexual assault. She did not say when the alleged incident occurred, but tweeted Friday that she
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