Despite losing two title fights in his last three appearances, Joet Gonzalez still has his eyes on the prize. Top Rank announced today that they’d signed Gonzalez to a “multi-year promotional contract” that kicks off on the February 5th Jose Ramirez vs. Jose Pedraza show. The card will also see Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Richard
Month: January 2022
Luis Ortiz’s post-fight victory lap will end with a hard decision to make. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the International Boxing Federation (IBF) has sent out a letter to both Ortiz and Filip Hrgovic on Monday, giving both heavyweight contenders three days to accept an invitation to enter talks for a final title eliminator. It comes
Posted on 01/03/2022 By: Hans Themistode Throughout the course of his Hall of Fame bound career, Canelo Alvarez has pocketed numerous big wins. However, as the curtains came to a close on his remarkable 2021, the Mexican star had arguably his best year to date. With victories over Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant, paired
9:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show 2021 was another momentous year for British boxing — but what does 2022 hold? After Tyson Fury defended his WBC heavyweight title against Deontay
Matchroom Boxing now has less than a week to deliver contracts for a fight that has been the works for months. A final deadline of January 7 has been set for proof of firm plans in place for the WBA junior flyweight title consolidation bout between WBA “Super” champion Hiroto Kyoguchi and “World” titlieholder Esteban
Issue • Premium • Reports Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions Luis Ortiz looked every bit his age against Charles Martin, but got the result he needed. Jack Hirsch was ringside in Florida FOR the sport of boxing, it was not New Year’s day, it was Saturday, the night reserved for PPV events, no matter how worthy,
Opinion Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions The latest Opening Bell podcast covers the highs and lows of boxing in 2021 and looks ahead to the year to come ON the latest episode of the Boxing News podcast, we reflect on the highs – and lows – of the last 12 months. Both Alex Steedman and Matt
As we kick off a new year in the sport of boxing it’s time to look ahead with a dash of blind optimism that we’ll get to see some of the best match-ups the sport has to offer. We all know boxing isn’t quite other major professional sports leagues where the best inevitably face off
Posted on 01/02/2022 By: Hans Themistode After putting together his best year as a pro, Frank Sanchez desperately wanted to kick off 2022 on the right foot. The highly ranked heavyweight contender couldn’t have asked for a better start as he had an easy night at the office against late replacement Christian Hammer. The two
WBA “regular” featherweight champion Leigh Wood is currently training for his high stakes fight with unbeaten Olympian Michael Conlan. Their mandatory fight is slated to take place on March 12 in Nottingham. Last July, Wood came out firing on the featherweight scene when he pulled off an unexpected knockout of China’s Xu Can to capture
Issue • Opinion • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom In his media review George Gigney looks back on an eventful year for boxing broadcasting and wonders what’s in store for the next 12 months 2021 was a significant year for broadcasters in the UK and perhaps the biggest development we saw was Matchroom Boxing’s shift to streaming
Boxing officials in the United Kingdom announced today that all boxing events in January will be suspended on the advice of their Medical Panel. The announcement comes amid a spike in COVID cases that led to temporary “surge hub” hospital expansions in at least eight hospitals in England. The suspension announcement only covers January, but
Posted on 01/02/2022 By: Hans Themistode Becoming successful in Mixed Martial Arts takes a wide array of skills. Yet, for UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, he’s worked his way to the top of the division using his striking ability and pure power. Of his 16 wins, 12 of those victories have come well within the
History Steve Marcus/Getty Images After one of the greatest of all boxing careers, the only thing left for Manny Pacquiao was retirement following his loss in August to Yordenis Ugas, wrote Matt Christie THE eighth loss of his career did not feel like the other seven. Manny Pacquaio could justify, explain and then wipe those
Luis Ortiz comes back from two knockdowns to drop Charles Martin twice in RD6 to win by TKO. #OritzMartin #LuisOrtiz #CharlesMartin 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
Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida – The action packed pay-per-view opener saw five knockdowns in less than two rounds as Viktor Faust (9-0, 7 KOs) remained unbeaten via second-round TKO over a game Iago Kiladze (30-6, 11 KOs). (photo by Ryan Hafey) “I felt very confident in
Posted on 01/02/2022 By: Sean Crose According to the Daily Star: “Floyd Mayweather earned so much from Logan Paul fight he could buy Jeff Bezos’ jet.” Paul, who fought Mayweather last year in what could only be considered a novelty fight extravaganza, responded thusly on social media Sunday: “Yeah because the dirty little rat hasn’t
Jake Paul and Dana White will not be letting their obnoxious social media fight go any time soon. After Dana White threw out an ultimately meaningless jab at Paul about doing steroids and challenging him to take random tests, Jake Paul fired back with a bunch of stuff about UFC fighter pay, health care, and