Around two weeks back, Top Rank matchmaker Bruce Trampler stated his desire to pit Teofimo Lopez against undefeated Arnold Barboza in the former’s super lightweight debut. Now, Lopez manager David McWater tells Dan Rafael that while “there have been no offers yet or a specific date,” they are “looking at” staging the fight in April
Month: January 2022
Two interim title fights are now in play in lieu of a mandatory title defense. As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, the WBO granted approval for two-division and reigning middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade to pursue a fight at super middleweight in lieu of a mandatory title defense versus Kazakhstan’s Janibek Alikmhanuly. That decision has now come
Posted on 01/28/2022 By: Sean Crose Ladies and gentlemen, we have a fight. Or it seems we should. Heck, we’d better have one, considering the fact that Tyson Fury co-promoter Frank Warren just put up over 41 million – that’s million – dollars for it via purse bid. The bout in question, of course, is
2:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN For the first time since September 2019, Tyson Fury will fight someone other than Deontay Wilder. Fury’s co-promoter, Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, won the rights to the WBC heavyweight title fight between Fury and Dillian Whyte with a commitment of $41 million at Friday’s purse bid. Fury, the champion, is
Feature Mikey Williams/Top Rank/Getty Images SugarHill Steward and Stitch Duran recall the incredible intensity of being in Tyson Fury’s corner. They spoke to John Dennen IT was a fight of extraordinary brutality. Even for a battle at the top end of heavyweight boxing, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder subjected one another to a degree of
News ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images Queensberry and Top Rank win the purse bid for Tyson Fury’s heavyweight championship showdown with Dillian Whyte AFTER many delays and longer discussions, the purse bid for Tyson Fury versus Dillian Whyte, mandated by the WBC whose heavyweight belt Fury holds, went ahead on Friday. Queensberry and Top Rank, Fury’s UK
Chris Colbert and Roger Gutierrez are set for a main event fight on Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday, Feb. 26, with the winner set to come away as the true recognized WBA champion at 130 lbs, with Gervonta Davis giving up their “super world” title belt, leaving only Gutierrez’s previously secondary “world” title strap recognized
Alan Hubbard, who was ringside during the glorious 1970s heavyweight era, tells the story of the enduring grudge between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier THE first act in the historic trilogy starring Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier was an epic drama which transfixed the world. New York was buzzing with anticipation and inside a packed
The rotation has been sorted out for Murodjon Akhmadaliev’s next fight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Uzbekistan’s Akhmadaliev (10-0, 7KOs)—the reigning WBA “Super”/IBF junior featherweight titlist—will next face Ronny Rios in a mandatory defense of his WBA title. The ruling comes on the heels of a purse bid hearing previously scheduled Friday to determine promotional rights
Posted on 01/27/2022 By: Sean With the click ticking, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and longtime contender Dillian Whyte have until tomorrow to agree to a fight contract or the WBC will send the match to purse bid. That means the promotion for the bout will fall to the highest bidder. There’s been
Boxers • Issue • Premium James Chance/Getty Images John Hedges will box on the February 27 O2 Arena show When and why you started boxing:My brother boxed, my dad boxed. I come from a fighting family. Favourite all-time fighter:It changes but I’d have to say Canelo Álvarez, for his inside and outside the ring performance.
History • Issue • Premium Getty Images Jack Hirsch examines the consequences and what ifs of some huge pivotal moments in boxing history BOXING’S best rivalry of the 1960s was the series of fights between Emile Griffith and Nino Benvenuti. Within the space of a year they boxed three times, all in New York, with
News James Chance/Getty Images Chris Bourke will box Marc Leach for the British super-bantamweight title on March 11 CHRIS BOURKE will meet Marc Leach in an exciting clash for the vacant British super-bantamweight title at York Hall in Bethnal Green on March 11. It’s a fine match up. Leach might have suffered a shock loss
It took two weeks to finalize, but it’s here. Undisputed lightweight titlist Katie Taylor and seven-division champion Amanda Serrano, two of the top pound-for-pound women on the planet, are officially set to duke it out at Madison Square Garden on April 30th. And yes, it’s MSG proper, not Hulu Theater. Taylor (20-0, 6 KO) was
Robson Conceicao tested Oscar Valdez in the Brazilian boxer’s first world title fight four months ago. The 2016 Olympian’s performance versus Valdez validated that he is a credible contender in the 130-pound division and moved him into another high-stakes fight against Xavier Martinez on Saturday night. Conceicao still wishes the 12-round, 130-pound championship match he
The countdown has begun. Former world champions Keith “One Time’’ Thurman and Mario “El Azteca†Barrios collide in a high-stakes 12-round welterweight showdown that headlines a jam-packed FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View lineup on Saturday, February 5 from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Don’t wait! Order #ThurmanBarrios on PBC
Posted on 01/27/2022 By: Hans Themistode For the past several years, both Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor have reigned near the top of the female mountain top. Now, they’ll look to prove who’s the best female fighter in the world. After years of pent-up demand from the fans, both Taylor and Serrano will finally lock
2:12 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte will meet in the ring after all. There was an agreement in principle for both Whyte and Anthony Joshua to step aside and forego planned bouts with Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, respectively, in exchange for millions of dollars, but the deal fell apart after parties
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