Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom The contrasting journeys of Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan set to come together in Nottingham, writes Steve Bunce LEIGH WOOD is not the first fighter to suddenly start to look and sound like a world champion. The transition is certainly smoother when you get the title you
Month: January 2022
The line continues to grow for willing challengers to face newly crowned lineal and unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. Among them is an unbeaten contender in search of his own springtime opponent. Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18KOs) and his team are applying the finishing touches on a planned April 2 ring return. Whoever lands in
Posted on 01/24/2022 By: Sean Crose It looked as if the two fighters would never meet. After all, lightweight contender Rolando Romero had been accused of sexual mistreatment by more than one woman, which had put the kabash on his scheduled December battle against WBA lightweight titlist Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Since that time late last
Following recent reports that indicated Anthony Joshua has accepted a step aside deal to pave way for an undisputed title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, well, Joshua claims it’s all bullshit. Coming out to speak directly to the public, Joshua makes it clear that that he hasn’t accepted any sort of deal and
Mark Magsayo dethroned Gary Russell Jr. by way of close majority decision to become the new WBC World Featherweight Champion, live on SHOWTIME from the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. #RussellMagsayo Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-012222 #Highlights #MarkMagsayo #RussellMagsayo Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US:
So a guy named Trevor Bryan is fighting a guy named Jonathan Guidry this weekend. They’re calling it – or, well, at least some are calling it – a heavyweight title fight. If that alone doesn’t turn your stomach, go ahead and stop reading now. For those still around, let’s look at some numbers. Bryan
Posted on 01/24/2022 By: Hans Themistode Chris Eubank Jr. has done his best to be patient. The highly ranked middleweight contender is anxious to settle his long-standing issues with Liam Williams in the ring but has been forced to endure numerous postponements due to the ongoing global pandemic. Officially, the two will square off on
After a last-minute kludge job that turned into his toughest test to date, Gervona Davis is back in familiar territory. The WBA has once again ordered “Tank” to defend his lightweight title against longtime rival Rolando Romero, giving the pair until February 24th to come to terms. The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee ordered
Top Rank has added an interesting heavyweight fight to its Xavier Martinez-Robson Conceicao undercard Saturday night. BoxingScene.com has learned that unbeaten heavyweight prospect Stephan Shaw will oppose Joey Dawejko in an eight-rounder that’ll headline the ESPN+ portion of an undercard from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Top Rank has signed Shaw (15-0,
Posted on 01/24/2022 By: Hans Themistode Devin Haney has always had high expectations for himself. As an amateur, Haney was lauded for his slick boxing skills which led to national acclaim and a 138-8 record. Haney’s professional career thus far, has continued to go the way he expected. Having won the vacant WBC interim 135
Issue • Premium • Reports Amanda Westcott/Showtime Injured Gary Russell Jr’s career reaches crisis point as he’s outworked by Mark Magsayo in a minor upset, writes Nigel Collins LONGTIME WBC featherweight title-holder Gary Russell Jnr had a shoulder injury and was coming off almost two years of inactively when he entered the ring to face
Cameron Dunkin has long thought that his top client, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, can beat Terence Crawford, the fighter many currently believe to be non pareil of the sport, were they to fight today, but for a time that was strictly a minority opinion. After the breakout year that Ennis had, Dunkin has a few more
We’re back. It’s been a mostly uneventful three weeks since our last update to kick off the New Year, but we do have one big thing to talk about. There also will not be an update next Monday, because there just isn’t enough going on. So the next update will come on February 7. Ranked
Posted on 01/22/2022 By: Sean Crose WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr was set to return to the ring for the first time in almost a year Saturday night. His opponent? The undefeated Mark Magsayo, who had fought his way to a shot at Russell Jr’s title. First, however, there were two undercard bouts broadcast
Issue • Opinion • Premium ‘Total chaos.’ Tyson Fury, Dillian Whyte, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk are still going round in circles, writes George Gigney in his media review DESPITE weeks of apparent negotiations and backroom talks, the heavyweight picture looks no clearer than it did at the end of 2021. What we do know
Subriel Matias improved to 18-1 (18 KOs) following his ninth-round TKO victory over Petro Ananyan in their super lightweight rematch, live on SHOWTIME from the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. #MatiasAnanyan Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-012222 #Highlights #PBConSHOWTIME Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets
For the better part of 14 years, it was either not feasible or not possible for Jonathan Guidry to chase his dreams. Not just his dream of becoming a heavyweight champion, but even becoming a full-time boxer. Late last year, Guidry was without electricity in the wake of Hurricane Ida, running vital appliances on generators
Posted on 01/23/2022 By: Hans Themistode Pound for pound lists are mostly subjective. Just about every fan of the pugilistic sport has their opinions on who are the best fighters in the world. While most of the names that occupy those lists are nearly the same, the top of said list tends to vary. In
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