Rumors are circulating across multiple British newspapers that Anthony Joshua is about to accept an eight-figure sum to surrender his mandatory rematch with Oleksandr Usyk and make way for a full four belt undisputed heavyweight unification between Usyk and Tyson Fury. Most notably, Gareth A. Davies reports in The Telegraph that Joshua is on the
Month: January 2022
Universum and Probellum stage a show billed as “Champions Night” on February 19 at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany. The event is streamed by the Universum YouTube channel. Headlining is rising heavyweight Zhan Kossobutskiy (17-0) who is in against veteran Johann Duhaupas (39-6), who was caught cold against Tony Yoka in 2020 and was
Posted on 01/23/2022 By: Hans Themistode Gary Russell Jr. confidently rose both of his arms in the air following the conclusion of his bout against mandatory title challenger Mark Magsayo. However, while Russell Jr. believed that he was on the verge of hearing his name called as the victor, he was incredulous when the final
Showtime Championship Boxing is back this Saturday night, with Gary Russell Jr returning from an amazing two-year layoff instead of his standard one-year absence, making a mandatory defense of his WBC featherweight title against challenger Mark Magsayo. Russell (31-1, 18 KO) has held his title since beating Jhonny Gonzalez in 2015, making a whopping five
News Amanda Westcott/Showtime Unbeaten since 2014, Gary Russell Jr succumbs to Mark Magsayo in Atlantic City but blames an injury in his shoulder IT’S been a long time since Gary Russell Jr lost a fight. After his 2014 points loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko, the American went on a winning run. Though he’s only fought sporadically
Boxers • Issue • Premium Dave Thompson/Matchroom Boxing Matt Christie talks to the up-and-coming middleweight prospect Bradley Rea When and why you started boxing:First time I went into the gym I was seven or eight years old. I was just a fat chubby kid and it was to keep fit to start off with. Then
Amateur • Issue • Premium England Boxing ‘It’s been an honour to have been a part of amateur boxing.’ As Gethin Jenkins prepares to depart as England Boxing chief executive he speaks to John Dennen about his time at the helm AFTER becoming England Boxing chief executive in 2017, Gethin Jenkins will step down this
Unbeaten Mark Magsayo defeated longtime champion Gary Russell Jr. by majority decision Saturday night to capture the WBC Featherweight World Championship in the SHOWTIME main event from Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. in a Premier Boxing Champions event that was brimming with action from the telecast opener to its conclusion. (photos
Posted on 01/23/2022 By: Sean Crose WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr, 31-1, returned to the ring for the first time in almost a year Saturday night. His opponent? The undefeated 23-0 Mark Magsayo, who had fought his way to a shot at Russell Jr’s title. The fight, which was held at Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel
Mark Magsayo was a solid underdog and not given too big of a chance by many against Gary Russell Jr, but the Filipino kept his undefeated record and gained the WBC featherweight title, kicking off Showtime’s 2022 boxing schedule with an upset majority decision win. Magsayo (24-0, 16 KO) won on scores of 114-114, 115-113,
12:48 AM ET The longest active run by a male titleholder in boxing is over. Mark Magsayo upset Gary Russell Jr. by majority decision on Saturday night — 114-114, 115-113 and 115-113 — to claim the WBC featherweight title in Atlantic City, New Jersey, taking away Russell’s title after almost seven years with the WBC
Tugstsogt Nyambayar and Sakaria Lukas fought to a split decision draw in their 10-round featherweight bout, live on SHOWTIME from the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. #NyambayarLukas 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 by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – It looked like not even an obvious injury to his right shoulder Saturday night would keep Gary Russell Jr. from remaining boxing’s longest-reigning champion. Two judges disagreed. Mark Consentino and Henry Grant scored Mark Magsayo a 115-113 winner over Russell, who lost a 12-round majority decision in the main event
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
During this video interview with Ray Flores, Mario Barrios discusses his upcoming welterweight bout against Keith Thurman and bouncing back from his first loss to Gervonta Davis. Barrios takes on Thurman on February 5th and shares some of his thoughts leading into the fight. Check out some of what he had to say below. Barrios
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – The last boxer to share a ring with Gary Russell Jr. believes his next opponent will upset boxing’s longest-reigning male champion. Tugstsogt Nyambayar predicted during an interview with BoxingScene.com that Mark Magsayo will dethrone Russell in their 12-round, 126-pound championship match Saturday night at Borgata Event Center. Russell hasn’t lost
Posted on 01/22/2022 By: Hans Themistode The mind of Gary Russell Jr. continues to race. The WBC featherweight titlist is still dealing with the mind-numbing pain of losing his younger brother, Gary “Boosa” Russell due to an unexpected heart attack in December of 2020. While he still grieves, Russell Jr. is attempting to find peace
Showtime Championship Boxing returns tonight, with Gary Russell Jr defending his WBC featherweight title against mandatory challenger Mark Magsayo in the main event. We’ll have full round-by-round coverage starting at 9 pm ET. Wil Esco will be on the call for all three fights on the card, with live updates coming in this stream: Along
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