2:08 AM ET Sibusiso Zingange claimed the South African Junior Lightweight belt at Africa Boxing on Feb. 24, beating four-time defending champion Phila Mpontshane by unanimous decision over 12 rounds. It wasn’t the only title bout of the night though, as South Africa’s Smangele Hadebe dominated from start to finish to beat Tanzania’s Halima Vunjabei
Month: February 2022
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Galal Yafai has been sparring IBF belt-holder Sunny Edwards, but both expect to fight in the not too distant future. John Dennen reports OLYMPIC gold medallist Galal Yafai will be in unfamiliar territory on Sunday (February 27). He goes into his first scheduled 10-rounder on his pro debut. But he will
Unbeaten super featherweight Hector Luis Garcia (14-0, 10 KOs) overcame a first-round knockdown to defeat Isaac Avelar (16-4, 10 KOs) by unanimous decision with all three judges scoring the fight 78-73 after eight rounds. #HectorLuisGarcia #IsaacAvelar #GarciaAvelar 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
Josh Taylor returns to defend his undisputed 140 lb championship this Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland, facing mandatory challenger Jack Catterall in the main event, which will air on ESPN+ in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. Taylor (18-0, 13 KO) is a big favorite, but we’ve seen some big favorites fall
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is a big fan of social media star turned boxer, Jake Paul. Paul (5-0, 4 KOs) scored a brutal knockout of NBA veteran Nate Robinson on the undercard of Tyson’s exhibition fight with Roy Jones Jr. in 2020. Back in December, Paul was scheduled to face his first pro
Posted on 02/24/2022 By: Hans Themistode If you spent any amount of time with Britain’s Jack Catterall, his confidence could come across as hubris. The 28-year-old has looked defiantly in the direction of oddsmakers, who’ve pegged him as a considerable underdog against Josh Taylor this weekend, and shrugged his shoulders incredulously. Throughout most of their
Floyd Mayweather celebrates his 45th birthday today and the former world champion Ricky Hatton has said he will be forever grateful that he was able to compete in the Floyd Mayweather era. The two shared the ring just once in what goes down as one of the greatest match-ups in boxing history. Subscribe to BT
5:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, plans to take up arms to defend against Russia’s invasion, which began in the early hours Thursday. “It’s already a bloody war,” Klitschko, a Hall of Fame boxer, said Thursday on ITV’s “Good Morning Britain.” “… I don’t have
The fists did not start flying, but there were fireworks between undisputed junior welterweight world champion Josh Taylor and top contender Jack Catterall. Taylor and Catterall will lock horns for all the belts Saturday evening at OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, a short drive from Taylor’s hometown of Prestonpans. In the 10-round featherweight co-feature, Cuban
Posted on 02/24/2022 By: Hans Themistode Floyd Mayweather has spent most of his childhood and adult life in the sport of boxing. But while the newly inducted Hall of Famer hung up his gloves for good in 2017, he remains a prominent figure. In many cases, fighters who have ultimately decided to retire, have often
Showtime has some Friday night action in store just two weeks from now. Unbeaten super welterweights Ardreal Holmes and Mekhrubon Sanginov headline a four-fight card on March 11th, live from Deadwood, South Dakota. 2016 Olympic alternate Holmes (11-0, 5 KO) hasn’t seen action since a November 2019 knockout of Jose Antonio Abreu. This will also
10:00 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 Jack Catterall might be the lesser-known name as he prepares to fight Scotland’s undisputed world champion Josh Taylor on Saturday, but he has shared
Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Getty Images Laid back he might be but the wait for his shot at glory has tested Jack Catterall mentally, physically and financially. By John Evans THE letter was dated August 6, 2019. “…the parties have thirty (30) days upon receipt of this letter to negotiate and reach an
Issue • News • Premium LUIS ROBAYO/POOL/AFP/Getty Images Tokyo Olympian Emmet Brennan has a message for Eddie Hearn and Matchroom. He spoke to John Dennen TOKYO Olympian Emmet Brennan has a plan. The Irishman will relocate to New York City and he plans to follow in the footsteps of John Duddy. In fact Brennan will
Filip Hrgovic has finally secured that long sought next step to challenging for the heavyweight crown. An ordered IBF heavyweight title eliminator between Hrgovic and Zhilei Zhang has landed in the hands of Matchroom Boxing and Wasserman Boxing, Hrgovic’s co-promoters who secured promotional rights through a purse bid hearing held Thursday at IBF headquarters in
Posted on 02/24/2022 By: Sean Crose The two middle aged men, brothers, stand in a nondescript location wearing winter coats. They are dressed casually and wear worn expressions. They appear to be a universe away from the boxing rings each man once dominated. For there is now another fight on their hands, one with grave
Things got a little spicy on social media yesterday between Andre Ward, who was celebrating his birthday, and Gennadiy Golovkin. A fan question posed to Ward kicked off the dust-up when Ward was asked if there was a fight that he wanted to get before he ultimately retired from boxing. “Froch, rematch in the UK;
11:05 AM ET Savannah Marshall’s defense of her WBO middleweight title will have to wait a few more weeks. BOXXER, which is putting on Marshall’s fight against Femke Hermans, announced Tuesday that Marshall will now fight Hermans on April 2 in Newcastle, England, after being previously scheduled for March 12. This is the latest move
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