Letters Kiko Martinez celebrates beating Jordan Gill on October 29 (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Stopping Jordan Gill was no surprise to me. This is the best I have felt for a long time, says Kiko Martinez THIS fight was all or nothing for me. I had promised myself and my wife that I would retire
Month: November 2022
Letters Gilberto Ramirez (Golden Boy) Although a nation typically associated with boxing success in the lower weight classes, there have been some larger Mexican boxers over the years 1 Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez Though starting out as a welterweight, Álvarez has soared through the weight classes, competing and thriving as a junior-middleweight, middleweight, super-middleweight and light-heavyweight.
Oscar De La Hoya says the only impediment remaining for a Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia lightweight super fight lies with the broadcasters. De La Hoya’s company, Golden Boy Promotions, backs Garcia and has a content deal with the streaming platform DAZN. Davis, on the other hand, is backed by Al Haymon whose Premier Boxing
Posted on 11/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “I’m ready to take that belt back to Mexico” Gilbert “Zurdo” Ramirez said to ES News on the eve of his WBA heavyweight title fight with Dmitry Bivol, “to take revenge for Mexico.” Defending champion Bivol, of course, stunned a lot of people last spring when he soundly defeated
7:47 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Dmitry Bivol arrived in Las Vegas this May as an afterthought. “The Canelo Alvarez Show” was in town — and attracting all the attention. Bivol was the WBA light heavyweight champion, and Alvarez, boxing’s top star, already had a deal in place to face Gennadiy Golovkin in September for a
Unbeaten WBA World Super Middleweight Champion David Morrell Jr. and undefeated rising prospect Travon Marshall are this week’s guests on The PBC Podcast. Morrell discusses his upcoming bout versus undefeated mandatory challenger Aidos Yerbossynuly Saturday night on SHOWTIME, the state of the 168-pound division and why he believes a fight with David Benavidez is inevitable.
Another month is here, and it’s time to update our big team pound-for-pound list! Does Naoya Inoue stay in the top spot? Is anyone out, anyone in (yes, as you guessed from the headline)? Let’s find out! Exclamation points make people think things are exciting! The voters: Scott Christ, Wil Esco, John Hansen, Patrick Stumberg,
John Ryder is looking to cause an upset on November 26th when he takes on Zach Parker for the WBO Interim World Super Middleweight title. Check out how Ryder is getting on ahead of his ‘toughest fight to date.’ Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡︠http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter âž¡ï¸Â
Fighters with a belt in one class moving up to challenge for a belt in another isn’t uncommon stuff in boxing. It used to feel more rare, more special. When sometimes half or more of any division’s top ten can have a full, regular, or interim belt, special requires additional context. This weekend has a
Posted on 11/02/2022 By: Sean Crose WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk has made it clear he wants to fight Tyson Fury in order to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Fury, after all, is the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world. Usyk is well aware that, in order
9:00 PM ET Andres Waters Javon “Wanna” Walton’s rise to stardom continues. The 16-year-old boxer-turned-actor made history this week when he announced via Instagram that he signed a deal with Jordan Brand, making him the youngest member of “Team Jordan.” According to SneakerNews, Nike is currently working with Walton to debut a boxing boot, in
“There were times when I thought I could be staring at the end, but now, I’m back, and I couldn’t be happier,” Kiko Martinez tells Bad Left Hook from his home in Alicante, Spain. The Spaniard (44-11-2, 31 KO) upset the odds of +250 (5/2) to stop prospect Jordan Gill inside four emphatic rounds on
Talks are currently taking place for a year-end clash between Chris Eubank Jr. and Liam Smith, according to The Daily Star. If a deal is reached, the fight would land on December 17th. The 33-year-old Eubank Jr. was scheduled to return to the ring on October 8th, in a catch-weight bout with Conor Benn, but
Terence Crawford announced yesterday that he would be hold an Instagram Live stream to tell everyone ‘the truth’ on what happened as lengthy negotiations to stage an undisputed welterweight title unification with Errol Spence ultimately went nowhere. True to his word, Crawford popped up just after 10 pm ET to share with his fans why
GLENDALE, Arizona – Jake Paul hopes even his most consistent critics will begrudgingly give him some credit for his victory over Anderson Silva on Saturday night. Silva is 47, but the Brazilian southpaw soundly defeated former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in an eight-rounder 16 months before he opposed Paul. In just the
Posted on 11/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “It will happen,” former heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua recently told DAZN of a fight between himself and WBC and lineal heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury. “Come on now. Same generation.” Talking to Ade Oladipo, the towering Englishman was candid while coming across as keenly self aware. Although the interview suggested
8:05 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 Chantelle Cameron once thought she would pursue a career as a teacher, but instead she became a professional boxer. On Saturday, she’ll get the