RARELY does a sport like boxing either reward patience or save the best for last. However, it’s fair to say that any decision made regarding “Fight of the Year” this year might want to wait until super-flyweights Joshua Franco and Kazuto Ioka have finished their business on New Year’s Eve. Those two, arguably two of
Month: December 2022
Interview – Declan Warrington BN: Would this tour be happening – would you be friends like you are – if you’d won that night at Wembley? GG: [Pauses] I’m not sure. I don’t know whether Carl would be proud of the achievement [of the occasion], like I’m proud of the achievement, if it was the
For a while, the March 12 bout for the WBA featherweight title between champion Leigh Wood and challenger Michael Conlan was a guilty pleasure, something we talked about in admiration but didn’t celebrate. The matchup at Nottingham Arena was like other great UK fights – Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan, Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson
Posted on 12/29/2022 By: Sean Crose “He’s a natural athlete, he’s an athlete who accomplished so much,” noted trainer Robert Garcia recently told Izquierdazo (in Spanish), “that he did not need to be so strict in his commitments, in the gym, in the training spaces, with the coach.” If that was the case while Joshua
7:14 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN The World Boxing Council plans to introduce a category for transgender fighters in 2023, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told a London newspaper Thursday. The measure is being undertaken, Sulaiman told The Telegraph, “because of safety and inclusion” and to ensure that “a man fighting a woman will never happen.” WBC
Hulu Theater is set to host an undisputed doubleheader on February 4th. ESPN’s Michael Rothstein, confirming earlier reporting from Jake Donovan, brings word that Alycia Baumgardner will face Elhem Mekhaled for all the super featherweight belts in the co-main event of Amanda Serrano vs Erika Cruz. Those of you who’ve been paying attention may be
Apparently even Conor Benn is fed up with all the deliberation surrounding his positive drug tests. The embattled British welterweight went on social media Thursday to plead with the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency and the World Boxing Council to speed up their investigation on his case. It was through VADA that Benn tested for the banned
Posted on 12/29/2022 By: Sean Crose He beat Nonito Donaire in crushing fashion in their second battle. Then he went on to first school, then wipe out Paul Butler to earn the undisputed bantamweight championship of the world. Corny as it may sound, Naoya Inoue, known as “The Monster” had himself a monster of a
4:06 PM ET Alycia Baumgardner’s first defense of her WBC, IBF and WBO titles will come against Elhem Mekhaled as the co-feature on the Amanda Serrano-Erika Cruz card on Feb. 4 in New York City, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The Baumgardner-Mekhaled fight will be for the undisputed junior lightweight title. WBA champion
Boxing is not a sport that rewards fan optimism or the hopes of seeing the best and biggest fights actually getting made very often, but it’s the holiday season, a new year is about to begin in a couple of days, and hey, why not make some wishes for fights we’d like to see in
On April 9, 2022, Erickson Lubin and Sebastian Fundora faced off in a dramatic back-and-forth battle of wills. Lubin got off to a strong start but was dropped by a hard right uppercut in round two. Fundora continued his onslaught until Lubin caught a second wind, uncorking a short right hook that dazed Fundora and
Franco on Ioka Unification: I’ve Been Off 16 Months But Always Been Ready For A Fight Like This Sat, Dec 24, 2022 12:59 am Jake Donovan ([email protected])To:you + 5 more Details By Jake Donovan For all the talent in his weight division, Joshua Franco always banked on landing a significant opponent for his next
7:50 AM ET Bob Sapp crouched down on the ramp with his team behind him — torches brimming with fire on either side. The 6-foot-4, 320-pound former NFL lineman exploded his torso upright, sending his green robe off him into the waiting arms of a coach. It was Dec. 31, 2003, and the Nagoya Dome
Not long after the news broke of Gervonta Davis being arrested on a domestic violence charge, Davis reached out to the public through his social media in order to defend his reputation. Davis, among other things, wrote a lengthy message in which he accused a number of media outlets of running with stories dragging him
Interview – Declan Warrington BN: Would this tour be happening – would you be friends like you are – if he’d won that night at Wembley? CF: If I’d have lost it’d probably have been my last fight – I’d have finished my career on a loss. Would George be doing this tour if that
Without a fight scheduled, Hector Luis Garcia remained in the gym at this time last year. The Dominican southpaw hoped he would get the chance to change his career and his life, yet Garcia wasn’t assured of anything, let alone a televised main event. That’s why the little-known Garcia immediately accepted an opportunity to face
Posted on 12/28/2022 By: Sean Crose Gervonta Davis is reportedly a free man after being released from custody in Florida on Wednesday on a thousand dollars bond. The undefeated multi-titlist had been arrested on Tuesday for domestic abuse and, as part of his release agreement, is not allowed to contact the alleged victim. A 9-1-1
8:00 AM ET Claressa Shields remains atop the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings, with Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano keeping their spots behind her. But then the list changes. Junior lightweight unified champion Alycia Baumgardner moves up one spot to No. 4 after her victory over Mikaela Mayer, while Mayer goes from No. 6 to No.
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