AT THE time, as the Seventies rolled into the Eighties, it was considered an experiment that failed. A career that lasted a mere three months; one that ran its course after one of the most anticipated debuts in boxing history. Simply put, the novelty wore off. A decade before, there had been talk of 7ft
Month: February 2023
Today marked the official kickoff press conference for David Benavidez vs Caleb Plant, a super middleweight fight arguably a long time in the making, and one that will finally come to fruition on March 25. Both fighters showed up to the press event to officially announce and promote their bout, and you can read some
Undefeated former two-time WBC Super Middleweight Champion David “El Bandera Roja’’ Benavídez and former IBF Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant continued their war of words and nearly came to blows at a tense press conference in Los Angeles Thursday before they settle their years-long rivalry in a 12-round showdown that headlines a SHOWTIME PPV on
Posted on 02/02/2023 By: Sean Crose They really don’t like each other, folks. Former world titlists David Benavidez and Caleb Plant had a press conference to kick off the pre fight hype for their March 25th pay per view throwdown in Las Vegas. “The narrative of me being pressured or bullied or cornered into having
5:02 PM ET NEW YORK — Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn didn’t rule out the possibility of a future fight between former boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, he told ESPN on Thursday. Joshua has a fight against Jermaine Franklin on April 1, sources told ESPN’s Mike Coppinger, and
Whether or not Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk trade hands on the 29th, we’re guaranteed some quality heavyweight action in April. Frank Warren announced today that WBO interim champ Joe Joyce will face Zhilei Zhang on April 15th at London’s Copper Box Arena. Joyce (15-0, 14 KO) hit a quiet patch in his career after
JOE JOYCE WILL defend his WBO Interim World Heavyweight title against the Chinese giant Zhilei Zhang at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday, 15 April, live on BT Sport. It will be a first defence of the belt for the ‘Big Juggernaut’ Joyce, 15-0 (14 KOs), who put himself first in line for a shot
Posted on 02/01/2023 Ring Masters Championships: The Road To The Garden 2023, after 3 registration checkins Metro athletes, coaches, officials, doctors and especially fans are ready for an exciting season. This year there are 14 events scheduled before the finals. Young athletes with a dream to box at Madison Square Garden in April will punch
7:46 AM ET Light heavyweight unified champion Artur Beterbiev defended his three world titles with an eighth-round TKO victory over Anthony Yarde on Jan. 28 in London. It was Beterbiev’s 19th stoppage victory in 19 professional fights. He’s the only current champion with 100% KO accuracy. However, for many of our panelists, the victory wasn’t
‘Del Boy’ Derek Chisora sat down with Josh Denzel to look ahead to the mega showdown between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury. #PaulFury #JakePaul #TommyFury Watch Paul v Fury live on February 26 on BT Sport Box Office Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡︠http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡︠http://twitter.com/btsportboxing
WOW, what a tremendous effort put forth by Anthony Yarde on Saturday night when he challenged world light-heavyweight king, Artur Beterbiev. Though the result was exactly as Boxing News predicted, the contest itself proved more competitive than we and many others expected. For that, Yarde must stand up and take a bow. Yarde deserves only
Amanda Serrano and greatness go hand-in-hand – but the Brooklyn star admits that beating Erika Cruz to become the undisputed World Featherweight champion would be one of her biggest achievements, as they clash at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, live worldwide on DAZN. Serrano (43-2-1 30 KOs) is the only seven-weight
Posted on 02/01/2023 By: Sean Crose “Demetrius Andrade has a rather unlikely fan: WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world, Tyson Fury. “I’ll tell you someone we should mention, but he never gets a mention,” Marca quotes Fury as saying. “He’s the bogeyman in every division, the one who needs a shot at something:
“I’M GOING to get my licence back,” Billy Graham tells Boxing News, reinvigorated by his recovery from two hernias that for so long had affected his quality of life. “I’ve got no big ideas about becoming a top trainer again – I’ve got no desire to work that hard. I’m too old to be a trainer
Erik Bazinyan and Yves Ulysse Jr return in separate bouts tonight from Montreal, with the Eye of the Tiger show going live at 7 pm ET on ESPN+ in the United States. Bazinyan will face Alantez Fox in the 10-round super middleweight main event, while Ulysse takes on Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela in the 10-round junior
BN: How do you reflect on the fight? Everyone gave me no chance; it was good for me to draw energy from that. Being the underdog can spur you on, but it can deflate you, so I’m happy that I went out there and gave everything instead of being overly cautious or being overly reckless.
The Top Rank on ESPN 2023 schedule continues with a world title card on Friday evening at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. (photos by Mikey Williams) The main event is a battle for the vacant WBO junior lightweight world title, as Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (36-1, 30 KOs) seeks to become a three-weight world champion