Eddie Hearn, promoter for welterweight contender Conor Benn, is going to continue with his push to finalize a fight with Chris Eubank Jr. The contest was initially scheduled to take place in October of 2022 – but it was canceled during fight week when news broke that Benn had tested positive for a banned substance.
Month: November 2023
By Declan Taylor SAUL ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and David Benavidez are both ‘committed and ready’ to fight each other but WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman refused to confirm when their mandatory clash will be called. Benavidez secured the most significant victory of his career to date when he stopped Demetrius Andrade in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Nick ParkinsonNov 30, 2023, 07:53 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions This year has been good to boxing fans. A lot of big fights took place, including Terence Crawford‘s epic
Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn, along with their handlers, still seem intent on renewing a classic rivalry between their fathers for what they expect will be a big box office attraction. That fight was supposed to take place last year until Benn ended up testing positive for a banned substance, which derailed the event.
Ryan Garcia is preparing to fight Oscar Duarte Jurado on Saturday, and potentially promoters Golden Boy Promotions in court, as he attempts to start rebuilding following his first defeat, by Gervonta “Tank” Davis. He discusses what went wrong and how he’s put it right, with Declan Warrington BN: What’s it been like coming to terms
BACK IN FEBRUARY 2021 the career of Gavin Gwynne was turned on its head in a spectacular fashion. Knocking on three years later the Welshman is set to fight for the European lightweight title on Friday night at York Hall, live on TNT Sports. Gwynne, along with fellow headliner Sam Noakes and the rest
Nov 29, 2023, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder is part of a diverse investment group that has joined forces to buy the United States SailGP Team, the global sailing league said on Wednesday. Former WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder is part of an investment group that
Posted on 11/29/2023 By: Sean Crose According to Mike Coppinger of ESPN, Devin Haney plans on giving up his lightweight titles after he faces Regis Prograis on December 9th for Prograis’ WBC junior welterweight title. This is big news, not only because of the fact that undisputed lightweight champion Haney is leaving his four world
Orlando Gonzalez looked like he might finish the night clearly and quickly against Jorge Castaneda, tagging Castaneda with a neck-snapping straight left in the 1st round and knocking him down in the 2nd. But Castaneda got up and fought back hard, hanging in through his early struggles to survive the distance and split the decision.
Devin Haney is officially done with the lightweight division. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten lineal champion has given up all remaining physical titles at the weight to campaign at junior welterweight and higher. Haney informed ESPN.com’s Mike Coppinger of the decision to relinquish the WBA, IBF and WBO titles he claimed last June. The
Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 29, 2023, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney told ESPN he is vacating all four of his titles ahead of his Dec. 9 junior welterweight championship fight against Regis Prograis. Haney, 25, most recently retained his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO belts at 135 pounds after he
Mikaela Mayer is scheduled to make her official debut at welterweight a the top of the year when she faces Natasha Jonas for the IBF title on January 20. Speaking to Sky Sports, Mayer responds to assertions that she’ll notice a real difference in size and power in this new division and says she’s be
Rising junior middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. will make a quick turnaround on Friday, December 29th, as it was announced today that he has been added to the Brick City Friday Fight Nights at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. GH3 Promotions and Prudential Center have partnered to launch a multi event boxing series. “Prudential Center
Nov 29, 2023, 07:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Katie Taylor avenged her loss to Chantelle Cameron on Saturday to become the undisputed junior welterweight champion in front of her fans at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs), scored a majority decision victory over Cameron (18-1, 8 KOs). In their first fight back
In anticipation of the upcoming December 9 collision between Devin Haney and Regis Prograis, with a WBC 140 lb world title on the line, both fighters sat down for an in-person conversation with Chris Mannix to build the drama. Check out some excerpts below with the full video in the link above. Haney on why
By John Scully LOSING a fight, either as a four-round preliminary kid or a world champion, and everything else in between, evokes a feeling that can be compared to depression. It’s low, horribly so, and personal too. You feel like less of a human being, somehow inferior to the opponent who defeated you in the
Fighters are always looking for ways to connect with boxing fans and widen their appeal. These days, more and more take their act to social media but there are a couple of tried and tested ways of building a fanbase. Finishing fights is a sure-fire way to get more eyes on you and a good
By George Gigney Social Media SHAKUR STEVENSON is a good fighter. In fact, you could argue he’s a very good fighter. Now a titlist in three divisions, the unbeaten American is actually one of the most accomplished practitioners in the sport today. But he’s creating a dreadful public image. In his most recent outing the
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