Posted on 12/23/2023 By: Sean Crose Saturday’s highly anticipated, Saudi Arabian hosted supercard got off to a quick start, as the first four fights all ended within the distance, two of those four within the first round. Things kicked off with the 23-0 heavyweight Frank Sanchez taking on the 20-2 Junior Fa in a scheduled
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Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA light heavyweight title in a shutout over Lyndon Arthur, Daniel Dubois stopped Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, and we did get one upset on today’s Day of Reckoning undercard in Riyadh. Bivol improved to 22-0 (11 KO) with his only fight of 2023, winning on three scores of 120-107 over Arthur
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (22-0, 11 KOs) returned to the ring for the first time in over a year to dominate Lyndon Arthur (23-2, 16 KOs) over twelve rounds. The victory allowed Bivol to capture Athur’s IBO title. (photos by Mark Robinson) All three judges saw it 120-107. Bivol
Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 23, 2023, 04:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA light heavyweight title with a shutout decision victory over Lyndon Arthur on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bivol floored Arthur with a body-shot barrage in the closing moments of the penultimate round and was named the 120-107 winner on
Posted on 12/23/2023 By: Sean Crose Hard hitting Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller looked to get himself properly back in the spotlight on Saturday when he took on fellow hard hitting heavyweight Daniel Dubois in a scheduled ten rounder at heavyweight. The 19-2 Dubois tried to move about, avoiding his opponent in the first. The 26-0-1
Naoya Inoue returns to action Tuesday in Japan, facing Marlon Tapales with all four major world titles at 122 lbs at stake. The fight, which will stream live on ESPN+ in the States, will see Inoue try to go undisputed in a second weight division, having previously achieved that honor a year ago as a
Devin Haney stands as one of the frontrunners to land 2023 fighter of the year honors after beating Vasiliy Lomachenko and Regis Prograis during the calendar year. Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn has even more grandiose plans for the pupil he promotes in 2024. “[Haney] wants the biggest fights out there,” Hearn told BoxingScene.com and
Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 23, 2023, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joseph Parker dominated Deontay Wilder on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, en route to the major upset victory in a battle of former heavyweight champions. New Zealand’s Parker prevailed via scores of 118-111, 118-110 and 120-108. Wilder entered the bout a -700 favorite, per
By Elliot Worsell SPEND time in a boxer’s changing room on fight night and you will come away not only certain there are few environments as tense or nerve-wracking but equally certain the success of a boxer has as much to do with controlling their mind ahead of a fight as controlling their body once
Posted on 12/23/2023 By: Sean Crose WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol put his belt and his undefeated 21-0 record on the line Saturday in Saudi Arabia when he battled the widely unknown 23-1 Lyndon Arthur in a fight scheduled for 12. Both men looked sharp in the first, though Bivol dominated the tempo. By the
By Thomas Hauser SIXTEEN years ago, an Iowa attorney named Adam Pollack founded Win By KO Publications. Pollack has worked as a trainer, referee, and ring judge. But his greatest contribution to boxing lies in a series of biographies he has written about boxing’s early gloved heavyweight champions. “Publishers wanted to edit my books down
Joseph Parker didn’t just beat Deontay Wilder today in Saudi Arabia, he did so with relative ease. Parker scored a big upset on scores of 118-111, 118-110, and 120-108 in Riyadh, effectively killing plans for a March fight between Wilder and Anthony Joshua. Bad Left Hook unofficially scored the fight 120-108 for Parker. Parker (34-3,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – In a heavyweight clash that kicked off the Day of Reckoning card, Frank Sanchez (24-0, 17 KOs) blasted out Junior Fa (20-3, 11 KOs) in the seventh round. (photos by Mark Robinson) Sanchez was content to work off the jab and circle the ring. Fa was coming forward and looking for
By Elliot Worsell IF, as a promoter, you’re in the business of setting up a super-fight by first having the two boxers involved in semi-finals, the last thing you want is for the first of those semi-finals to not go as planned. It’s true, yes, that an upset in either semi-final will inevitably make you
ANTHONY JOSHUA is adamant a fight with Deontay Wilder would still do ‘amazing numbers’ despite the American’s wide defeat to Joseph Parker in Riyadh. Joshua and Wilder had agreed to fight in 2024 but both had to win their fights on Saturday’s stacked Day of Reckoning card in order to set up boxing’s most long-anticipated
Mike Coppinger Nick Parkinson Close Nick Parkinson •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 Dec 23, 2023, 07:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Entering the ‘Day of Reckoning’ boxing event on Saturday, the expectation was that both
Posted on 12/23/2023 By: Sean Crose Former heavyweight multi-titlist Anthony Joshua, 26-3, stepped into the ring in Saudi Arabia Saturday to battle the man who once gave Tyson Fury a true run for Fury’s money, the 26-1 Otto Wallin. Their heavyweight contest, scheduled for twelve, brought with it a lot of questions, most of them
Anthony Joshua made it look very easy against Otto Wallin, forcing a stoppage after five rounds of one-sided action. Joshua was following Deontay Wilder’s upset loss to Joseph Parker, which means there will be no Joshua vs Wilder fight in March was had been planned, but many more options are now open. Wallin’s corner appeared
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