Promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t think he has egg on his face the way Lennox Lewis has insisted he does. The Matchroom head and the last undisputed heavyweight champion in boxing went back and forth on social media recently as it relates to the upcoming fight between Hearn’s charge, Anthony Joshua, and former UFC champion Francis
Month: January 2024
For the official public announcement of the upcoming lightweight fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos on May 11, both fighters appeared for an opening press conference where they spoke about the impending battle. “Vasiliy Lomachenko is a guy that we have looked at for a very long time, a guy that I’ve been watching
By Steve Bunce IT IS possible that the Ulster Hall has the best seat anywhere in the world to watch boxing. The optimum seat on the balcony, which is even closer to the ring than the one at York Hall, might just be about 10 feet away from and three feet higher than the boxers in
Devin Haney has the respect of Hall of Fame fighter turned promoter Oscar De La Hoya. The Golden Boy will have to perhaps deal with the WBC super lightweight titlist one day as a possible opponent for Ryan Garcia. But De La Hoya is not sleeping on “The Dream.” “I think Devin Haney is a
Timothy Bradley Jr.Jan 31, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions Last year’s list of promising boxers in each weight division showcased a remarkable six fighters who have risen to become
By Shaun Brown THE late, great Marvin Hagler was a man of few words, yet whenever he spoke ears everywhere twitched and listened. Regarded as one of, if not the, greatest middleweights of all-time, the Newark born southpaw would speak about the mindset he adopted when he was in camp. Trained by the Petronelli brothers,
Top Rank has officially announced that former unified lightweight champions Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr will square off for the vacant IBF title on May 11th in Perth, Australia. That’s May 11th stateside, by the by, May 12th local time. Both men are coming off of controversial decisions, with Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KO) dropping
Posted on 01/30/2024 By: Sean Crose Ryan Garcia was planning on facing junior welterweight king Devin Haney. Then he spoke with Floyd Mayweather. “I’m hanging out with Floyd,” the 25 year old star told Fight Hype in an interview posted on Tuesday. “I’m not going to lie, Floyd’s pretty influential. He’s like why would you
By Declan Taylor CONOR BENN says the ‘shame’ he feels he brought upon the family name was the hardest thing about his ongoing clomifene saga. Benn returned adverse analytical findings for the banned substance clomifene in two VADA tests back in 2022. The first came in July and the second in September. In the end
Tim Tszyu is feeling like he hit the lottery these days. The 154-pound titlist from Australia will embark on the biggest challenge of his career on March 30, when he takes on former welterweight champion Keith Thurman at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in what will be the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view show on
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 30, 2024, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Overtime, best known for its elite professional basketball league featuring some of the top 16-20 year-olds in the world outside the NCAA, will return to boxing for a second year of events that begin March 29, officials told ESPN. Overtime launched its boxing efforts
Ryan Garcia gives an in-depth interview with Fight Hype about all the confusion surrounding his next fight, with him seemingly going in many different directions, none of which have panned out thus far. Here’s some of what Garcia had to say on all the commotion while he gave himself a face massage. Garcia on the
Overtime announced today the return of OTX (Overtime Boxing). In Year 2, OTX will host eight fight nights globally starting with: – March 29: OTE Arena, Atlanta – April 19: OTE Arena, Atlanta – May 31: Red Owl Boxing, Houston – June 28: OTE Arena, Atlanta Returning sponsors include DAZN, as OTX’s media rights partner.
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 30, 2024, 10:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul‘s next foe will be another boxer without a high-profile name, but who has far more experience than Paul does in the ring. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter will face Ryan Bourland on March 2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, officials told ESPN on
Posted on 01/30/2024 By: Sean Crose Shakur Stevenson has apparently decided to single handedly lower the retirement age by calling it a career at the ripe old age of 26. “I’m officially retiring from the sport of boxing,” he posted to social media early Tuesday morning. “I’ll be in the gym forever perfecting my craft
Emanuel Navarrete will, in fact, chase gold in a fourth weight class next time out. Rather than face Shakur Stevenson in a long-brewing WBC title match, however, he’ll instead exercise the traditional WBO champion’s right to fight for the vacant WBO belt left behind by Devin Haney. The WBO has ordered him to face no.
By Elliot Worsell SIX days after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death on her way to school, light-heavyweight boxers Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez appeared at Croydon’s Boxpark, just a stone’s throw from the bus stop where the life of that girl, as well as the life of the boy who killed her, tragically
Eddie Hearn is well aware that Jaime Munguia multiplied his options and ascended into a higher tax bracket by stopping John Ryder in impressive fashion Saturday night. Hearn considers Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez realistic potential opponents for Munguia now that he has this type of win against a legitimate super middleweight contender on his
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