It’s officially underway. WBC super lightweight champion Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia came face-to-face in New York on Tuesday, formally kicking off the road to their April 20 fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. They will do it all over again in Los Angeles on Thursday, in the second leg of their two-city media
Month: February 2024
In not-entirely-unexpected news, Salvador Rodriguez and Mike Coppinger each report that Canelo Alvarez has parted ways with Premier Boxing Champions after just one fight of their three-fight deal. The undisputed super middleweight champion “could now return to DAZN,” where a May fight with Edgar Berlanga and September fight with Jaime Munguia are “in play.” Alvarez’s
By Elliot Worsell FOR Terence Crawford, the hard work was meant to have been done last July. That was when he agreed to fight Errol Spence, his long-time welterweight rival, and also when he beat him, rather emphatically inside nine rounds. Following that, the assumption was that Crawford, a 35-year-old who had taken the scenic
Cast your mind back to 2019. Local heroes Anthony Crolla and Scott Quigg are both reaching the end of their outstanding careers and Manchester boxing is waiting for the next young fighter to pick up the baton and run with it. There was never an official poll taken, but it is possible that the majority
By Zak Chelli MY boxing training today hits a little bit different. I get a call from Barry O’Connell, my trainer, asking would I mind sharing my session with Zak Chelli. The professional boxer from State of Mind fitness. The new British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion. The boxer I just saw beat Jack Cullen in
By George Gigney Websites THERE is a fascinating debate among some in boxing – and all combat sports, actually. It’s to do with weight classes, and it centres around one question: what is more impressive, becoming a champion in several weight divisions, or dominating a single one for years on end? Those who feel the
Canelo Alvarez has reportedly made his choice for a next opponent after parting ways with Premier Boxing Champions, and ESPN Knockout report that Canelo will face fellow Mexican Jaime Munguia on Saturday, May 4. The fight would almost surely be a DAZN pay-per-view, with Canelo returning to the platform where he’s had all but two
In a bold statement, undefeated WBA World Champion David Morrell Jr. (10-0, 9 KOs) has declared that rising star Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs), who is fresh off his sixth-round knockout over Padraig McCrory (18-1, 9 KOs), is nowhere near his level and that he would dispatch him in just one round if given the
Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 26, 2024, 11:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez, one of boxing’s top stars, and Premier Boxing Champions have mutually agreed to part ways with two fights remaining on his three-fight deal signed in June, sources told ESPN on Monday. Alvarez, ESPN’s No. 4 pound-for-pound boxer, defeated Jermell Charlo via unanimous
Posted on 02/26/2024 By: Sean Crose The powerhouse contract between Canelo Alvarez and Premier Boxing Champions appears to have crumbled. ESPN has reported that, after just one bout, Canelo is stepping away from his three fight deal with PBC. There had been much talk of this break happening throughout the fight world, and the report
Not exactly a great day for PBC. Following the recent official news that star Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez has split with outfit, it’s now being reported by ESPN’s Mike Coppinger that Terence Crawford is also out of the fold and a promotional free agent. Following Crawford’s stoppage win over Spence last year in a deal
Devin Haney is excited to make his Barclays Center debut on April 20 against Ryan Garcia, in what will be Haney’s first defense of his WBC world super-lightweight title. The location of the fight, however, is a point of contention for Garcia. Last week he posted on the social media platform X that he would
Nick ParkinsonFeb 26, 2024, 08:01 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 Wouldn’t it be great if boxing had a logical schedule where the best fought the best in a tournament
THE future of boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez is rumoured to be up in the air. ESPN have reported that the Mexican and PBC (Premier Boxing Champions) have agreed to part ways despite their deal having two fights left. The first of the three took place last September at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when
Lightweight Justin Pauldo (17-1, 8 KOs) collides with Miguel Madueno in this week’s main-event on ProBox TV’s Wednesday Night Fights in Plant City, Florida. The Houston based 29-year-old defeated Uruguay’s Eduardo Estela over the 10-round distance on his ProBox debut last August. Pauldo went on to knockout Jerry Perez in November, and this Wednesday he
During a conversation with Fight Hub TV, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe talks about the upcoming Amazon Prime debut for PBC, headlined by Keith Thurman vs Tim Tszyu. Ellerbe is emphatic that the betting odds in Tszyu’s favor are much wider than warranted, and adds that he doesn’t believe the hype around Tsyzu is all
1) Leigh Wood Given the run Wood has been on since 2021, it would be almost impossible to consider anyone else more exciting than him at this point. Wins against Can Xu and Michael Conlan were as dramatic as they come, and then two wars with Maurico Lara, followed by another turnaround against Josh Warrington,
By Elliot Worsell RATHER oddly, no sooner had a venue been announced for the big super-lightweight fight between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia than one of its participants, Ryan Garcia, tried doing all he could to move the fight somewhere else. Taking to social media on Friday (February 23), Garcia wrote: “This is a MGM
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