By Miles Templeton IN A recent article on Tom McCormick, I told the story of how he won and lost a British title in Australia in 1914. At this time, the National Sporting Club (NSC) in Covent Garden ran boxing with an iron rule. They were the unofficial governing body in the UK in the
Month: February 2024
WHETHER the sport of boxing is in rude health or not, whether the fights we want are happening or remain elusive, there will always be uncertainty attached to it. Boxing has its ups and downs – pun intended. However, that uncertainty is not limited to the act of boxing, it includes the negotiations and everything
Amir Khan has backed former UFC world heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou to have more success against Anthony Joshua than he did against Tyson Fury. Ngannou made his professional debut in boxing against WBC heavyweight champion Fury on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and dropped to a controversial and narrow split decision defeat to the
We got the complete Edgar Berlanga experience tonight in Orlando, Florida in his main event tilt against Padraig McCrory. Unsteady performance, multiple fouls, and then a dramatic knockout finish, all in less than six full rounds! Fortunately, the ending was much more exciting than the start, where both men landed three combined punches in the
Orlando, FL – Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) defeated Padraig McCrory (18-1, 9 KOs) via a 6th round stoppage to become mandatory challenger for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s WBA super middleweight world title. (PHOTOS: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom) Cuban lightweight Andy Cruz (3-0) scored a unanimous-decision victory over Brayan Zamarripa Rodriguez (14-3, 5 KOs) to win the IBF
Tuesday, Feb. 27 DAZN and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Haney vs Garcia New York press conference. Wednesday, Feb. 28 ProBox TV, 8:00 pm ET, Justin Pauldo vs Miguel Madueno. Did you know you can watch this stuff on “Freevee” through Prime, too? Well you can. Now you know, if you didn’t already. Thursday, Feb.
Former unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua has urged up-and-coming British heavyweight Matty Harris to keep faith in his ability and to return strongly following his defeat last July to the hardened Ukrainian Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko. Harris, a decorated amateur, had quickly taken to the professional game with five successive wins [four by knockout] following his
By Declan Taylor HAMZAH SHEERAZ sits in a small round chair in the corner of a private room three floors up the Carlton Tower Jumeirah hotel in Knightsbridge as a variety of media outlets show up, shake hands, ask their questions and leave. The 24-year-old barely moves for two hours, covering similar subjects, reflecting on
Artur Beterbiev’s assistant trainer John Scully explains what makes the light-heavyweight king so special as he prepares for Dmitry Bivol – and why he’s not what you might expect outside the ropes… BN: Have preparations begun for the June 1 showdown with Dmitry Bivol? JS: Artur is always keeping himself in some sort of shape.
We got the complete Edgar Berlanga experience tonight in Orlando, Florida in his main event tilt against Padraig McCrory. Unsteady performance, multiple fouls, and then a dramatic knockout finish, all in less than six full rounds! Fortunately, the ending was much more exciting than the start, where both men landed three combined punches in the
Posted on 02/25/2024 By: Sean Crose Super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga stepped into the ring in Orlando, Florida on Saturday night to take on Padraig McCrory in a throwdown scheduled for 12. The 21-0 Berlanga was hoping to get closer to a huge fight with the likes of Canelo Alvarez while the 18-0 McCrory was
Photo: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom. For the first time in five fights and more than three years, Edgar Berlanga scored a knockout. Whether his sixth-round stoppage of Padraig McCrory is sufficient to put him ahead of David Benavidez, Jaime Munguia or Jermall Charlo in the Canelo Alvarez sweepstakes is a different matter, but to hear both Berlanga
THE RESULT: Edgar Berlanga knocks out Padraig McCrory at 2.44 of round six during their 12-round super-middleweight contest. The result was Berlanga’s first win inside the distance since 2020 having started his career with 16 first-round knockouts. Berlanga is now the mandatory challenger for the WBA world belt held by Canelo Alvarez. KEY MOMENTS: For
Undefeated super middleweights Edgar Berlanga and Padraig McCrory will meet in a 12-round main event tonight from Orlando, headlining a Matchroom Boxing card on DAZN. Berlanga, 26, and McCrory, 35, are both in “must-win” mode as far as being a serious contender at 168 lbs. The card also features the return of lightweight phenom Andy
Kurt Wiggins, 2023 ABA champion, made his professional debut and kicked off the Fight Academy promotion at Liverpool’s Olympia, a historic venue held dearly within boxing. The were on a card headlined by the British, Commonwealth and European flyweight title fight between the unbeaten Commonwealth and European champion Conor Butler (11-0-1, 1KO) and former world
Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 07:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Junto Nakatani scored a sixth-round TKO victory over Alexandro Santiago on Saturday in Tokyo to become the WBC bantamweight champion, his third division title. Japan’s Nakatani (27-0, 20 KOs) floored Santiago with a straight left in Round 6. Moments later, a crisp right hook
Junto Nakatani and Kosei Tanaka won world titles, while Takuma Inoue retained his in an impressive night of performances for the three Japanese stars in Tokyo. Nakatani (27-0, 20 KO) made an emphatic move to the bantamweight division to win a world title in a third weight class, pretty well dominating and stopping Alexandro Santiago
Takuma Inoue made the first defense of his WBA bantamweight title by impressively stopping Jerwin Ancajas in nine rounds at Tokyo’s Kokugikan. In what perhaps represented the finest performance of his career – and certainly his finest win – he ended the improving Ancajas’ challenge 44 seconds into the ninth round with a powerful right
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