THE RESULT: WBA bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue finished a competitive and entertaining fight in Tokyo by sinking a right uppercut into Jerwin Ancajas’ body halfway through round nine. Unable to rise, Ancajas, from the Philippines, was then stopped at the one minute and 44 seconds mark of the round, resulting in a successful first defence
Month: February 2024
THE RESULT: After showing impressive patience and poise for the first five rounds of his debut at bantamweight, Junto Nakatani exploded in round six, dropping Alexandro Santiago not once but twice en route to winning the WBC belt in Tokyo, Japan. The fight was eventually called off by referee Laurence Cole one minute and 12
MATCHROOM BOXING, in conjunction with Boxlab Promotions, hosts an enticing night of boxing in Orlando’s Caribe Royale on Saturday (February 24). DAZN televise. Top of the bill is the super-middleweight clash between Edgar Berlanga, and Belfast’s Padraig McCrory, 18-0 (9), and it’s a huge chance for the latter to gatecrash the title discussion at 168.Berlanga,
Three world title fights will come to us live today from Japan, with two in the bantamweight division and one at super flyweight, with the action streaming live on ESPN+ starting at 4 am ET. Alexandro Santiago and Takuma Inoue will defend their WBC and WBA bantamweight titles, respectively, against Junto Nakatani and Jerwin Ancajas,
Of all of boxing’s clichés, few hold more truth than the claim that a happy fighter is a dangerous fighter. Nothing is more certain to make a fighter unhappy than struggling to make weight. The feeling can last for weeks on end and comes with a growing feeling of dread about just how bad the
Posted on 02/23/2024 By: Sean Crose It had come as quite a surprise – word that the highly anticipated Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia pay per view fight was going to go down in New York, rather than in Las Vegas, as had been expected. It was said the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn would host the card
Jay Harris vs Connor Butler feels like that type of fight you find out about after the event. After you know the decision, after the blood has dried on the splattered canvas and you’re forced to pick through highlight reels on X. But thanks to DAZN picking up coverage for this British, Commonwealth and European
March 13 will mark the 25th anniversary of Lennox Lewis-Evander Holyfield at Madison Square Garden – a fight boxing desperately needed to give its flagship division a singular champion. It ended, as boxing matches all too often do, with controversy. There was no singular champion. There was no satisfaction for boxing fans. At the conclusion
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 22, 2024, 01:22 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Francis Ngannou is two weeks away from his second appearance in a professional boxing ring, but he’s already considering his eventual return to mixed martial arts. Ngannou
By Oliver Fennell “THAT man hit me so hard with a left hook, it felt like my head and my brain was on fire. I can’t even explain it. It messed up all the vertebrae in my neck, so after he hit me with it, I couldn’t turn my head back round. I been hit
Mauricio Sulaiman revealed on Twitter today that the WBC has sanctioned an interim light heavyweight title fight between current interim super middleweight titlist David Benavidez and former unified champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Though Sulaiman treats the matchup as a done deal, Jake Donovan reports that this is a “contingency plan” for Benavidez if he can’t secure
When Oscar Valdez takes on Liam Wilson on March 29 at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, it will be a return to the scene of emotionally crushing defeats to Emanuel Navarrete for both. Massive underdog Wilson had Navarrete down and nearly out when they fought last February, only to get TKO’d in the
By Elliot Worsell WHEN so much of boxing’s intrigue and uniqueness is derived from its imperfections, it seems bizarre, and a tad naïve, to demand perfection from its participants. At best, they can strive to achieve a sort of perfection in the ring, yet to expect more than that from men and women who punch
Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 23, 2024, 01:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions David Benavidez will move up to light heavyweight for a June fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Benavidez announced via social media Thursday. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said the fight would be contested for the interim light heavyweight title, which would place the winner in position
Posted on 02/22/2024 By: Sean Crose The girlfriend of former IBO welterweight titlist Chris Van Heerden remained in custody in Russia as of Thursday. As was previously reported, 33 year old Ksenia Karelina has been detained by the Russian government on suspicion of providing money to the Ukrainian military, which Russia is at war with.
RATHER than wait around and find out if he has been picked to become Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s next opponent, David Benavidez has made it clear he is on a path of his own by agreeing to fight Alexander Gvozdyk in his next bout. The fight, which was announced last night by the WBC, is scheduled
Australian super flyweight Andrew Moloney is positioned at number three in the rankings for the vacant WBO super flyweight title that Kosei Tanaka and Christian Bacasegua Rangel fight for on Saturday in Tokyo. Moloney will be following closely, aware that he is in line to fight the winner on the undercard of the fight between
10 months after last stepping foot in the ring, Gervonta “Tank” Davis has his next dance partner. Mike Coppinger reports that Davis and Frank Martin have agreed to headline a PBC pay-per-view “in late spring/early summer.” Davis (29-0, 27 KO) got off to a red-hot start in 2023, dispatching Hector Garcia and Ryan Garcia in
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