As Scott pointed out in this week’s fight schedule, next Sunday’s DAZN show in Nagoya has taken a beating since last month’s announcement. The eight-man middleweight Prizefighter tourney is off, Tomoki Kameda lost his original opponent when Lerato Dlamini ditched him to fight Arnold Khegai in a final eliminator, and now the co-main is off
Month: March 2024
THEY say the key to converting a penalty kick is to have a plan in mind – one pertaining to both how you will strike the ball and in what area of the goal this kick will be aimed – and to then stick to it. To second guess yourself or waver from this plan
Liverpool Featherweight talent Joe McGrail has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his eagerly anticipated debut as a Matchroom fighter on the April 27 NXTGEN card at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool, shown live worldwide on DAZN. The 21-year-old has won all nine of his fights since joining the paid ranks
1) Tyson Fury, 34-0-1 (24) If we forget what happened in that bizarre spectacle against a mixed martial artist in October, Fury has been almost faultless of late. Prior wins against Dillian Whyte and Deontay Wilder suggested he was at the very top of his game and not only the best heavyweight in Britain but
Shakur Stevenson says he’ll return to the ring on Saturday, July 6, and is promising some action when we see him next. “July 6th I’m back and they woke a monster up,” he wrote on social media. “I’m the best fighter in the sport, take it how you wanna. Every gets punished from here on
It will be Mahmoud Charr’s stablemate in EC Boxing Ukrainian Igor “Hulk” Shevadutskyi (11-1) stepping in to face Kubrat Pulev this coming Saturday (March 30) in Sofia (Bulgaria). It’s not a world title fight but the WBA will still collect some sanctioning fees as its Intercontinental title is at stake. Shevadutskyi is no “Hulk” but is
Deontay Wilder vs Zhilei Zhang will likely be the headline fight of the Matchroom vs Queensberry 5 vs 5 competition on June 1 in Saudi Arabia, with promoters and Saudi organizer Turki Alalshikh choosing the divisions for the fights today. Queensberry’s Frank Warren chose the heavyweight and middleweight divisions, while Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn chose featherweight
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 24, 2024, 03:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jose Ramirez will fight Rances Barthelemy on April 27 in Fresno, California, while Vergil Ortiz Jr. will meet Thomas Dulorme in the DAZN co-feature, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The event will mark Ramirez’s Golden Boy debut after the former junior welterweight champion parted
It turned out it wasn’t just a dream, but waking up on Tuesday morning, Hekkie Budler knew life would never be the same again. The day before, he was with his coach of the last 17 years Coin Nathan, and something hung in the air between them. In recent weeks, Nathan had been waiting for
THIS summer’s promotional showdown between Matchroom and Queensberry took a step closer to becoming a reality today. Earlier this year two of the world’s leading promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren struck a deal with Turki Alalshikh (the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority) to stage a historic five-versus-five fight night. A quintet of
The career of Liam Davies continues to go from strength to strength. On March 16 the 27-year-old bantamweight retained his unbeaten record, 16-0 (8 KOs), with an impressive second round stoppage win over Erik Robles which also earned him the IBO strap. In an interview with Boxing News Davies spoke candidly about why he believes
Wednesday, March 27 ProBox TV and Freevee, 8:00 pm ET, Joseph Adorno vs Nicholas Walters Yes, that Nicholas Walters. The one who disappeared after getting demoralized by Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2016. He returned in early 2023 and had two fights last year in Colombia, weighing 140-148. You’ll recall he was a 126/130 fighter in his
Marc Castro told Matchroom’s ‘Flash Knockdown’ podcast that he has a spring in his step in training after being told he will fight for his first title when he takes on Abraham Montoya for the WBC Continental Americas Super-Featherweight title at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Saturday April 6, shown live worldwide on DAZN. Castro (11-0 8 KOs) recorded another
DALTON SMITH lit up the Sheffield Arena last night (March 23) with a knockout victory in the biggest fight of his career so far. The 27-year-old drove a right hand to the mid-section of Jose Zepeda in round five leaving the Mexican in agony and unable to continue. Smith’s victory not only made a name
Nick ParkinsonMar 23, 2024, 08:05 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Dalton Smith took a step closer to more prominent fights at the junior welterweight level by stopping Jose Zepeda with a crushing body shot in Round 5 on Saturday
Omar Juarez already has an opponent for his next scheduled bout, but he clearly has one eye on another foe. Juarez (14-2, 5 KOs) will take on Clarence Booth (21-9, 13 KOs) on Wednesday at ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. But if Juarez has his way, next up will be WBA junior welterweight titleholder Rolando
Dalton Smith kept his unbeaten record with a nasty fifth round knockout win over veteran Jose Zepeda, finishing the former world title challenger with a body shot in Sheffield, England. Smith (16-0, 12 KO) started tentative in the opening round especially, and somewhat into the second, but “slow” starts are nothing new for the 27-year-old
Posted on 03/23/2024 By: Sean Crose It was a thing of beauty, a straight and perfectly thrown shot that landed smack in the midsection of long time contender Jose Zepeda Saturday in Sheffield, England. Rising junior welterweight Dalton Smith appeared almost surprised at the damage he had done as the referee counted out the wounded
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