Just hours ahead of a scheduled purse bid, WBA “super” featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz and “world” champion Leigh Wood successfully came to terms for their title consolidator, which is “tentatively scheduled” for November 5th or 12th. It’s definitely a surprise that this fight came together, though not an unwelcome one. Both Wood (26-2, 16
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Vergil Ortiz Jr. hopes to figure out his next move soon, even as there remains a logjam at the top of the welterweight division. All of the major hardware is currently occupied by Errol Spence (28-0, 22KOs; WBA/WBC/IBF) and Terence Crawford (38-0, 29KOs; WBO), who for months have been working out terms for a potential
Teofimo Lopez returns to action tonight, making the move up to 140 lbs to face Pedro Campa in a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN main event from Las Vegas. Our coverage will kick off with the prelims on ESPN+ starting at 6:40 pm ET, and we’ll have live, round-by-round updates and scoring from Wil Esco
Undefeated lightweight, Ruben “Ace” Torres (18-0, 15 KOs), who is making a case for being the 2022 Prospect of the Year, is scheduled to headline Thompson Boxing’s “Path To Glory” event on August 20, 2022. Torres, who is wrapping up training camp, will battle Cristian Baez (18-1, 17 KOs), in a ten-round main event which
After 8RDs of combinations and punches to the body, and an injury to his right hand, Batyr Akhmedov picked apart his opponent to defeat him by TKO. The 9-1-0 Akhmedov returns to the ring on August 20 to face Alberto Puello (20-0) for the vacant WBA Super Lightweight World Title on Showtime. Watch the #AkhmedovMendez
As Tyson Fury continually pump fakes the public with talks of his retirement, Top Rank’s Bob Arum talks to Fight Hub TV about his perspective on Fury’s future plans and why he says you can’t take anything Fury says too seriously. And as Arum tells it, Fury is an attention whore — and yes, I’m
Two Division Boxing World Champion and “People’s Champion” Badou Jack (26-3-3, 16 KOs) touched down with his team in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday night for his first fight in the Kingdom on the undercard of Oleksander Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua II, dubbed “Rage on the Red Sea”. Jack was greeted by hundreds of fans who
Posted on 08/12/2022 By: Sean Crose It’s strange. It’s frustrating. It’s also newsworthy. Tyson Fury, who is still widely and largely regarded as the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world, has decided to retire once more. This after recently calling out Derek Chisora and claiming he had a new trainer. Fury loves to
8:34 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Tyson Fury has decided to “walk away” from boxing, only three days after saying he was returning to the sport. Fury turned 34 on Friday and posted a message on social media saying: “Massive thanks to everyone who had an input in my career over the years &
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From training partners to infamous rivals, George Groves tells the ins and outs of his incredible fight with James DeGale. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSpo… Follow us on Instagram ➡️ http://instagram.com/btsportboxing Read more on
Tyson Fury has now lodged more retirements than overall title defenses. The unbeaten two-time and reigning lineal/WBC heavyweight champion once again claims to be done with the sport, the latest declaration coming Friday as he celebrates his 34th birthday . Fury took to social media to announce his retirement for the second time this year
Posted on 08/12/2022 By: Sean Crose Teofimo Lopez, the former WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight titlist, returns to the ring this Saturday night when he squares off against the largely unheralded Pedro Campa at Resorts World Las Vegas in a scheduled 10 round junior welterweight affair. It will be Lopez’ first foray into that division.
8:48 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN RINGOES, N.J. — The last time Teofimo Lopez fought it was with a condition later diagnosed as pneumomediastinum, a balloon-like intrusion of air in his thoracic cavity, the likely result of a tiny tear in his esophagus that developed as he rehydrated after the weigh-in. “How he breathed, I can’t
During a conversation with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum talks about Teofimo Lopez’s return to action this weekend against Pedro Campa and what could potentially lie ahead for Lopez as he looks to campaign at the 140 lb division. On Lopez looking to show that he’s still the same
News Chris Eubank Jnr (left) and Conor Benn (right) meet at a press conference to announce their October 8 fight (Photo by Leigh Dawney/Getty Images) With his sights set on winning a world middleweight title, Chris Eubank Jnr says his career is over if he can’t get past Conor Benn on October 8, writes Declan
News • Premium Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer Inspired by the success of her sister, Nikita Parris, and the Lionesses, Natasha Jonas sets her sights on a massive fight in Liverpool on September 3 LIVERPOOL’S Natasha Jonas has spent much of the summer multi-tasking, a skill, as a parent, she has presumably by now almost mastered. In recent
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