Boxing Scene

Thanks to a strong lead-in, more viewers watched the co-feature of ESPN’s boxing broadcast Saturday night than its main event. Nielsen Media Research released numbers Tuesday that showed an average of 632,000 watched unbeaten Puerto Rican prospect Henry Lebron’s unanimous-decision defeat of Luis Lebron in an eight-round junior lightweight fight that opened ESPN’s telecast just
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Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has officially departed from longtime broadcaster Sky Sports. On Monday, the boxer officially announced an exclusive long-term deal with streaming service DAZN. Some reports are suggesting the deal is worth $100 million a year, with two fights per year on DAZN Pay-Per-View. Last year, Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn of
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NEW YORK – Edgar Berlanga has drawn plenty of motivation from criticism of his past three performances. The first 16 fights of Berlanga’s professional career resulted in first-round knockouts, which generated a lot of buzz for the strong super middleweight prospect. Now that he has gone the distance in three consecutive contests, the unbeaten Brooklyn
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Alexis Angulo made weight Saturday morning to move forward with his 10-round fight against Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night. Colombia’s Angulo weighed 176.2 pounds during a second-day weigh-in that was scheduled after he came in overweight Friday afternoon at Madison Square Garden in New York. Angulo’s maximum allowance for the second-day weigh-in was 178 pounds,
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