We’ve heard little from Gennadiy Golovkin since a potential clash with Jaime Munguia fell through, but according to Dan Rafael, some plans are a-brewin’. A source tells him that GGG Promotions is “in advanced discussions” with Teiken Promotions’ Akihiko Honda to stage a unification with WBA champion Ryota Murata on New Year’s Eve. There are
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Looks like we’re already getting answers about Josh Taylor’s next steps. Bob Arum tells Lance Pugmire that Taylor intends to face WBO mandatory challenger Jack Catterall in July, then “pursue a big fight” with either Terence Crawford or Teofimo Lopez by the end of 2021. As Scott points out in that first link, Catterall (26-0,
Jose Ramirez suffered the first loss of his pro career on Saturday night, dropping his two title belts to Josh Taylor, who is now the undisputed champion at 140 lbs, via decision in Las Vegas. Ramirez (26-1, 17 KO) now looks forward with his career, and spoke about the fight at Top Rank’s press conference.
Josh Taylor joined a short list of four-belt undisputed world champions on Saturday, beating Jose Ramirez to become the fully unified man at 140 lbs. Taylor (18-0, 13 KO) spoke with media at the post-fight press conference about his performance and what could be next. On setting a precedent for other fighters “I don’t know.
Fightzone (UK), TBA, Kash Ali vs Tomas Salek. You may remember Kash Ali from “had a freakout and bit David Price near the titty.” His career has gone magnificently since, as he’s won three fights — his best a 58-57 points win over Kamil Sokolowski, who often deserves wins in fights scored like that in
Josh Taylor is now one of five or six men — depending on your interpretation of the Teofimo Lopez situation — to become undisputed champion of a division in the four-belt era, beating Jose Ramirez by decision on Saturday night to become the one true king at 140 lbs. Even with small sample size, undisputed
This evening at 8 pm ET streaming live on ESPN+ and airing on ESPN, Jose Ramirez meets Josh Taylor in a big undisputed championship fight at 140 lbs. We’ll have live coverage for the full show, which begins with the undercard stream on ESPN+ at 4:40 pm ET. We will have round-by-round coverage for the
Devin Haney continues to express respect and even a level of admiration for upcoming opponent Jorge Linares. After having recently said that he believes Linares is “by far the biggest step up” he’s faced to date, Haney expanded on what he respects about the veteran ex-champ. “I am expecting a firefight and I can’t wait,”
Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor weighed in Friday afternoon, both coming in under the weight limit at 139.6 pounds each. The fight is now officially set, with Jose Ramirez’ WBC and WBO and Josh Taylor’s IBF and WBA belts at stake (Saturday, May 22, 8 pm ET, ESPN and ESPN+). There were no major fireworks
This Saturday night on ESPN features a junior welterweight showdown between unified titleholders Jose Ramirez (26-0, 17 KOs ) and Josh Taylor (17-0, 13 KOs) where they will fight to be crowned the undisputed champion at 140. And while both Ramirez and Taylor have expressed some mutual respect for the skill level of one another,
200-division boxing champion Amanda Serrano will return to action on June 11, but not in the boxing ring. Instead, Serrano will be fighting in mixed martial arts for the first time since 2018, headlining the iKON 7 event. iKON Fighting Federation is the MMA wing of Roy Jones Jr Boxing, and the show will stream
During today’s official press conference announcing the June 26 Showtime PPV between Gervonta Davis and Mario Barrios, Davis talks about his preparation for the 140lb fight as he goes up against a noticeably bigger opponent. Check out some excerpts of what Davis had to say on the bout below. Gervonta Davis ESTHER LIN/SHOWTIME “Camp has
During this video interview with Fight Hub TV, Mayweather Promotions’ Leonard Ellerbe talk about Gervonta Davis’ next planned fight against Mario Barrios at junior welterweight and says Davis is proving to the world his ability to compete in multiple divisions. Ellerbe also says a potential fight between Davis and Teofimo Lopez could be tough to
As a recent ruling by an arbitration judge — ordering an immediate third fight between Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury — continues to make shock waves throughout the sport, the next domino to fall has been the WBO giving Anthony Joshua a 48 hour window to ‘show cause’ as to why they should immediately order
Boxing is known as the theater of the unexpected, yes, but I didn’t see this one coming. ESPN is reporting that Jake Paul is now set to sign a deal with Showtime, the premium cable platform which had been regarded as something of an old guard stalwart. It’s a rather surprising move away from younger,
As of Tuesday afternoon, the WBA’s rankings listed four names laying claim to a WBA heavyweight title or status. Anthony Joshua is their “super” champion, Trevor Bryan the “world champion,” Robert Helenius is the “gold” champion, and Mahmoud Charr is termed “champion in recess.” There is nobody holding the “interim WBA world heavyweight championship,” and
With an arbitrator ruling that Tyson Fury must face Deontay Wilder for a third time, and Wilder not wanting to take “step-aside” money for Fury to face Anthony Joshua in August — nor does anyone want to give it to him — Fury’s co-promoters at Top Rank are making a move. Bob Arum has told
Everyone was pretty sure that Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua was happening on Aug. 14. It’s not, though, barring some crazy turn of events. With a judge ruling in arbitration that Fury must face Deontay Wilder a third time by Sept. 15, Fury-Josha is kaput for the time being, and that doesn’t just change things