6:35 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz is set to fight Luis Ortiz on Sept. 4 in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN on Saturday. The fight, which ESPN reported was signed in April, will be a PBC on Fox PPV, sources said. The fight will be Ruiz’s first in 15 months, and
Stephen Fulton Jr., in his first bout since his title unification win in the 122-pound division, defends his titles with a UD win against former unified world champion Danny Roman. #FultonRoman Fight Night Recap: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-060422 #PBConSHOWTIME #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
DAZN and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Rodriguez vs Rungivsai press conference. DAZN and Social Media, 2:00 pm ET, Rodriguez vs Rungivsai weigh-in. ProBox TV, 8:30 pm ET, Jonathan Gonzalez vs Mark Anthony Barriga. Gonzalez makes the first defense of the WBO 108 lb belt he won from Elwin Soto last October, taking on Barriga
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Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are finally ready to reunite in the ring. The long-awaited unified heavyweight title fight rematch has a confirmed date and location, set to take place August 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Ukraine’s Usyk will defend his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO title nearly eleven months after dethroning Joshua last September
Posted on 06/18/2022 By: Sean Crose Featherweight Abraham Nova appeared on Saturday’s Beterbiev-Smith card which went down at the Theater in Madison Square Garden. The 21-0 New Yorker (by way of Puerto Rico) faced the 9-1 Robeisy Ramirez in a scheduled 10 round affair. The first round saw Ramirez appear to be the sharper puncher.
11:45 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK — Artur Beterbiev vs. Joe Smith Jr. was billed as a can’t-miss action fight, and the ESPN main event delivered for as long as it lasted — even if it was never competitive. Beterbiev scored three knockdowns of Smith en route to a second-round TKO to capture a
News Usyk and Joshua ahead of fight one (Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) Anthony Joshua returns to Saudi Arabia for another rematch, this time against Oleksandr Usyk on August 20 THE last time Anthony Joshua needed to both exorcise the demons of a painful defeat and secure a payday the like of which most other boxers can
Artur Beterbiev once again showed his dominance, smashing Joe Smith Jr inside of two rounds to unify a trio of light heavyweight world titles tonight at New York’s Hulu Theater. The pro-Smith crowd were left in pretty much stunned silence as Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KO) dropped Smith (28-4, 22 KO) late in the first round,
M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool - The wait was finally over as the Liverpool crowd stood to cheer Josh Kelly back to the squared circle for the first time in over a year. It was Kelly’s first bout at junior middleweight. And his first ring return since suffering a stoppage loss in six rounds at the hands
Posted on 06/18/2022 By: Sean Crose The 17-0 Artur Beterbiev put his WBC and IBF light heavyweight title belts on the line Saturday when he faced the 26-3 Joe Smith, whose WBO light heavyweight title belt was on the line, as well. The scheduled 12 rounder went down at the Theater at Madison Square Garden and
12:53 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK — Artur Beterbiev hasn’t met his match yet, and Saturday at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden was no different. Joe Smith Jr. entered the ring with a size advantage, strength and a tremendously powerful right hand, but none of it mattered. Beterbiev was too precise, his punches
News Artur Beterbiev stops Joe Smith Jnr in New York (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Joe Smith Jnr wanted a quick answer and resolution in New York tonight and Artur Beterbiev was happy to oblige, writes Elliot Worsell WHILE it wasn’t quite on par with Peter McNeeley’s sterling effort in ’95, Joe Smith Jnr’s cavalier and
NEW YORK – Bruce Carrington didn’t get the type of stoppage Saturday night that appeared imminent early in his fight against Adrian Leyva. Eventually, however, Carrington got his technical-knockout victory on the Artur Beterbiev-Joe Smith Jr. undercard at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. Referee Sparkle Lee stopped the action after the fifth round of a
Posted on 06/18/2022 By: Sean Crose Those who love to say boxing is dead might want to check this out: over fourteen thousand people attended a single boxing class Saturday in Mexico City. With esteemed teachers such as Jose Cuevas, Erik Morales and Andy Ruiz Jr leading the half hour session, students dressed in the
6:32 PM ET Fifteen current and former Mexican fighters got together to teach the largest boxing class ever at the Zocalo, the main square in Mexico City on Saturday. Erik “El Terrible” Morales, Andy Ruiz Jr., Oscar Valdez, Jackie Nava, Humberto “Chiquita” González, Miguel Berchelt, Jose “Pipino” Cuevas, Alfonso Zamora, Jose Luis Bueno, Jose Antonio
Andy Ruiz Jr and Luis Ortiz finally appear to have a date, as ESPN’s Mike Coppinger reports that the bout will come on Sunday, Sept. 4, a Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view with FOX branding, which is something we haven’t seen in months now. Ruiz (34-2, 22 KO) last fought in May 2021, coming off the
(May 21, 2022) Hard-hitting Cuban prospect Yoelvis Gómez had his knockout streak ended at five, but still dominated Mexico’s Jorge Cota in a 10-round super welterweight shutout. The scores were 100-90 three times. Now living in Las Vegas, the 24-year-old Gómez (6-0, 5 KOs) went the distance for the first time in his young professional