7:45 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. There are 17 weight divisions in men’s boxing, and in each one there is a champion determined by each of the four major sanctioning bodies: the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF. Some of these organizations also have a secondary titlist or an interim titlist, and all four have rankings
Issue • Opinion • Premium Getty Images Sparring is perhaps the most important aspect of training but it has to done correctly, writes John Scully I HAVE been sparring in gyms since as far back as 1980 and I have sparred more than 1,000 boxers in my life. The one that sticks out as the
#TszyuGausha Fight Night Details: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-032622 Top super welterweight contender and rising star Tim Tszyu makes his long-awaited U.S. debut when he takes on U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha in a 12-round showdown that headlines action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, March 26 from The Armory in Minneapolis in a Premier Boxing Champions event. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Dennis McCann and Sam Noakes were celebrating after a successful night at Wembley. 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 upcoming fights on BT Sport and BT
All the talk of Anthony Joshua facing a stay-busy foe may come to naught, as Mike Coppinger reports that Oleksandr Usyk has received permission from the Ukrainian government to leave the country and train for a rematch with Joshua that’s planned for this coming summer. It’s worth noting, as others have pointed out in the
Undefeated prospect, Ernesto “Tito” Mercado (4-0, 4 KOs), who has started his career with four straight knockouts, looks to make it five in a row as he fights at The Hangar, in Costa Mesa, California, on April 14th against an opponent yet to be named. The scheduled 6-round bout is being promoted by Englebrecht Promotions
Posted on 03/22/2022 By: Sean Crose “You’ve got to be willing to roll the dice in this sport.” So said promoter Eddie Hearn in a talkSPORT interview. If what he went on to claim is true, then Canelo Alvarez is certainly busy rolling the dice in 2022. This May, the man will fight light heavyweight
After nearly a decade of fighting no more than two times per year, Canelo Alvarez appears to have acquired a taste for staying busy. Eddie Hearn, in an interview with talkSPORT, revealed that the Mexican superstar intends to fight in December if he wins his upcoming bouts with Dmitry Bivol (May) and Gennadiy Golovkin (September).
Another ordered fight, another set of stalled talks for Janibek Alimkhanuly. A purse bid hearing has been called to determine promotional rights for the WBO-ordered interim middleweight title fight between Alimkhanuly and Danny Dignum. The ten-day negotiation period failed to produce a deal between the unbeaten contenders, prompting the WBO to schedule a purse bid
Posted on 03/22/2022 By: Hans Themistode The boxing world has always debated loudly over certain hypothetical matchups. From fans banging their heads against the wall that Floyd Mayweather would box circles around “Sugar” Ray Leonard to pundits around the globe claiming that Muhammad Ali would defeat Tyson Fury, despite the height and weight disparity. Over
6:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are going to run it back this summer. Usyk received permission to leave Ukraine from the country’s sports minister and will begin training camp for the heavyweight title rematch this summer after crossing the border to Poland, sources told ESPN. The unified champion joined a
News Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images Deion Jumah knows Richard Riakporhe from when they used to spar and insists he’s yet to see any improvement in him WHEN the opportunity came up, while Deion Jumah hadn’t been expecting it, he knew he had to take it. Fighting Richard Riakporhe at Wembley Arena, televised on Sky Sports this
History • Issue • Premium Miles Templeton remembers Dick Gunn and Dick Gunn, who both made their mark in Olympic boxing THE Seventies were a fantastic era for domestic boxing but, let’s be honest, they were not so good for fashion (I know, I was there). Looking like they have just walked out from a
After a 3.5-year reign plagued by inactivity, Nicaraguan bruiser Felix Alvarado has officially vacated his IBF light flyweight title to campaign at 112 pounds. Per Jake Donovan, Alvarado had intended to compete in “one unification bout” ahead of this move, but couldn’t secure an opponent. In fairness, many of the issues that held Alvarado (37-2,
Tim Tszyu would have loved nothing more than for his next fight to have been for a world title. When that couldn’t happen, the unbeaten second-generation boxer settled for the next best thing—simply, a fight. Australia’s Tszyu (20-0, 15KOs) will make his U.S. debut when he faces Cleveland’s Terrel Gausha this Saturday, live on Showtime
Posted on 03/22/2022 By: Sean Crose “I’ve always predicted great things about him from an early age,” Joe Goosen says of Ryan Garcia, “and I stand by those predictions.” These must be encouraging words for Garcia to hear, for he is now trained by Goosen as he prepares for his comeback fight against Emmanuel Tagoe
After watching this RD1 KO, it’s easy to see why Australian prospect Tim Tszyu is a prospect to watch out for in the welterweight division. Following in the foot steps of his father, world champion boxer Kosta Tszyu, he plans to make a lane for himself in the boxing world and the first step is
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