Posted on 02/10/2022 By: Sean Crose “He’s got to be more aggressive,” Matchroom Boxing honcho Eddie Hearn tells Fight Hub about what his fighter, Anthony Joshua, has to do in his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk. “Usyk,” he adds, “is a pound for pound great.” Usyk certainly looked great when he battled Joshua last fall. Employing
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News Dave Thompson/Matchroom Chris Billam Smith expects to be out on the Conor Benn show in April EUROPEAN cruiserweight champion Chris Billam Smith is expecting to box on Conor Benn’s April undercard in a mandatory defence against Italy’s Fabio Turchi. “He’s quite tough. Can be a bit wild at times, a southpaw obviously. Tommy McCarthy
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6:24 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show John Riel Casimero will defend his WBO world bantamweight title in front of challenger Paul Butler’s home crowd at the M&S Bank Arena in
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Opinion Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer The Opening Bell podcast on the latest performance from Chris Eubank Jr, Daniel Jacobs vs John Ryder and more THOUGH he handily defeated Liam Williams over 12 rounds, dropping him four times along the way, questions remain regarding Chris Eubank Jr. At 32 years old can he feasibly still get better? Why
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Shawn Porter is all about abiding by a philosophy of showing, not telling. The former welterweight titleholder recently caused a furor on social media after comments he made about contender Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis were widely disseminated. On his eponymous podcast, The Porter Way Podcast, Porter stated that Philadelphia-based Ennis, regarded as a rising force within
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Fernando Vargas Jr. protected his undefeated record by finishing Kody Koboski by TKO in round 3, improving his record to 5-0 with 5 knockouts. #VargasKoboski #FernandoVargasJr #ThurmanBarrios 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
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So much for that WBC tournament. The WBA has officially ordered unified super flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada to defend his “super” title against “world” champion Joshua Franco, giving the two sides until March 11th to come to terms. It’s a disappointing move, but one that makes sense. Estrada (42-3, 28 KO), who recently withdrew
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Posted on 02/09/2022 By: Hans Themistode Shawn Porter isn’t backing up one iota. The former two-division world champion made headlines earlier this week when discussing the overall talent of 147 pound rising contender Jaron “Boots” Ennis. While many have tabbed Ennis as the next great welterweight, Porter believes everyone should slow their roll before anointing
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1:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin, at long last, are on the verge of a trilogy fight. Canelo and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing are closing in on a two-fight deal worth upward of $85 million for boxing’s top star to compete on DAZN, sources told ESPN. The first fight of the
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