This evening at 8 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, Devin Haney returns to defend his WBC lightweight title against Jorge Linares in a main event from Las Vegas. All updates, including round-by-round for Haney vs Linares from Wil Esco, will be in this stream, which updates itself: It’s a big fight for Haney, obviously,
Subriel Matias has sensed for a while that his first career world title shot would come against Josh Taylor. That feeling carried into last weekend’s undisputed junior welterweight champion, which pitted the unbeaten Scot versus Jose Ramirez (26-1, 17KOs) in a battle of unified titlists. Taylor prevailed by unanimous decision in their memorable battle this
Posted on 05/28/2021 By: Hans Themistode When Manny Pacquiao made the stunning announcement that he was taking on Errol Spence Jr. on August 21st, in Las Vegas, Nevada, not only did he stun most of the boxing world, he also left WBA sanctioning body President Gilberto Mendoza dumbfounded. Although Pacquiao has been sidelined for roughly
Opinion Tris Dixon, author of Damage – The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing, speaks to Matt Christie and Alex Steedman about safety in boxing IN a special bonus podcast, Tris Dixon talks to Boxing News about his latest book, Damage – The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in boxing. The subject matter – that of
Issue • News • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Lerrone Richards was once earning just £50-a-fight but now he wants to defend his European title against Rocky Fielding and eyes a clash with Chris Eubank Jnr AS he crooned the hot cross buns nursery rhyme into Sky Sport’s microphone, a dedication to his infant son, freshly
Kevin Iole reports that Jean Pascal is out of his scheduled June 6 rematch with Badou Jack, which was to be the key co-feature for the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul exhibition PPV, with Pascal failing a drug test for the steroids epitrenbolone, drostanolone, and drostanolone metabolite A. The 38-year-old Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KO) and the 37-year-old
John Fury, the father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is very upset with the series of events which led to his son being forced to move forward with a trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder. Last weekend, Fury was close to finalizing a deal to face IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua in a
Posted on 05/28/2021 All it takes is a single punch. When it comes to Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury knows that better than anyone, for it was Wilder who laid the towering Brit on his back in the final round of their first matchup in 2018. Fury, of course, came back to soundly thrash Wilder in
Saturday night on Showtime, Nonito Donaire will attempt to make further history in his already Hall of Fame-bound career, as he looks to take the WBC bantamweight title from Nordine Oubaali and become the oldest bantamweight titleholder ever. Can he do it, or does Oubaali get the win and possibly send Donaire into retirement? Scott
LAS VEGAS – Jorge Linares made the lightweight limit so comfortably for his fight against Devin Haney that the former champion is confident he could get down to the junior lightweight maximum of 130 pounds if necessary. The Venezuelan veteran officially weighed 134 pounds Friday for their 12-round, 135-pound championship match Saturday night. Haney stepped
Posted on 05/28/2021 By: Hans Themistode For most boxers, the goals are all the same. Beat every fighter that’s placed in front of them, pick up numerous world titles and collect a boatload of cash along the way. But while those aforementioned goals are near the top of their list, many of them crave recognition
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John Fury gave his take on Tyson Fury’s latest fight updates, after a bout with Anthony Joshua on August 14th in Saudi Arabia collapsed. His son has now agreed to fight Deontay Wilder for a third time. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡︠http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡︠http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join
Opinion Melina Pizano/Matchroom The current top 10 pro fighters from South America BRIAN CASTANOStocky super-welterweight Castano currently holds the WBO title. On July 17, the Argentine will get the chance to become the undisputed champion at 154lbs when he fights Jermell Charlo for all four sanctioning body belts. ROGER GUTIERREZOne of the most improved boxers
Opinion He’s won every major title belt. What should Josh Taylor do now? Kalle SauerlandLeading PromoterHe’s conquered the world, he’s unified the division. He went into the WBSS as a contender, came out a champion, went on to capture the last belts. He’s got a mandatory defence then he’ll be looking for those big US
Opinion Mikey Williams/Top Rank The negotiations for Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua stalled then collapsed. Will it ever happen? Kalle SauerlandLeading promoterI’m sure they will still fight. I just think it’s the fight that captures everyone’s attention inside and outside of the boxing world. It’s a crossover fight, it’s the biggest heavyweight fight in decades.
Saturday night on DAZN, Devin Haney returns to defend his WBC lightweight title against veteran Jorge Linares, a four-division titlist who will be Haney’s stiffest test to date on paper. Does the 22-year-old prove out, or will the 35-year-old Linares expose some weaknesses in the young man’s game? Scott Christ (34-10-2) I’m probably about as
Jorge Linares is a betting underdog in his title bid versus Devin Haney this weekend, though he likes his odds given the history with his opponent’s promoter. This weekend’s WBC lightweight title fight marks the fifth time in his career where Linares faces a fighter promoted by Eddie Hearn. The former three-division titlist, now 35,