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
News Mikey Williams/Top Rank Tyson Fury takes Deontay Wilder fight next, as Anthony Joshua is left to wait AFTER months of negotiations for an undisputed heavyweight title fight with Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury has signed for a trilogy bout with Deontay Wilder. The defence of Fury’s WBC belt is likely for Las Vegas at the
News Josh Taylor becomes the first British boxer to simultaneously hold all four world belts with rousing victory over Jose Ramirez JOSH TAYLOR is the undisputed world super-lightweight champion after defeating Jose Ramirez via unanimous 12-round decision in Las Vegas. Taylor, who dropped Ramirez twice inside the Virgin Hotel, now holds all four sanctioning body
LAS VEGAS – The two knockdowns Josh Taylor scored Saturday night enabled him to make history. The two-point advantage Taylor gained by dropping Jose Ramirez once apiece in the sixth and seventh rounds represented the difference on all three scorecards in their 12-round, 140-pound title unification fight inside The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
Posted on 05/22/2021 By: Sean Crose How much things can change in the course of a week. It was mere days ago that WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury declared he would be facing the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in an August superfight in Saudi Arabia. Then word arrived that
4:34 PM ET Jose Ramirez, the WBC and WBO junior welterweight titlist, and Josh Taylor, the WBA and IBF titleholder, will meet on Saturday to crown the undisputed champion in the division. Ramirez (26-0, 17 KOs), 28, of Avenal, California, last fought in August when he defended his titles with a majority decision victory against
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
Oleksandr Usyk will finally have his turn. A request for extension filed by promoter Eddie Hearn in response to a Show Cause letter calling for the current status of unified heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua has been rejected by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). Hearn was required to explain to the sanctioning body where matters stood
Posted on 05/22/2021 By: Hans Themistode Robert Garcia is someone who has an excessive amount of confidence in his fighters. With that said, he also doesn’t like to sugarcoat anything. In just a few short hours, he’ll be manning the corner of unified super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez as he takes on fellow unified
5:48 PM ET Two of the world’s best boxers have agreed to fight each other in Las Vegas. Manny Pacquiao will face Errol Spence Jr. on Aug. 21, with both boxers announcing the fight on social media Friday. A source also confirmed to ESPN that the fight had been set, though a venue has not
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Frank Warren explained that there is still a heavy preference for Joe Joyce to fight Oleksandr Usyk, but with fight now looking unlikely, admits that The Juggernaut will fight within the next eight weeks if possible. 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
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,”
So far, so good for Stevie McKenna, who brings a record of seven knockouts in seven fights into his latest contest this weekend. But while McKenna hasn’t been getting many rounds in the ring, his father and trainer, Fergal, is making sure he is not shy of work in the gym. The McKennas, Stevie and
Posted on 05/21/2021 By: Hans Themisode Rumors surrounding who Manny Pacquiao would be facing next was widespread. The future first-ballot Hall of Famer made it no secret that he was interested in facing any of the top names at the welterweight division. After months of sifting through several opponents, he has now made his decision.
6:18 PM ET Manny Pacquaio and Errol Spence Jr. made headlines on Friday when they announced one of the biggest fights in recent years. Pacquiao, 62-7-2, 39 KOs), 42, of General Santos City, Philippines, boxing’s only eight-division world champion, will face Spence (27-0, 21 KOs), 31, of Desoto, Texas, the only unified welterweight champion, on
News James Chance/Getty Images Ahead of his June 5 comeback, Daniel Dubois opens up about the loss to Joe Joyce, the subsequent decisions he made as he twice changed trainers and that odd interim title that’s on the line against Bogdan Dinu. By Matt Christie IT wasn’t supposed to be this way for Daniel Dubois.
Opinion We ask a panel of experts how they see Josh Taylor vs Jose Ramirez going Thomas StalkerFought Taylor as an amateurI pick Taylor to win on points. I feel he is all round the better fighter. Taylor was only a baby when I boxed him twice, now he has his man strength. He has