Feature • Issue • Premium Hannah Peters/Getty Images Sherman Williams is the archetypal heavyweight nearly man. There’s excuses. There’s pride. There’s genuine hard luck. Best of all there’s lessons aplenty for the fighters he now guides through the hardest game. By Oliver Fennell LIKE many former fringe contenders, Sherman Williams has a lot of “what
Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Joshua Buatsi returns in Manchester with a new trainer, writes John Dennen Buatsi vs Dos SantosThe quiet man of Britain’s thriving light-heavyweight scene, Joshua Buatsi returns to action behind closed doors at the Manchester Arena with a new trainer in his corner. Since a tougher-than-expected bout last
Issue • Premium • Preview Amanda Westcott/Showtime Combative super-bantams Luis Nery and Brandon Figueroa prepare for battle, writes Paul Wheeler WHEN Premier Boxing Champions and Showtime announced their upcoming fight schedule last month, there were some appealing matchups on the list. One of which was the 12-rounder between WBC belt-holder Luis Nery and his fellow
August 14 will be the date of the undisputed heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, although Fury’s contract remains unsigned. Both Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren, promoters for the two world champions, both confirmed the date the fight will take place in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. The delay to announcing the fight
Posted on 05/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Canelo Alvarez is currently enjoying his time on top of the boxing world. The Mexican native is fresh off a dominant eighth-round stoppage victory over Billy Joe Saunders this past weekend. The win for Alvarez netted him another world title in the super middleweight division. Now, the 30-year-old is
7:59 AM ET Canelo Alvarez once again showed why he’s almost unbeatable by making Billy Joe Saunders quit in his corner after eight rounds. Is Alvarez the current best fighter in the world? There’s a good argument to be made for the super middleweight unified champion. A former great, Floyd Mayweather, killed two birds with
Undefeated IBF World Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant discusses a potential showdown versus Canelo Alvarez, the Canelo-Saunders bout and why he will become the undisputed champ. Plus, a breakdown of last weekend’s 168-pound unification, a full preview of Saturday night’s blockbuster bout on SHOWTIME featuring a 122-pound battle between unbeaten champions Luis Nery and Brandon
Full highlights as Sunny Edwards outclasses veteran Moruti Mthalane at York Hall to become the new IBF flyweight champion. 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
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sandy Ryan turns pro with Matchroom SANDY RYAN has signed with professional promotions Matchroom Sport. The talented Commonwealth Games champion and World silver medallist will be looking to compete in the exciting super-lightweight and welterweight divisions. “It’s been a while but I’m really excited. I can’t wait,”
Last week, Bad Left Hook shared the story of DAZN’s entry into the non-fungible token (NFT) market with a limited series of Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders NFTs. DAZN originally planned to offer over 4200 NFTs based on the fight. 23 would sell at auction for a price to be determined, with 4210 listed
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has taken aim at Deontay Wilder and his assistant trainer, retired heavyweight Malik Scott. Fury fought Wilder twice – going to a controversial twelve round split draw in their 2018 encounter, and then stopping him in the seventh round of their rematch in February 2020. Wilder exercised an immediate rematch –
Posted on 05/12/2021 The Boxing Task Force (BTF) announced today the 49 quota places, originally to be awarded at the Road to Tokyo Americas Qualifier, that were awarded to boxers to compete in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 this summer. The quota places included six Team USA boxers, which was based off the BTF Rankings.
Two previously brewing fights are set to share a very interesting-looking card, as Mike Coppinger reports that DAZN will host a July 9th doubleheader featuring Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez vs. Sullivan Barrera and Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Javier Fortuna. Ramirez (41-0, 27 KO) will be making his first appearance since signing with Golden Boy this past
Cuban heavyweight contender Frank Sanchez is very motivated by the words of praise from head trainer Eddy Reynoso and Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Sanchez and Canelo train side by side under the guidance of Reynoso. This past Saturday night, Sanchez (18-0, 13 KOs) picked up a technical decision win over veteran Nagy Aguilera at
Posted on 05/12/2021 By: Sean Crose Give Jake Paul this – he knows how to go off with the mouth. Indeed, Paul may have knocked Conor McGregor off the throne for king of the combat sport bigmouths. He may not be as finessed as the Irish UFC star in his verbal attacks, but Paul gets
In this video Billy Joe Saunders talks about his mega fight with Canelo Alvarez and talks about what he and Tyson Fury do on the weekends. Subscribe to DAZN to watch Canelo vs Saunders: http://www.dazn.com/SecondsOut #billyjoesaunders #canelovssaundeers #tysonfury Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world
In this video Billy Joe Saunders arrives at the Matchroom Boxing bubble and hilariously explains his absence from his Canelo faceoff yesterday. Subscribe to DAZN to watch Canelo vs Saunders: http://www.dazn.com/SecondsOut #billyjoesaunders #caneloalvarez #canelovssaunders Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader in boxing entertainment
In this video Matchroom Boxing CEO Eddie Hearn talks about the upcoming mega fight between Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders, plus the Mexican’s former promoter Golden Boy. Subscribe to DAZN to watch Canelo vs Saunders: http://www.dazn.com/SecondsOut Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader