Boxing
Demetrius Andrade fires back at “scared” Jermall Charlo, says Jermell
By Dan Ambrose: Demetrius Andrade lashed back at Jermall Charlo on Monday, calling him a “damn fool” and saying his brother Jermell had more courage than him after his comments last Saturday. WBC middleweight champion Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) told the press after his fight with Juan Macias Montiel that if Andrade (30-0, 18 KOs)…
Davis-Barrios, Lomachenko-Nakatani, more: Boxing TV schedule for June 25-27, 2021
ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Jay Harris vs Ricardo Sandoval, Paul Butler vs Joseph Agbeko. This was originally set for May 14, but got postponed. It’s an IBF flyweight eliminator. Harris proved he’s certainly no joke going a solid 12 with Julio Cesar Martinez, and he’ll be the favorite here. Butler-Agbeko is a WBO eliminator at…
Vasily Lomachenko vs. Masayoshi Nakatani undercard for Saturday ⋆ Boxing
After a close call in his last fight, Giovani Santillan is set to add to his name to the ranks of the top welterweight contenders. Santillan will return from a yearlong layoff to fight seasoned pro Cecil McCalla in a crossroads battle scheduled for eight or 10 rounds this Saturday, June 26 at The Theater…
Josh Taylor says Gervonta Davis vs
By Tommy Gray: Undisputed light welterweight champion Josh Taylor is amused with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis fighting WBA secondary 140-lb champion Mario Barrios this Saturday night. The unbeaten Taylor (18-0, 13 KOs) holds the WBA light welterweight belt that really counts in the eyes of the fans. Barrios WBA belt is a trinket title in Taylor’s…
Chris Colbert faces Tugstsogt “King Tug” Nyambayar on July 3
Undefeated Interim WBA Super Featherweight Champion Chris “Primetime” Colbert will face hard-hitting contender Tugstsogt “King Tug” Nyambayar on Saturday, July 3, headlining the live SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., in a Premier Boxing Champions event. Nyambayar replaces Yuriorkis Gamboa, originally scheduled to face Colbert before suffering an injury…
Jermell Charlo says Brian Castano better be ready to put
Ahead of PBC’s undisputed junior middleweight title unification between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano, Charlo spoke to the media about the fight during this past weekend’s opening press conference. Charlo-Castano will air live on Showtime on July 17th, starting at 9 p.m. ET. And looking forward to the big showdown, Charlo makes it clear that…
Terence Crawford to fight on October 23 on Espn ⋆
By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford will be returning to the ring on October 23rd to headline against an opponent still to be determined on ESPN. Top Rank is working on the opponent, but it’s likely to be Jose Zepeda that gets the call to face Crawford on the Oct.23 date. True, it’s not a great…
Leonard Ellerbe: Mayweather vs De La Hoya rematch “will never
With Oscar De La Hoya set for a Sept. 11 exhibition against former UFC champion Vitor Belfort, the 48-year-old “Golden Boy” said on Saturday that his big goal is to do two fights (or, more likely, “fights”) and then have a rematch with Floyd Mayweather. We questioned then whether or not Mayweather, 44, would have…
Keith Thurman says Spence & Mayweather conspired against him ⋆
By Brad Slotnick: Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman believes Floyd Mayweather Jr and Errol Spence Jr conspired against him to keep him from putting pressure on Floyd for a clash back when he was his WBC mandatory in 2015. Thurman believes that Mayweather gave Spence the idea to call him out to change the narrative. So…
Brian Castano predicts suffering for Jermell Charlo in undisputed title
Unified junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo wasn’t the only one who had something to say during the weekend’s kickoff press conference. Brian Castano also shared some of his thoughts on the July 17th undisputed title fight which will air live on Showtime. Check out some press quotes from Castano below, who is promising to bring…