Boxing
World Boxing Super Series to stage women’s 130-pound tournament this
Super featherweight is arguably the hottest division in women’s boxing right now, and it’s only going to get hotter later this year. Mike Coppinger reports that the World Boxing Super Series is set to return this fall with an eight-woman tournament at 130 pounds. The big four at the moment are WBC champ Mikaela Mayer,…
Jermell Charlo vs Brian Castano heads to San Antonio on
Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano have a home for their undisputed 154 lb championship fight on July 17, as the Showtime crew will head to the AT&T Center in San Antonio for the event. Charlo (34-1, 18 KO) unified the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles last September with his win over Jeison Rosario. Castano (17-0-1,…
Boxing Rankings (June 14, 2021): Shakur Stevenson, Jose Pedraza inch
Rankings go up on Mondays at 10 am ET. Ranked fights this week: Middleweight: (2) Jermall Charlo vs Juan Macias Montiel, June 19 Middleweight: (8) Jaime Munguia vs Kamil Szeremeta, June 19 Junior Featherweight: (5) Angelo Leo vs Aaron Alameda, June 19 Bantamweight: (1) Naoya Inoue vs Michael Dasmarinas, June 19 Women’s P4P: (6) Mikaela…
Ryan Garcia to star in movie, promises fight announcement “soon”
Ryan Garcia’s leave of absence appears to be wrapping up. News broke yesterday that “Kingry” was set to star in a Gina Rodriguez-directed sports drama that will begin shooting in “summer 2022,” and he revealed today that a fight announcement is “coming soon.” Variety has a synopsis for the movie, which marks Rodriguez’s filmmaking debut…
Lyndon Arthur has a target on his back ⋆ Boxing
LYNDON ARTHUR has a target on his back, but he isn’t about to hide from the world’s top Light-Heavyweights. ‘King’ Arthur (18-0, 12 KOs) makes the first defence of his WBO Inter-Continental title against Italian champion Davide Faraci (15-0, 7 KOs) at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Saturday July 10, live on BT Sport. It’s…
Showtime previews Gervonta Davis vs Marios Barrios with All Access
With Showtime’s June 26 PPV approaching, headlined by Gervonta Davis jumping up to 140 to face secondary titleholder Mario Barrios, the network releases their first installment of All Access, going behind the scenes with both fighters as they prepare for the bout. The opening episode begins with Tank and his team discussing their aspirations behind…
Billy Joe Saunders considering retirement from boxing after loss to
Former middleweight and super middleweight titlist Billy Joe Saunders is coming off of the biggest fight of his career (by far), a stoppage loss to Canelo Alvarez on May 8, where Saunders was pulled from the fight with a bad injury to his eye socket. Saunders spoke with talkSPORT about the ending to the fight,…
Conor Benn signs new 5-year deal with Matchroom, faces Adrian
By Charles Brun: Welterweight contender Conor Benn has signed a five-year new deal with Matchroom Boxing, starting with his July 31st match against journeyman Adrien Granados at the Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex. It’ll be interesting to know if Matchroom has an early release clause in the contract if Benn’s career suddenly implodes when they…
Ritson vs Ponce: Live streaming results and round-by-round coverage, 2
Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Jeremias Ponce TKO-10 Lewis Ritson (1:24) [Recap] Thomas Patrick Ward UD-10 Edy Valencia (97-93, 98-92, 98-92) [Recap] Alen Babic TKO-3 Damian Chambers (1:30) [Recap] Cyrus Pattinson KO-2 Yoncho Markov (1:57) [Recap] Solomon Dacres TKO-4 Alvaro Terrero (1:36) [Recap] April Hunter PTS-4 Klaudia Vigh (40-37) [Recap] Today at 2 pm ET streaming live…
Danny Garcia predicts Manny Pacquiao vs
By Chris Williams: Danny Garcia says he sees the Manny Pacquiao vs. Errol Spence Jr fight as a “50-50” affair that could end by knockout either way on August 21st. The former two-division world champion Garcia says if Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) fights the way he did against Keith Thurman, he can stop Spence (27-0,…