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Fury vs. Wilder 3 likely to be postponed due to
By Charles Brun: An outbreak of COVID 19 in Tyson Fury’s camp has his July 24th fight against Deontay Wilder in jeopardy. The fight is still not officially postponed as of right now, but we’ll hear something soon. ESPN is reporting the news of the Covid 19 outbreak from Team Fury. If the fight is…
Jermell Charlo sounding bitter about the pound-for-pound list ⋆ Boxing
By Sean Jones: Jermell Charlo (34-1, 18 KOs) was going back and forth this week with writers about his exclusion in the pound-for-pound lists. Although Charlo, 31, said he isn’t bothered about being excluded by Ring Magazine and ESPN’s pound-for-pound list, he sure sounded very, very upset about it. Charlo will have his IBF, WBA…
Deontay Wilder’s coach Malik Scott reacts to Tyson Fury news
By Charles Brun: Deontay Wilder’s coach Malik Scott isn’t buying any of the news about Tyson Fury’s team having a COVID 19 outbreak that could postpone the July 24th fight. Malik sees more games by Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) to try and throw Wilder off to get an edge. Scott believes that Fury doesn’t want…
Prograis talks broken promises at PBC
In an interview with DAZN’s Ak & Barak, former super-lightweight champion Regis Prograis aired his frustrations with Al Haymon and PBC, and at what he perceives as a lack of follow-through on matchups promised to him. Following his TKO victory over Juan Heraldez on the undercard of the Gervonta Davis – Leo Santa Cruz PPV…
Have you seen this gold medal? James DeGale would like
If you’re like my parents, the most valuable keepsakes and achievements your kid left behind at home include mediocre report cards and poorly shaped Mother’s Day pottery. But, if you’re the parents of former super middleweight champ James DeGale? Your son has much more impressive mementos. And unfortunately, as we learned from DeGale’s Instagram account,…
Jean Pascal continues to deny knowingly taking performance enhancing drugs
Jean Pascal is seemingly hard-pressed to come up an explanation for terribly flunking a VADA test in May that forced a cancellation of his rematch with Badou Jack, and has now released an open letter to the public indicating his embarrassment over the issue. In Pascal’s letter, which was transcribed by RingTV, the fighter acknowledges…
Manny Pacquiao vs. Errol Spence Jr square off in battle
Eight-division world champion and Philippine Senator Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao takes on undefeated unified WBC and IBF Welterweight World Champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. in a blockbuster championship showdown that headlines a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Saturday, August 21, from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view will begin at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT…
Negotiations to stage Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant hit a
We’ve already seen at least one big unification bout crumble before our very eyes this year between heavyweights Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, and we just might see another disappear as RingTV reports that talks to stage a 168-pound fight between Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant have hit a snag. According to their sources and…
Jake Paul vs Dana White: Is Paul just building buzz
It’s hard to decipher some of Jake Paul’s antics, and, frankly, it may be the wisest course of action to ignore him, because the sideshow threatens to become the center ring attraction. The YouTube fixture turned pro pugilist and provocateur has another boxing match planned for August 28, against Tyron Woodley, a UFC mainstay who…
Joshua Franco vs Andrew Moloney 3 headlines August 14th ESPN
News broke last month that super flyweight rivals Joshua Franco and Andrew Moloney would meet in an August 14th trilogy match in Tulsa, and now Top Rank has officially revealed both the fight and its supporting cast. Franco (17-1-2, 8 KO) presently sites at 1-0-1 in the series, having decisively upset Moloney (21-1, 14 KO)…