Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, Matchroom’s Fight Camp is back from Matchroom HQ in England, with an adjusted but still solid main event. Xu Can will defend his WBA featherweight belt against Leigh Wood in the main event, after Conor Benn vs Adrian Granados was scrapped a couple of days ago.
Month: July 2021
Anthony Fowler kept his winning run going as he geared up for a potential all-Liverpool battle with Liam Smith on October 9 as he battered Rico Mueller, from Germany, to defeat in the eighth round at Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex. The Liverpudlian, who became a father during the week, dominated. Sometimes he loaded
Posted on 07/31/2021 By: Hans Themistode There’s been a large influx of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters leaving the steel cage and entering the boxing ring. Former UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) middleweight champion Anderson Silva recently outpointed former middleweight belt holder, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. In the next few weeks, former long-reigning UFC welterweight titlist
8:39 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN China isn’t known as a boxing hotbed, but there is one fighter from the world’s most-populated nation who is making noise: Xu Can. The 126-pound volume-puncher — ESPN’s No. 2-rated featherweight — was lined up for a title tilt with Josh Warrington in the spring before the Brit was shocked
Men’s flyweight Yosbany Veitia (Cuba) def. Sulemanu Tetteh (Ghana), 5:0: This is the third Olympics for the 29-year-old Veitia, who lost in the round of 16 in 2012 and quarterfinals in 2016. So he’s still hunting his first Olympic medal. This was just clear different levels, though, with Veitia dominating with relative ease, Tetteh had
It is not lost on Leigh Wood that when he steps into the ring against Xu Can for the WBA “regular” featherweight title this weekend, he will be challenging for a world title a week before two of his biggest rivals. Wood was surprised when he was hand-picked as the opponent for Xu, but hopes
Posted on 07/30/2021 By: Hector Franco The potential showdown for the undisputed super middleweight championship between IBF 168-pound titleholder Caleb Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) and Ring Magazine/WBA/WBC and WBO super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) looks to be dead in the water as of now. Plant, who was looking to participate in
4:57 PM ET Crystina Poncher and Mikaela Mayer will make history in August — while standing outside the ring instead of inside it. When Mayer and Poncher call the international broadcast of the Joshua Franco-Andrew Moloney card Aug. 14 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, they’ll become the first all-female broadcast team to call a boxing match. “We’ve
Amateur Lauren Price becomes the first female boxer from Wales to win an Olympic medal LAUREN PRICE confirmed an Olympic medal in an assured performance over Panama’s Atheyna Bylon in their middleweight quarterfinal at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on Saturday (July 31). The Panamanian was a former welterweight World gold medallist, who had beaten
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium He fit perfectly in the sport of his time, unashamedly belonging to the ancient days of cigar smoke in private venues, and rude brawls in lost halls in 15-round fights with tiny gloves. Steve Bunce on the enigma of Dennis Andries THERE have been few confirmed sightings of Dennis
Issue • News • Premium Michelle Farsi/Matchroom Liam Williams tells Paul Wheeler that he is itching to lace up the gloves after recovering from surgery AFTER an injury-enforced absence of more than three months, the world’s No. 8 middleweight, Liam Williams, is ready to return to full training. The Welshman, who was unanimously outpointed by
WBC, IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev explains that it would not be a problem to reach an agreement for a potential fight with Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. In 2019, Canelo moved up by two weight divisions to score a knockout victory over Sergey Kovalev to capture the WBO world title at 175-pounds.
Posted on 07/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode Vasyl Lomachenko is reportedly ready to return to the ring before the year comes to an end. According to Dan Rafael, formerly with ESPN, Lomachenko is slated to face off against Richard Commey on December 11th. As of now, no venue has been officially disclosed. For Lomachenko, the Ukrainian
2:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Manny Pacquiao’s battle with Errol Spence Jr. won’t be the only welterweight title fight on Aug. 21 in Las Vegas. Yordenis Ugas will defend his 147-pound title against Fabian Maidana in the chief-support bout on Fox pay-per-view, multiple sources tell ESPN. The other two matchups on the card: a fight
Day seven of boxing at the 2020 Olympics will see the men’s flyweights and men’s lightweights in preliminary rounds action, plus women’s middleweight quarterfinals, and both semifinal bouts in the women’s featherweight division, with the losers getting bronze and the winners going on to fight for gold. You can stream live on NBCOlympics.com if you’re
#SammyVasquez fought #AronMartinez in what was scheduled as 12RD welterweight bout. All they needed was 6RDs for a winner’s hand to be raised. #VasquezMartinez An Army National Guard veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, Sammy Vasquez (21-0, 15 KOs) believes boxing is therapeutic for him, that it calms him in a way. True to
Carlos Takam pays tribute to Joe Joyce but remains angry with the referee after the sixth-round stoppage brought to an end their heavyweight showdown. #JoyceTakam 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/BTSportBoxing/ Follow us on Instagram
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao is only a few weeks away from his pay-per-view showdown with WBC, IBF welterweight king Errol Spence. The contest takes place on August 21 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, 42-years-old, has been out of the ring for two years – with his last fight taking place
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