Former world champion Anthony Crolla is backing Vasiliy Lomachenko to return in sensational fashion on Saturday night, when he returns to the ring against dangerous Masayoshi Nakatani in Las Vegas. The contest will be the first for Lomachenko since suffering a twelve round decision loss to Teofimo Lopez in their unification clash last October. Nakatani
Posted on 06/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo flat out don’t like each other. The two have spent the past several months throwing verbal haymakers at one another through social media and whenever a microphone is present. Although Charlo campaigns at a lower weight class, the WBC middleweight titlist expressed a desire
Feature • Issue • Premium JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images Behind the scenes with Tim Bradley as he rematches Manny Pacquiao in 2014. By Thomas Hauser SHORTLY after one o’clock on the afternoon of April 10, 2014, Manny Pacquiao concluded a series of satellite interviews that were conducted in Section 118 of the MGM Grand Garden Arena
Issue • Premium • Preview Mikey Williams/Top Rank Vasiliy Lomachenko, despite his illustrious career, has it all to prove again when he takes on Nakatani in Las Vegas, writes Matt Christie THIS time last year Vasiliy Lomachenko was considered untouchable. Then he lost a fight to Teofimo Lopez in October and it’s almost as if
Issue • Premium • Preview John Dennen previews Gervonta Davis vs Mario Barrios GERVONTA DAVIS could end up calling himself a super-lightweight champion by the end of this weekend. That would be to erase the real achievements of Josh Taylor, who unified all four of the major belts at 140lbs with his recent victory over
In this video interview captured by Fight Hype, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya discusses his upcoming fight against Vitor Belfort and his plans to continue fighting after that, looking to make what he calls the biggest comeback in the history of the sport. De La Hoya says if he beats Belfort, he’ll next
Four-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and WBA Super Lightweight Champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they meet in the SHOWTIME PPV main event this Saturday, June 26 from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Amanda Westcott, Sean
Posted on 06/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode Vasyl Lomachenko still has a hard time processing what exactly happened. After reigning on top of the boxing world as the consensus number one fighter for years, Lomachenko was expected to take care of business relatively easily against Teofimo Lopez. The two matched up in a unification showdown in
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Frank Warren responds to Tyson Fury’s claims that he will come in at 300lbs for the Deontay Wilder trilogy, as he also discusses the epic five minute face-off and fall out from the Fury-Wilder 3 press conference. He also spoke about the official announcement of Joe Joyce v Carlos Takam and told BT Sport how
Former 168 lb titleholder Zurdo Ramirez is set for his Golden Boy debut on July 9, where he’ll face longtime light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera in a 175 lb main event from Los Angeles. Ramirez (41-0, 27 KO) has spent a couple of years not doing much, though still making some headlines here and there.
Last Saturday night, Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe fought through fire to get the win. The former junior featherweight world champion, two fights removed from a pair of title fight defeats to Emanuel Navarrete, edged Adam Lopez via 10-round majority decision (95-95, 96-94 and 97-93) to win the NABF featherweight title. Dogboe (22-2, 15 KOs) jumped
Posted on 06/23/2021 By: Hans Themistode Keith Thurman believes his time on the shelf is slowly but surely coming to an end. The former unified welterweight titlist is back in the gym and working hard to return to form. Recently, rumors surfaced of a possible rematch between Thurman and long-time rival, Shawn Porter. In 2016,
7:49 AM ET Gervonta Davis was going through the motions during an interview in May when a phrase caught his attention. Davis is one of boxing’s young and rising stars around the lightweight division. When it was suggested that he didn’t have the top accomplishment among the group of impressive young 135-pounders that includes Teofimo
Issue • Premium • Preview Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Hamed Ghaz and Liam Shinkwin in crossroads scrap, writes Matt Bozeat THE top-of-the-bill clash in Sheffield on Friday night (June 25) should reveal a new contender for domestic honours at 135lbs. Rotherham’s Hamed Ghaz (16-0) meets Liam Shinkwin in an eliminator for the English championship. Derby’s Myron
Amateur Barrington Coombs/Getty Images/BOA ‘We’re a force in amateur boxing right now.’ Frazer Clarke leads the Olympic team to Tokyo FOR the upcoming Olympic Games, super-heavyweight stalwart Frazer Clarke will be the GB boxing team captain. The likeable big man from Burton has been at the heart of the squad for over 10 years. This
Issue • Premium • Preview A major title shot beckons for Jay Harris if he is victorious in Bolton, writes Matt Bozeat SWANSEA’S Jay Harris could soon be fighting for another major sanctioning body title when he takes on Ricardo Sandoval in a final eliminator for the IBF flyweight title, held by Sunny Edwards. The
Opinion Chris Farina/Top Rank The Opening Bell podcast discusses the return of Vasiliy Lomachenko, Naoya Inoue and much more ANOTHER packed episode looks ahead to Vasiliy Lomachenko’s crucial comeback bout while Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis steps up to super-lightweight against Mario Barrios. Alex Steedman and Matt Christie also reflect on the latest thrashing dished out by