Gervonta Davis pushed his opponent Rolando Romero off the stage during their heated weigh-in on Friday. The lightweight rivals will settle their differences in the ring at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn on Saturday night, with both their unbeaten professional records on the line. Davis is also defending his WBA …
Read More »British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn could RETIRE in less than five years claims his dad Barry
British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn could be set to quit the industry in the next five years, according to his father Barry. Hearn, who has worked with the likes Anthony Joshua and Canelo Alvarez, has become one of the most notable faces in the boxing world following his role as …
Read More »Mike Tyson opens up on punching airplane passenger: ‘He was f—ing with me’
It had been many years since Mike Tyson’s fists made headlines, but it happens in April when he was involved in a physical altercation with a passenger on a JetBlue airliner. Reports depicted Tyson as not being the instigator in the situation. The boxing legend, for the first time, offered …
Read More »Ukrainian Boxing Champion Oleg Prudky Killed at Age 30 in Conflict with Russia | Bleacher Report
Oleg Prudky, a two-time Ukrainian amateur boxing champion, died while serving in the country’s military amid Russia’s invasion. He was 30. The Ukrainian Boxing Federation announced the news Monday on its Instagram page (via TMZ Sports). “It is with sorrow that we inform you that the master of sports of …
Read More »Stuart Hall has recorded free online boxing tutorial videos
STUART HALL is hoping to help develop the next generation of World champion fighters – by hosting a series of free boxing masterclasses on YouTube. The former Darlington fighter, who became only the second North-Easterner in history to claim a World title when he beat Vusi Malinga to claim the …
Read More »Irish middleweight Gabriel Dossen claims win to progress at European Boxing Championships
Ireland’s Gabriel Dossen is through to the next round of the middleweight division at the European Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia. he Galway native was the first Irish fighter in the ring at the championships. He fashioned a majority 4-1 win over Spain Miguel Entrena Cuadrado. The judges scored the …
Read More »For Some Parkinson’s Patients, Boxing Can Be Therapy
For Cheryl Karian, a 72-year-old retired physician assistant, boxing is medicine. Ms. Karian, whose Parkinson’s disease was diagnosed in 2020, doesn’t compete or spar, but every Tuesday and Thursday, she trains for an hour at Main Street Boxing and Muay Thai in downtown Houston. Before her diagnosis, Ms. Karian ran, …
Read More »On Hijab Row, Boxing Champ Nikhat Zareen’s Pro-Choice Strike
Boxing world champion Nikhat Zareen on Monday weighed in on the smouldering controversy over Muslim girls wearing the hijab in schools and colleges, saying one’s attire was entirely the subject of their choice. “It is totally their own choice. I can’t comment on their choices. I have my own choice. …
Read More »Harris Akbar eager to prove he is GB Boxing’s best of the best at 71kg at European Elite Championships
The GB fighter was paired with the man who would go on to win the title in the first round of the AIBA world championships in November. Now as one 14 GB boxers based at Sheffield’s English Institute of Sport selected for the EUBC European Men’s Elite Boxing Championships, in …
Read More »Longtime New Orleans boxing promoter Les Bonano passes away
NEW ORLEANS — Famed New Orleans boxing promoter Les Bonano died Saturday night, according to reports. Bonano began working with the NOPD in 1965. In 1974, while working at the Orleans Parish Prison, Bonano started an athletic program which focused on a variety of sports including boxing. Over the course …
Read More »David Benavidez wins interim WBC title with TKO of David Lemieux
GLENDALE — David Benavidez returned to his hometown and took care of business quickly, the two time former super middleweight champion flooring top contender David Lemieux twice in the first two rounds to capture the interim WBC world super middleweight championship Saturday night on Showtime from Gila River Arena. Benavidez, now based …
Read More »History! Jermell Charlo Stops Brian Castano, Joins Rare Air
Charlo punches his ticket into the International Boxing Hall of Fame with a magnificent victory over Castaño to become the first ever undisputed 154-pound champion in the four belt era, capping off a thrilling night of action on PBC on SHOWTIME. Jermell Charlo’s patience was waning. He had to wait …
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