Month: May 2020

Boxing’s return to Las Vegas now has an official home. Full details have been made available for at least the first two shows to be presented by Top Rank under the new Nevada COVID-19 testing protocol for closed-doors events to be held in state. A series of shows will take place every Tuesday and Thursday live on an ESPN platform ...

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin, looking back at Marvin Hagler, his personal top 10 list, and much  more. Hi Breadman I've seen your interest in comparisons between other sports and boxing before so thought i would run this past you. In the UK (my home) the #1 ...

IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has made it clear that he certainly wants a unification clash with his division rival, WBC world champion Tyson Fury. Fury vs. Joshua is currently the biggest fight in the sport. Both boxers have contracted assignments against other boxers in the coming months. Their respective promoters are hoping to get their champions in ...

The first Mexican boxer to capture a super middleweight world title, Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez, has promised to provide a surprise very shortly on his return to the ring. Ramirez hopes to return by July 25, and stressed that he is targeting 175-pound world champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. It's been more than 400 days since Ramirez last fought, but he feels re-energized, both physically and ...

Forbes released their newest "Highest Paid Athletes" list. The media outlet indicates that the 100 highest paid athletes earned a combined $3.6 billion this year, which is 9% below 2019 and the first decline since 2016. Tennis star Roger Federer is in the number one spot for the first time, with $106 million of pre-tax earnings. He beat out soccer stars ...

The offers continue to come down for former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Boston Boxing Promotions has announced an offer of $1.1 Million to Tyson to rematch Medfield, Massachusetts native "Hurricane" Peter McNeeley (47-7, 36 KO's). Tyson (50-6, 44 KO's), fought McNeeley coming off a four-year layoff in 1995 and scored two knockdowns en route to McNeeley's corner throwing in the ...

Deontay Wilder had already suffered two knockdowns earlier and was trapped in a corner as Tyson Fury was unleashing a brutal beating during the seventh round in their rematch in February. The one-sided fight caused Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) co-trainer Mark Breland to throw in the towel and stop the punishment his fighter was taking from Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs), ...

In the last few weeks, Dillian Whyte and UFC heavyweight banger Francis Ngannou have exchanged words through the press. Promoter Eddie Hearn, who works with Whyte, likes the idea of a cross-sport fight against Ngannou. He plans to discuss the possibility of that bout with UFC President Dana White. In a recent interview, Joe Joyce's manager, Sam Jones, explained that earlier this year ...

Joe Goossen has a question for those convinced Deontay Wilder can’t make the strategic and technical adjustments necessary to give himself a better chance to beat Tyson Fury in their third fight. The way Goossen sees it, if Fury learned new, outcome-altering techniques in just one training camp, why can’t Wilder? The veteran trainer and FOX Sports analyst believes Wilder ...

Jermall Charlo is still awaiting word on his next fight, though allegations beyond the ropes are what has currently landed him in the headlines. The unbeaten two-division and reigning middleweight titlist has been identified as a suspect in an alleged aggravated source, according to a development first reported by TMZ Sports. The alleged incident in question took place Saturday at ...