The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as former world champion Caleb Plant, IBF junior welterweight Subriel Matias, welterweight champion Jaron Ennis, the showdown between Devin Haney and Regis Prograis, and more. Breadman, I saw your interview with Nes and you definitely were on point defending your fighter. But Nes is an instigator. He’s trying ...
Chris Billam-Smith extended his arms and soaked in the ambiance as he stepped off the scale ahead of his second straight hometown headliner. The reigning WBO cruiserweight title clocked in at a finely-tuned 199 pounds ahead of his maiden title defense. It comes versus Poland’s Mateusz Masternak, who was 198 pounds ahead of their scheduled twelve-round main event Sunday evening ...
Lauren Price let the full question come out but she already had her response queued up the moment she caught sense of the topic. The 2020 Olympic Gold medalist and rising welterweight was unequivocal in her desire to face the winner of the upcoming Natasha Jonas-Mikaela Mayer IBF welterweight title fight. “That’s what I want, one hundred percent,” Price told ...
It is seven months since Chris Billam-Smith lived his dream. On a spring night, the lifelong A.F.C Bournemouth fan stood on the center spot of his favorite football team’s stadium holding aloft the WBO cruiserweight title after beating Lawrence Okolie. Bournemouth may be one of Britain’s most popular seaside resorts but the temperate south coast town is still no place ...
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, undefeated WBA super middleweight champion and Minneapolis fan-favorite David Morrell Jr. will battle knockout artist Sena Agbeko headlining action live on Showtime on Saturday, December 16 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Armory in Minneapolis. The Showtime telecast will feature exciting contenders Chris “Primetime” Colbert and Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela in a 12-round WBA Lightweight ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn is hoping there will be opportunities to collaborate with Premier Boxing Champions, in the wake of the latter’s new deal with Amazon. At the same time, the Matchroom Boxing head doesn’t appear to be holding his breath. This week, Al Haymon’s PBC announced that it had struck a multiyear deal with the e-commerce giant’s streaming platform, Prime ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Regis Prograis won’t just fight Saturday night to retain his WBC super lightweight title. The two-time 140-pound champion views his pay-per-view showdown with undefeated Devin Haney as his opportunity to gain the type of respect that has eluded the New Orleans native thus far. The 34-year-old Prograis has made seven-figure purses for several bouts since he became ...
In a world title clash for the WBC junior welterweight title, Devin Haney will challenge Regis Prograis at Chase Center in San Francisco on December 9, live on DAZN PPV in North America and on DAZN worldwide. (photos by Ed Mulholland, Melina Pizano) Bay Area native Haney fights at home for the first time in his pro career and aims ...
The PFL brought the curtain down on their inaugural PFL Europe season as they crowned a quartet of European champions at the 3Arena in Dublin. Despite the four championship bouts on show, the main event slot was reserved for one of Dublin’s own, as Nathan Kelly extended his win streak to nine with a first-round rear-naked choke finish of France’s ...
Outgoing Showtime Sports boss Stephen Espinoza says there is a distinct chance that he could remain playing a role in the sport that he has operated in for more than a decade. In a recent interview, the longtime overseer of boxing at the premium cable channel opened up about the corporate decision handed down a few months ago to terminate ...