Tag: Boxing

Josh Warrington is the latest guest on Matchroom Boxing’s new podcast, ‘The Lockdown Tapes’, and he said he is still ticking over as he hopes to meet WBA Featherweight king Can Xu in a unification clash when boxing returns.  IBF champion Warrington (30-0 7 KOs) recently reunited with promoter Eddie Hearn, who revealed on a recent Instagram live session that a ...

Marcos René Maidana had an excellent chat with the president of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, through Instagram Live, in which he spoke about his career, different anecdotes and his still keen intention to return to boxing and retire as a champion. “Chino” talked about his fight against the kickboxer Acero Cali, that he will take as ...

By Allan Fox: Paulie Malignaggi has serious doubts about whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. will pan out as a trainer. Malignaggi says Mayweather doesn’t have the patience and he won’t be consistent. Mayweather starts traveling for months on end, what happens to the fighters he’s training? Does Mayweather take them with him on his travels or does he leave them with ...

For the second time in less than a month, the Mendez Boxing Gym lost a family member to the coronavirus disease. Francisco Mendez, founder and owner of the famed New York City training facility died Tuesday morning due to complications from COVID-19. He was 61 years old at the time of his unfortunate passing. “We are devastated to announce the ...

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is making the best of his current situation. Back in February, the unbeaten boxer picked up one of the biggest wins of his pro career when he dropped and stopped Deontay Wilder to capture the WBC title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the majority of the world is ...

By Barry Holbrook: Trainer Johnathon Banks revealed this week that Gennadiy Golovkin will be facing his IBF mandatory Kamil Szeremeta next instead of facing Canelo Alvarez. It’s believed that one of the MAJOR reasons DAZN signed Canelo and Golovkin was for them to fight each other. For them still not have to have done that, it’s sad. Canelo has had ...

Although the boxing schedule has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic it has not stopped top lightweight up-and-comer Ryan Garcia from staying in shape, working on his skills and thinking about the big fights that could loom in his future. Garcia, the 2017 ESPN prospect of the year, is hunkered down at a rented house in San Diego – where ...

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson recently admitted during an interview that he's 'never been able to handle being a fighter' and said that is was difficult to overcome fear during his entire pro career. In November 1986, Tyson became the youngest fighter to win a heavyweight title, when at 20-years-old he knocked out Trevor Berbick. He retired as a two-time heavyweight ...

By Kenneth Friedman: Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk insists that IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will need to fight him first before he looks to unify against WBC champ Tyson Fury. Krassyuk points out that Usyk (17-0, 13 KOs) has now been the WBO mandatory for 12 months for Joshua, and he wants his mandated title shot. Usyk, 32, doesn’t ...

World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero has been baiting WBA, IBF world champion Naoya Inoue. The two boxers were scheduled to fight each other this month, in Las Vegas, but the contest was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the moment there is no telling when or where this contest will end up. "Inoue, just train ...