By Chris Williams: Devin Haney is still in the damage control mode in making conciliatory-sounding statements to deflate the backlash he’s receiving from boxing fans after his recent racist comment. This past week, WBC ‘Champion in Recess’ 135-pound belt-holder Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) said in an interview he would never lose to a white boy. The comment from the 21-year-old ...
A year ago, Eddie Hearn was busy promoting the biggest show his company has done on American soil. Amid this global pandemic, the British promoter can’t even envision when it’ll be safe to return to New York to stage another boxing event. As of Tuesday morning, more than 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in New York City, where nearly ...
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Former two division world champion Carl Frampton has hit back at the critics who believe the boxer is turning his back on his home fans, after it was recently stated that his next fight could head to the United States. Frampton was scheduled to face WBO super featherweight champion Jamel Herring at Windsor Park in Belfast, on a date in June, ...
By Allan Fox: Caleb Plant says he would give Daniel Jacobs a boxing lesson if they were to ever fight, but he doesn’t see the two of them ever facing each other. Although Plant states that he would “love” to fight the 33-year-old former two-time middleweight champion, Jacobs, he doubts it can happen due to them fighting for different network ...
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Devin Haney has put his best foot forward in restoring the belief that he is wise far beyond his years. The unbeaten lightweight came under fire for comments made in a recent interview on the 78SPORTSTV YouTube channel, where the conversation turned to how he would fare versus three-division and reigning unified lightweight titlist Vasiliy Lomachenko. “I can tell you ...
David Navarro was named an alternate on the United States Olympics Boxing team in January. (photo by Tony Ault) By March, coronavirus caused the 2020 Summer Games to be moved to 2021, and thus, muddying the future of the touted 20-year-old amateur who comes from a family of boxers, and former Olympians. The 5’8” and 125-pound (57 kg) Navarro was ...
By Charles Brun: Eddie Hearn USED Dillian Whyte as a test fighter against other heavyweights, according to Gerry Cooney. He thinks that Hearn should have given Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) a shot at a world title a long time ago, and he should stop making the 31-year-old wait. With Whyte signed to the same promotional company as IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion ...
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It helps that he gets paid by Fox Sports to offer such insight, but Shawn Porter has remained passionate on his tracking the ongoing heavyweight rivalry between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. The former two-time welterweight titlist—who serves as an in-studio expert analyst for Fox Sports’ Inside PBC (Premier Boxing Champions) Boxing series—was part of the massive broadcast team in ...
Like many fighters, Tyron Woodley had his fighting plans dashed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The former UFC welterweight champion was set to square off against the UK’s Leon Edwards in London on 21 March before the event was shut down. Now without an opponent and any firm plans in place to fight any time soon, Woodley appears to ...
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Danny Garcia noticed things about Errol Spence Jr. in his highly competitive fight against Shawn Porter that made Garcia more confident than ever that he can beat Spence. Garcia called out Spence in the ring following Spence’s split-decision victory over Porter. Spence-Garcia was discussed for January 25 before Spence suffered injuries in a one-car accident October 10 in Dallas. The ...