By Marco Bratusch Longtime Belgian ring official Phillippe Wouters is now back home. The 61-year-old ring official, who has conducted more than 500 bouts combined as referee and judge, contracted Covid-19 virus likely at the end of February. After spending almost six weeks in a hospital in serious conditions – including a few days in a medically induced coma because ...
By Chris Williams: Promoter Lou DiBella thinks that Terence Crawford needs to think before he opines on different subjects such as the coronavirus. This past week, Crawford gave an interview he sounded cavalier about the risks that the deadly COVID-19 virus presents. DiBella says WBO welterweight champion Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) is “ignoring science” about his personal opinions on the ...
By Charles Brun: David Haye believes that Anthony Joshua has the boxing tools in his arsenal to defeat Tyson Fury to hand him his first career defeat. Of all the heavyweights on the planet, only IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) has the talent to beat Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) if he can get in mid-range to land his shots. ...
SAMURAI No Kokoro pt 2 Correct Detailed REI Spartaco Bertoletti in Sicily In a break from the WMKF Championships in Sicily Giacomo Spartaco Bertoletti reveals how to Rei in Ju-jitsu or Jujutsu. It’s a beautiful sunny morning by the pool. We even had a local dog get in the frame for notoriety. Many thanks to Biagio Vitrano of the World ...
Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez are hunting a blockbuster unification rematch – and Estrada told Gonzalez in the first ever episode of ‘Peleamundo’, premiering this Sunday on Matchroom Boxing’s YouTube channel, that he is confident of settling the score if the pair can meet again. Estrada (40-3 27 KOs) and Gonzalez (49-2 41 KOs) both regained their World ...
Update: “I just had a very positive conversation with Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the WBC and confirmed to him directly my commitment to be a role model and my absolute rejection of discrimination of any kind!” –Devin Haney No apology, but WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney has issued a brief statement on social media. “I’m not racist and I never ...
The World Boxing Council (Mauricio Sulaiman, Victor Silva, Xochitl Lagarda and Jill Diamond) closed the week by having an epic conversation with Mike Tyson. It was a fascinating, wide-ranging chat, full of anecdotes, humor and wisdom, discussing Cus D Amato, Muhammad Ali, pigeons, tattoos, hope, dreams, family and a treasure trove wealth of knowledge straight from the heart from one ...
WBC lightweight champion in recess Devin Haney commented on a possible fight with WBA, WBO and WBC franchise lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko during an interview with 78SPORTSTV. “I will never lose to a white boy in my life,” proclaimed Haney. “I don’t care what nobody else says. Can’t no white boy beat me any day of the week. Fight a ...
Showtime Sports will continue to serve boxing fans during the current hiatus from live sports with replays of both Johnny Tapia vs. Paulie Ayala fights at 10PM ET/PT.—–Next week on Showtime: Lucas Matthysse vs. John Molina Jr. and Mickey Bey vs. John Molina Jr.—–ESPN has an eleven-hour boxing marathon on Saturday.12PM Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman1PM Evander Holyfield vs. George ...
By David Finger Fightnews.com® is sad to report the passing of one of boxing’s most esteemed referees: Eddie Cotton of New Jersey. Cotton died on the morning of April 17th of COVID-19 after having been hospitalized for over a week. Cotton was highly regarded in the boxing community having refereed hundreds of high profile fights since the early 1990s. He ...