Category: boxing

Shannon Sharpe and Roy Jones Jr. discuss Floyd Mayweather and the idea that he is only a great defensive boxer. ‘It’s not true. He got power, not only in one hand but both. He just don’t choose to fight that way,’ says Jones.

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Roy Jones Jr. gives Shannon Sharpe his Mt. Rushmore of boxing and neither Mike Tyson or Floyd Mayweather are on it. 1. Muhammad Ali, 2. Sugar Ray Robinson, 3. Salvador Sánchez. ‘I’m going to stop at 3 because after that I can take Leonard, Durán, Chávez or Hagler.’

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Floyd Mayweather says he’s still the face of boxing. “Every time boxing comes on, you don’t bring up Muhammad Ali’s name, you don’t bring up Mike Tyson’s name, you always bring up Floyd Mayweather’s name because I’m still the face of boxing.” Floyd says jealousy is the reason he hasn’t gotten his deserved credit as the most accomplished fighter in boxing history.

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Floyd Mayweather addresses leaving off Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson on his all time Top 5 boxers list. “At the end of the day, Floyd Mayweather is not a follower…my opinion is my opinion,” he says.

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Two-time WBC Super Middleweight Champion David Benavidez joined PBC Time Out with Ray Flores to explain his beef with IBF Super Middleweight title holder Caleb Plant calling him a “weak champion”, and he claps back at WBC Middleweight Champ Jermall Charlo.

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British boxer Billy Joe Saunders has had his suspension lifted and been fined $19,000 for appearing to condone domestic violence

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Promising young boxer Travel “Black Magic” Mazion has been killed in a traffic accident near Austin

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Legendary Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán has tested positive for the coronavirus but a son says the retired fighter has had only mild symptoms so far

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Professional boxing is set to return to Mexican television after a three-month halt on matches due to the coronavirus pandemic

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Olympic boxer Fuchs still fighting through tumultuous year

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The former world light heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk has retired

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Shakur Stevenson stopped Felix Caraballo with a body-punch knockdown in the sixth round in the return of boxing to the world’s fight capital

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Boxer Mayer tests positive for COVID-19, out of return bout

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Olympic boxing champion Pete Rademacher has died

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Curtis Cokes, the Hall of Fame welterweight who became Dallas’ first world champion in 1966, has died

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Boxing promoter Bob Arum says he plans to stage a card of five fights on June 9 at the MGM Grand

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Is there a real chance that a 53-year old Mike Tyson could once again grace the boxing ring? And could it be against Evander Holyfield?

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World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman expects professional boxing to return without spectators and with judges officiating by video from home

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The “sweet science” may adopt a bit of spit science under a plan to protect itself from the coronavirus when boxing resumes in Britain

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Anthony Joshua’s first fight as the restored world heavyweight champion could take place in front of no spectators

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Nicaragua is pressing forward on Saturday with an eight-fight boxing card before a live audience in Managua amid the coronavirus pandemic

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Nadine Apetz had tears in her eyes while asking herself “why not one more day?”

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Keyshawn Davis and the entire U.S. Olympic boxing qualification team are resisting the lure of the professional game

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British boxer has license suspended over video comments

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The International Boxing Hall of Fame has canceled its Hall of Fame weekend in June because of the coronavirus pandemic

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Roger Mayweather, a former world champion who also trained his nephew Floyd Mayweather Jr., has died at the age of 58

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Anti-doping body ready to look into allegations about Fury

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After a TKO loss to Tyson Fury on Feb. 22, longtime heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is officially exercising his rematch clause.

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Mikey Garcia defeated Jessie Vargas in a 12-round unanimous decision in a welterweight bout

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Deontay Wilder has a legitimate excuse as to why he looked flat on Saturday. But it’s not the explanation that the world wants.

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