By CompuBox More: HBO Boxing Podcast Kovalev Looks to Add Agnew to His KO List Watch: Sergey Kovalev - Living in America Hey Harold! Kovalev vs. Agnew Sergey Kovalev may have lost out to Adonis Stevenson in terms of the 2013 Fighter of the Year race, but his dominating performances might have allowed him to take the lead in an even important category: Best light heavyweight...
Only hours after sources at HBO confirmed to Yahoo Sports on Tuesday that the premium cable network opted not to renegotiate its deal with WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, rival Showtime announced it had reached a deal for the power-punching Stevenson to fight Andrzej Fonfara on May 24 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Showtime Sports' executive vice president and general manager Stephen...
By Hamilton Nolan More: HBO Boxing Podcast Watch: Sergey Kovalev - Living in America Hey Harold! Kovalev vs. Agnew Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (23-0) is always extremely well conditioned. He is aggressive. He comes to rumble. He shoots in and out, he strikes at weaknesses, and -- his defining quality -- he can punch. He can knock you out with either hand, particularly with his straight right,...
By Hamilton Nolan More: HBO Boxing Podcast Watch: Sergey Kovalev - Living in America Hey Harold! Kovalev vs. Agnew Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (23-0) is always extremely well conditioned. He is aggressive. He comes to rumble. He shoots in and out, he strikes at weaknesses, and -- his defining quality -- he can punch. He can knock you out with either hand, particularly with his straight right,...
Sugar Ray Robinson, widely regarded as pound-for-pound the greatest boxer of all time, rarely found himself the underdog, but that’s exactly what he was heading into his return with “The Onion Farmer,” the always tough and tenacious Carmen Basilio. The previous September, Robinson, having come out of retirement to regain the middleweight title, had defended […] The post TWIBH:...
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Sergey Kovalev discusses what it's like to live in America. Kovalev vs. Agnew happens Sat., March 29 at 10pm ET/PT on HBO. Listen: HBO Boxing Podcast ...
Amir Khan deserves some credit. He's been beaten up badly by American fans and media for the way he handled landing a possible May 3 bout against Floyd Mayweather. From the moment that Khan first thought such a bout realistic, he shoved all other fights from his mind. He passed on a potential Dec. 7 title fight against Devon Alexander and wound up sitting around doing nothing for months. When Mayweather...
Middleweight champion Chris Weidman needs minor surgery on both of his knees to repair a bothersome meniscus, forcing the postponement of his title defense against Lyoto Machida until July 5 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White told Yahoo Sports Monday. The Weidman-Machida fight had been planned as the main event for UFC 173 on May 24 at the MGM Grand Garden. But because of Weidman's knees, it will...
Briefly taking the stage to thank the sponsors and spectators, Otis Grant made clear that public support was critical in his and Howard Grant’s efforts to promote boxing in Montreal and to build and maintain a solid stable of successful pugilists. Judging from the crowd present on Friday night and from the results of the matches, I’d […] The post Grant Brothers Host Entertaining Pro-Am...
Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. meet face-to-face outside the ring for this exclusive interview with Max Kellerman. Pacquiao vs. Bradley 2 happens Sat., April 12 live on Pay-Per-View. Watch the extended version on HBO.com ...
Joe Gbolo fought this past Saturday night in Queens. He faced Italy Martinez (1-1-1, 1 KO) and won via UD by scores of 38-36 & 39-36 (twice). Gbolo raises his record to 3-0-2, 1 KO....
HBO Boxing unofficial scorer Harlod Lederman talks Sergey Kovalev and his opponent Cedric Agnew. Kovalev vs. Agnew happens Sat., March 29 at 10pm ET/PT on HBO. ...
HBO Boxing Insider Kieran Mulvaney introduces Manny Pacquiao & Timothy Bradley Jr. to Jimmy's Corner in NYC. 24/7 Pacquiao/Bradley 2 debuts Sat., March 29 on HBO. It all leads up to their live pay-per-view fight on Sat., April 12. ...
The most successful Argentinean fighter of his generation, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, in the last five years and through the course of only ten fights, has run the gamut: from a virtual unknown, to HBO star, to undisputed middleweight champion of the world. Given his status as the alpha-male of the 160-pound division and as one […] The post Sergio Martinez: It’s Maravilla’s...
Yesterday a report from The Scotsman stated that Evander Holyfield was interested in a summer fight with someone named Gary Cornish. The report quoted a spokesman, for British boxing promoter Frank Warren, saying, “An enquiry has been made to Holyfield’s camp and they are interested. An application will also shortly be lodged with the British Boxing Board of Control. […]...
The 2014 fight schedule is already boiling over with matches promising plenty of excitement, but one fight that has yet to be put together, and that absolutely needs to happen, is Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Erislandy Lara. Predicting the winner of an upcoming boxing match can be a science of geometry as we triangulate who […] The post Canelo vs. Lara: The Showdown That Needs to Happen Now appeared...
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Richard Schaefer has anointed Deontay Wilder as the second coming of Mike Tyson and is trying to push him into a shot at the heavyweight championship following a first-round knockout Saturday in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The victory raised Wilder to 31-0 and the knockout was his 31st. He has 18 first-round knockouts. Wilder, a bronze medalist in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, is at about the same point...
Take a look at the best moments from Timothy Bradley Jr.'s career. Face Off: Pacquiao/Bradley 2 premieres Sat., March 22 on HBO, leading up to the live Pay-Per-View fight on Sat., April 12, from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Watch: Manny Pacquiao's Greatest Hits ...