Dmitry Bivol (L) defeated Canelo Alvarez 2-0 and is the Yahoo Sports Male Fighter of the Year in boxing for 2022. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) For some, the Male Fighter of the Year category ended on May 7 Dmitry Bivol was announced as the unanimous decision winner over Canelo Alvarez. in their fight for …
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Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano made history as the first women’s boxing match to headline Madison Square Garden in the venue’s history. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano received such a big deal for the April 30th IRC in New York for the title of the lightweight title that could barely …
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Naoya Inoue’s idea is to add to the long list of facts. The Japanese knockout artist stopped fellow 118-pound title holder Paul Butler to win all four major belts Tuesday at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, becoming the first bantamweight and the first Japanese fighter of any weight. “It’s been a long journey but… I finally …
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With a strong right hand to the face of the opponent, Elianni Garcia Polledo on Saturday won the first match of the national women’s boxing in the crazy games of Cuba. “It is a historic event for Cuban boxing,” one of the judges said very loudly when he announced the “unanimous” decision of Garcia, from …
Japan’s Naoya Inoue said he has not yet achieved his “goal” after becoming the first world champion to win a bantamweight title in half a century by knocking out England’s Paul Butler on Tuesday. The undefeated Inoue, nicknamed “The Monster”, had to work hard to wear down Butler’s defense in Tokyo, but eventually dropped him …
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Timothy Bradley Jr., a two-division world champion, headlines a 10-person class elected Wednesday to the International Boxing Hall of Fame for 2023. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Life is great for Timothy Bradley in 2012, when he won with the legendary Pacquiao. The upset was suspected, certainly, and many of those who saw the fight believed that …
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LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — The Dutch are in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Argentina had one Lionel Messi and Belgium had none. And yet, the Oranje came back and forced extra time in a knock-out match for the ages with a score in the 83rd minute and then a stage-type restart in the 11th …
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Japan’s Naoya Inoue said on Saturday that he intends to prove he rules the bantamweight world when Paul Butler faces England in Tokyo next week for the undisputed title. The hard-punching Inoue, nicknamed “The Monster”, aims to become the first world bantamweight champion in today’s boxing world by adding Butler’s WBO title to his WBC, …
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Conor McGregor was hardly the first fighter to talk trash to build his reputation and increase his business – Ever heard of a boxer named Muhammad Ali? — but McGregor took it to the next level in his career to become the UFC’s biggest star. Warrior Danny Sabatello is trying hard, maybe too hard, to …
There he talks, there he talks nonsense and there Danny Sabatello Read More »
He won and won the championship at an impressive level, but the professional boxing did not always go swimmingly in Teofimo Lopez. The lighthearted fighter was one of the sport’s most talented fighters, but he was plagued by demons that always left more questions than answers. He suffered his first and only loss to George …
