August 2024 – Page 32 – Sugar Bert Boxing

EastSideBoxing August 23, 2024

William Zepeda Planning Scouting Mission For Shakur Stevenson’s Fight Against Cordina On October 12th

By Jeepers Isaac - 08/23/2024 - Comments William Zepeda is considering traveling to Saudi Arabia to be ringside to scout Shakur Stevenson for his fight against Joe Cordina on October 12th at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. #1 Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) will be Shakur’s next…

BoxingScene August 23, 2024

Sena Agbeko plans on moving down to middleweight

Just a week after suffering a one-sided second round TKO loss to Osleys Iglesias, Sena Agbeko thinks moving down to middleweight is the best way to go. Ghana’s Agbeko, 32, who fights out of Nashville, Tennessee, was taken care of by Iglesias of Cuba…

BoxingNews24 August 23, 2024

Crawford’s Future: Is It Canelo Or Retirement?

Promoter Eddie Hearn doubts Terence Crawford will ever fight again unless he gets the Canelo Alvarez for “mega-money.” The Madrimov Effect Hearn says he “escaped” the fight against WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov without taking a loss, which many feel he deserved. After that…

BoxingNews24 August 23, 2024

Joe Cordina Feels Overlooked Ahead Of Shakur Stevenson Clash

Joe Cordina feels he’s being overlooked for his fight against WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson for their October 12th clash in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Cordina’s History of Proving Doubters Wrong The former IBF featherweight champion Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs) notes that people thought he would…

BoxingScene August 23, 2024

The Beltline: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul is not a boxing match, it’s a reality show

In 1998, a Japanese man, Tomoaki Hamatsu, or Nasubi (meaning “eggplant”), was locked in a tiny apartment, alone and naked, on the pretense that to escape all he had to do was enter a variety of mail-in sweepstakes in magazines until he won ¥1 million…

EastSideBoxing August 23, 2024

Hearn Faces Roadblocks In Unification Pursuit For Boots Ennis

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ promoter Eddie Hearn says his offers to the three welterweight champions were rejected for unification fights. Hearn hasn’t given up and is holding out hope that he can make a fight for IBF welterweight champion Boots (32-0, 29 KOs) and WBO champ…

BoxingScene August 23, 2024

Caleb Plant promises to ‘figure out’ being called a quitter by Trevor McCumby

Trevor McCumby may regret labelling Caleb Plant a quitter ahead of their September 14 showdown. Plant is a former IBF super middleweight champion and has only lost twice in a 24-fight career that, in recent years, has been conducted at a level to which…

BoxingScene August 23, 2024

Kathy Duva says Tim Tszyu fight is tough but winnable for Bakhram Murtazaliev, who wants Terence Crawford after

Bakhram Murtazaliev’s first junior middleweight world title defense against Tim Tszyu is both a step up — and a potential stepping stone. Murtazaliev (22-0, 16 KOs) has wanted Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) since before the 31-year-old won the vacant IBF belt in early April,…

BoxingNews24 August 23, 2024

Hearn Faces Repeated Rejections In Ennis Unification Efforts

Promoter Eddie Hearn says the two offers he made to WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. to fight IBF champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis were “rejected’ without any counteroffers made to him. Hearn says he received no counteroffers from Team Norman despite their claims that one…

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