2024 – Page 38 – Sugar Bert Boxing

BoxingScene November 15, 2024

Cruiserweight kings Chris Billam-Smith and Gilberto Ramirez weigh-in ahead of unification clash

WBA cruiserweight champion Gilberto Ramirez and WBO ruler Chris Billam-Smith have made weight ahead of their unification clash in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. They will fight at the Sports Palace at the top of the bill of the Latino Night show staged by Golden Boy…

BoxingScene November 15, 2024

The Beltline: Two years after a pressure cooker almost blinded him, Guillermo Rigondeaux sees a future in boxing at 44

If ever you needed proof of boxing’s stranglehold, look beyond Mike Tyson prostituting his ran-through body and brain for a mammoth payday against Jake Paul and focus instead on Guillermo Rigondeaux, the great Cuban who competed in his 26th professional fight on Tuesday (November 12)…

BoxingNews24 November 15, 2024

Paul Disrespects Tyson, Gets Slapped Silly

Mike Tyson says he was left with no choice but to slap Jake Paul silly at the weigh-in because he had stepped on his foot during the face-off. Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) states that he was barefoot, and Paul ran up and intentionally stepped on…

BoxingScene November 15, 2024

Martin Bakole could be set for Zhilei Zhang as Agit Kabayel goes in another direction

German heavyweight and IBF No. 3 Agit Kabayel (25-0 or 27-2, take your pick) has pulled out of the IBF eliminator against IBF No. 4 Martin Bakole (21-1) in a surprising move. The IBF had set November 5 as the deadline for purse bids, but…

BoxingNews24 November 15, 2024

Usyk Vs Fury Rematch Takes Priority, Cruiserweight On Hold

Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, reacted to promoter Oscar De La Hoya’s statement this week that the unified heavyweight champion Usyk will return to cruiserweight to face the winner of Saturday night’s unification fight between champions Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez and Chris Billiam-Smith. Usyk still must…

BoxingScene November 15, 2024

Londoner Richard Riakporhe set to return to ring in Equatorial Guinea

Cruiserweight contender Richard Riakporhe, from London, England, is set to return on December 7 against fellow Briton David Jamieson in the unexpected setting of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Boxium Promotions have announced. The bout will be on the undercard of the WBC welterweight eliminator between Souleymane…

BoxingScene November 15, 2024

Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano II raises a ceiling more deserve to break through

There’s an opportunity here, not in the well-worn (and dangerous) habit of letting aged fighters get in the ring far beyond their expiration date or in the business of the wacky social-media-created bouts. Rather, Friday night represents our ability to take a good, close…

EastSideBoxing November 15, 2024

40 Years Ago Today: A “Real Deal” Of A Ring Career Got Underway

It may be somewhat ironic that, on this day, when Mike Tyson will enter the ring again, his most testing ring rival went pro on this same day some 40 years ago. Evander Holyfield, who twice kicked Tyson’s ass (well, once, with him on his…

EastSideBoxing November 15, 2024

Boxing Tonight: Tyson Vs. Paul & Serrano Vs. Taylor II – Live Results

Wealthy influencer Jake Paul will try to show that he can beat former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, now 58, in the eight-round headliner tonight in a clash that will be streamed live on Netflix for subscribers from the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The…

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