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Jake Paul’s first vacation in half a decade won’t be all fun and games. The YouTube influencer is coming off a picture-perfect knockout of Tyrone Woodley last Saturday at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida and is now ready to step away from the ring for seven months, in what he says would be the first vacation he has taken in six years, according to the Mirror.
Keith Thurman is raring to get back to the top of the welterweight mountain. Once the creme de la creme of boxing’s so-called glamor division, the former titleholder has seen his stock drop ever since his points loss to Manny Pacquiao in 2019 and his subsequent inactivity. He is poised, however, to rectify the latter when he returns to the ring Feb. 5 against Mario Barrios at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on Fox Pay-Per-View. It will be “One Time’s” first fight in more than two-and-a-half years.
Regis Prograis is still smarting over missing out on what would have been a once-in-a-career opportunity. For a time the Houston-based southpaw was involved in serious discussions to fight four-division champion Mikey Garcia. But Garcia decided to take a tune-up fight against unheralded Spaniard contender Sandor Martin this past October, only to lose by stunning majority decision: one judge had it a draw, while two others had Martin up 97-93.
At least one person thinks Oleksandr Usyk would be severely misguided to go back down to cruiserweight for a fight with Canelo Alvarez. Boxing icon Roy Jones Jr. was recently asked about Usyk’s supposed interest
Vito Mielnicki Jr. is hoping to stir up some momentum as he heads into the most prominent fight of his nascent career. The 19-year-old welterweight prospect from Roseland, New Jersey is set to appear as the Fox headliner against Nicholas DeLomba (16-3, 5 KOs)
Mauricio Sulaiman is no stranger to unpopular concepts. The head of the World Boxing Council sanctioning body recently tried – for the nth time – to explain the rationale behind the franchise champion concept he introduced in 2018.
Derek Chisora has no plans of throwing in the towel, no matter how many headlines crop up suggesting that he do so. The grizzled British heavyweight recently put up a spirited but ultimately losing effort in a rematch against former champion Joseph Parker at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Parker (30-2, 21 KOs)
Marc Ramsay does not expect his protégé Artur Beterbiev to get a case of stage fright should he ever end up getting the chance to face Canelo Alvarez.
Triller, the short video social networking app that touts itself as a rival to Tik-Tok and has made a name for itself through its streaming of combat sports events, is headed to the public market on the heels of a reverse merger with SeaChange International, a publicly-traded digital advertising company, the companies announced Wednesday in a joint press release.
Andre Ward did not come away feeling overawed by light heavyweight powerhouse Artur Beterbiev’s latest performance inside the ring.