Boxing
August 16, 2017
For the talented 31-year-old Wright, a victory would spell another shot at a world championship. But when a fighter is coming into a Russian fighter’s hometown, that isn’t always easy. Still, Wright and his trainer Rick Wilson have spent eight weeks preparing for this fight, believing that Junior is coming back to US with the victory. “Fighters come from the US to fight in Russia they all come home with a bad story,” said Wright, “but we’re not. We’re coming out of Krasnodar with a beautiful gift.” Wright was last seen stopping Detroit’s Damon McCreary in two rounds in January of this year. “Junior Wright has shown throughout his career that he is one of the most dedicated fighters in […]
August 9, 2017
Heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller believes he would crumble IBO, WBA, IBF world champion Anthony Joshua in seven or eight rounds. And he is also confident in his ability to blow out British heavyweight Dillian Whyte, who returns to the ring on August 19th as part of the Terence Crawford-Julius Indongo undercard in Nebraska. The fight will be Whyte’s American debut. Last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Miller picked up his biggest career win with a stoppage victory over Gerald Washington. Miller believes Wladimir Klitschko, if he would have been a few years younger, would have blasted Joshua out. “Most definitely [I’d welcome him to the USA]. I’d be happy to knock Joshua out,” said Miller to Sky […]
July 31, 2017
“Just think, George Foreman would be a small heavyweight today,” Showtime’s Steve Farhood. Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, all 298 pounds of him, scored a notable, career-best win last night in his native New York. The unbeaten big man – very big, in every sense of the word: big in size and weight, big in personality, big in punching power – stopped Gerald Washington after eight largely one-sided rounds. Now 19-0-1(17) Miller, tipping-in at a career-high poundage, and fighting for the first time in 11 months, raised eyebrows with his weight. Still, as heavy as he was last night, Miller appeared to have absolutely no stamina issues, his punch output quite remarkable for such a big, big man – especially remarkable […]
June 29, 2017
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields To Challenge Wbc World Champion Nikki Adler In Main Event Of Shobox: The New Generation Friday, August 4 Adler & Shields to Unify Women’s Super Middleweight Division in “Battle of the Best” at MGM Grand Detroit Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT DETROIT (June 28, 2017) – Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa “T-Rex” Shields will challenge for her first world title against WBC Super Middleweight World Champion Nikki Adler in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation Friday, Aug. 4, live on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/PT from MGM Grand Detroit. A native of Flint, Mich., Shields (3-0, 1 KO) is the most accomplished amateur boxer in U.S. history and the only […]