The sport of boxing was made to look like a fool this week.
Daniel Kinahan’s fan club has gone silent after the US Treasury Department hung a worldwide bounty on his head in the amount of $5 million. And while some tracked back without trying to stumble and others managed to avoid the painful digits from deleting social media posts, the sport has managed to do its best. able to continue as usual.
Dillian Whyte said hello this week and reminded us that April 23 is not The Tyson Fury show. The BT Sport battle ads say otherwise.
The news stories below may seem trivial, but you probably still remember and want to catch them. Welcome to this week’s Hooks and Jabs.
Marc Leach will make his first defense of his British super bantamweight title on May 21 against Liam Davies. The battle took place on the card under Zach Parker-Demetrius Andrade outdoors at Pride Park, home of Derby City Football Club.
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Ryan Garcia’s recent opponent Emmanuel Tagoe said he took on the lightweight superstar because of a shoulder injury. The Ghanaian had a memorable performance but said: “People who really know me can see that I don’t throw with my right hand even though it’s the hand I usually throw in games.”
Tagoe is said to have walked away with $200,000 for his efforts.
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Former featherweight world champion, Jamel Herring looks set to return to the ring on May 21 in lightweight. ‘Semper-Fi’ hasn’t gone to war since entering the wrong end in a Shakur Stevenson epic performance six months ago.
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Brad Pauls of ‘The Newquay Bomb’ said “It’s time to shut up or shut up” as he pitted Ryan Kelly in the British middleweight title elimination match on May 13. “I gave it my all. myself, in small hall shows, and finally I got my chance on the big stage. The British title is my dream belt. It’s the sexiest belt in boxing.”
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The BOXXER series will arrive in Manchester on 14 May with the cruiser class centered at the Victoria Warehouse. Ricky Reeves, Jay Farrell, Ellis Zorro, Jamie Smith, Anees Taj, Ryan Cotterell, Sheldon McDonald and Jack Fay will vie for prize money and potential career-changing opportunities.
