This Week in Boxing History: August 21-27
This week in boxing history, PBC spotlights two spirited lightweight battles, remembers a featherweight legend, celebrates a young welterweight star and flashes back to a heavyweight Hall of Famer’s last title defense.
The PBC Hot List
Here’s a list of some of PBC's top rising stars. Boxers on this list have been on a hot streak, like a slugger in baseball on a hitting streak or a running back in football who keeps posting 100-yard rushing games. Other than alphabetical, they’re not ranked in any particular order. We’ll leave that to you—the reader.
Young guns such as Davis, Spence packing old-school toughness in rise to top
There is a youth movement in boxing, spearheaded by a group of champions and contenders who are showing old-school grit and a willingness to go anywhere and fight anyone to get to the top.
Stevenson anchors strong showings by southpaws in recent world title bouts
With young guns Gervonta Davis, Gary Russell Jr. and Errol Spence Jr. now sitting atop their respective divisions, Adonis Stevenson has some company when it comes to left-handed world titleholders.
PBC Jabs looks ahead with Spence, flashes back to Stevenson’s dominance of Fonfara
This week in PBC Jabs, host Jordan Hardy talks to newly crowned 147-pound champion Errol Spence Jr. about a potential hometown title defense, recaps Adonis Stevenson’s TKO of Andrzej Fonfara in their 175-pound world title rematch and previews Sunday night’s PBC on FS1 fight card.
Spence makes the rounds in New York after returning to America with first world title
First came the victory, now comes the victory tour for newly crowned 147-pound world champion Errol Spence Jr.
Spence powers his way to 147-pound world title with 11th-round knockout of Brook
Errol Spence Jr. has proven himself to be “The Truth.”
Spence ready to shine on Brook's home turf in first shot at world championship
Errol Spence Jr. knows what he’s walking into when he enters the ring Saturday to face 147-pound titleholder Kell Brook in the champion’s hometown.
