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7 days ago
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Impossible to break Tyson record
Rising British star Moses Itauma says it was "impossible" for him to break Mike Tyson's record for the youngest heavyweight world champion. Tyson was 20 years and four months old when he became world champion in 1986, and Itauma passed that age on Saturday. Advertisement "When I turned professional it was about chasing that record. Now that record is off the books, I am just trying to take my time with it," Itauma told the BBC's 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast. "In the first two months of me being professional, I realised that goal's impossible. I was naive when I said that. I said that before I turned professional. "I didn't realise how much you can't control in this boxing game. You think since I turned professional, the world champions have been Daniel Dubois, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. "There's no way in two years I would have put myself in a position to fight them." Advertisement Itauma's two-round destruction of Mike Balogun on Saturday extended his record to 12 wins and 10 knockouts. He was initially marketed as the teenager to break Tyson's record, but denied it was only ever a clever "marketing strategy" for his career. Itauma is expected to challenge for a world title in the next few years and has been linked with a number of big names, including Joe Joyce. Martin Bakole, Jermaine Franklin and Otto Wallin hve been mentioned as potential opponents and Itauma's promoter Frank Warren has said he will fight on the undercard of Dubois' world title fight against Oleksandr Usyk on 19 July at Wembley Stadium. Advertisement Itauma does not expect his next fight to be a big name and said his team want him to be in some "10-round fights" before moving up a level in opponents. "There's guys that are tough cookies that ain't got a name. That's not ideal," he said. "You want a tough guy with a good name and they aren't cheap." More boxing from the BBC
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Sport
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Price targets Mayer or Ryan - and a fight in Wales
Lauren Price defeated China's Li Qian by unanimous decision to win gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics [Getty Images] Lauren Price is targeting a return to Wales against either Mikaela Mayer or Sandy Ryan after becoming unified world champion. The 30-year-old outclassed Natasha Jonas at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday night to capture the 40-year-old's WBC and IBF belts in just her ninth professional fight. The Olympic gold medallist - who also retained her WBA title - now hopes to fight the winner of the rematch between Mayer and Ryan in Las Vegas last this month. Advertisement "I've been told I could possibly be boxing in August," Price told BBC Sport Wales. "I want to come back to Wales, if it's not the winner of Mayer or Sandy next, I want that by the end of the year. "I want to be active, I'm motivated and driven and I believe I can go all the way." WBO welterweight champion Mayer wrote on social media after the all-female card in London that she expects to fight Price this year. Mayer congratulated both Price and Jonas "for the rumble", adding: "All the fights on the card were highly entertaining and it was a total WIN for women's boxing! Advertisement "I got a job to do March 29 but I fully expect to be sharing the ring with Price later this year." Double Olympic champion Claressa Shields also congratulated Price on her victory over Liverpool's Jonas and hinted she could share the ring with the Welshwoman at the higher weight of 154lb. That is a 7lb increase on the limit for Price's bout with Jonas. "I thought every judge should've had it 90-100! Price was super dominant! Congrats girl," Shields wrote on X. When asked if she would consider fighting Price, Shields added: "She's too green, my skills are too much for her. But hey 154, I think we can see it." Advertisement Price was mesmerising in her victory over Jonas, winning emphatically 98-93, 100-90 and 98-92 on the judges' scorecards. The 2020 Olympic champion feels her attributes will take her to the top of the professional ranks. "I'll remember this night for the rest of my life," she said. "Tasha's a great fighter, but I knew my speed and my feet, that's what won me the Olympic gold medal and I feel it's going to get me to the top in the pros. "It started with [Jessica] McCaskill in May and I just feel like I'm getting better and better. "I'll speak to [promoter] Ben [Shalom] and I want to go back to Wales, there's nothing quite like boxing at home, but this was very special and I'll remember it for the rest of my life." Advertisement Her display against Jonas earned widespread praise, with former super featherweight world champion Barry Jones stating Price was "punch perfect". Boxing pundit Steve Bunce told the 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast: "Lauren Price showed and proved that she might just be the face of women's boxing going forward."
BBC News
08-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Price targets Wales return - and Mayer v Ryan winner
Lauren Price is targeting a return to Wales against either Mikaela Mayer or Sandy Ryan after becoming unified world 30, outclassed Natasha Jonas at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday night to capture the 40-year-old's WBC and IBF belts in just her ninth professional Olympic gold medallist - who also retained her WBA title - now hopes to fight the winner of the rematch between Mayer and Ryan in Las Vegas on 30 March."I've been told I could possibly be boxing in August," Price told BBC Sport Wales."I want to come back to Wales, if it's not the winner of Mayer or Sandy next, I want that by the end of the year."I want to be active, I'm motivated and driven and I believe I can go all the way." WBO welterweight champion Mayer took to social media, external after the all-female card in London and stated she expects to lock horns with Price this congratulated both Price and Jonas "for the rumble", adding: "All the fights on the card were highly entertaining and it was a total WIN for women's boxing!"I got a job to do March 29th but I fully expect to be sharing the ring with Price later this year."Double Olympic champion Claressa Shields also congratulated Price on her victory over Liverpool's Jonas and hinted she could share the ring with the Welshwoman at the higher weight of 154lb - 7lb higher than Price's bout with Jonas."I thought every judge should've had it 90-100! Price was super dominant! Congrats girl," Shields wrote on X., externalWhen asked if she would consider fighting Price, Shields added: "She too green, my skills too much for her. But hey 154, I think we can see it."Price was mesmerising in her victory over Jonas, winning emphatically 98-93, 100-90 and 98-92 on the judges' the 2020 Olympic champion feels her attributes will take her to the top of the professional ranks."I'll remember this night for the rest of my life," she said."Tasha's a great fighter, but I knew my speed and my feet, that's what won me the Olympic gold medal and I feel it's going to get me to the top in the pros."It started with [Jessica] McCaskill in May and I just feel like I'm getting better and better."She added: "I'll speak to (promoter) Ben [Shalom] and I want to go back to Wales, there's nothing quite like boxing at home, but this was very special tonight and I'll remember it for the rest of my life."Her display against Jonas earned widespread praise, with former super featherweight world champion Barry Jones stating Price was "punch perfect".Boxing pundit Steve Bunce told the 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast: "Lauren Price, she showed and proved that she might just be the face of women's boxing going forward."
BBC News
19-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
White socks, 2pm breakfasts & stopping Dubois jab – inside Parker's camp
Having breakfast at 14:00, wearing white socks to improve speed and targeting the jab - these are just few of the things Joseph Parker is doing in his aim to dethrone IBF heavyweight world champion Daniel New Zealander targets becoming a two-time heavyweight champion when he faces Briton Dubois on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi 33-year-old is on a five-fight winning streak and his head coach Andy Lee spoke to the 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast about changes that have inspired the run of form."Joe used to always wear black socks," revealed Lee. "Manny (Emanuel Steward) always used to say wear white socks, white boots. When you wear white boots you feel faster."The last time Parker wore black socks in a fight was during his 2021 win over Junior Fa, but wore a combination of white socks and black boots for his last contest against Zhilei Zhang 11 months who was trained by coaching great Steward as a fighter himself, joined Parker's team after the Fa Kiwi is the underdog against Dubois, who has won his last three fights by 27, has bounced back from a heartbreak loss by Oleksandr Usyk in 2023 and is one win away from potentially facing the Ukrainian again, this time in an undisputed said the Londoner may be a big puncher, but his jab is his strongest weapon."You have to make it his biggest weakness, you have to make him uncertain and hesitant in throwing it," added Lee."That means stepping back from it, taking the range away, slipping inside, stepping outside and countering it, that's where I think the fight will be won and lost."We've trained every day in trying to take the jab away from Dubois and if we can, that will go a long way to Joe winning the fight." Dubois favourite 'but that suits us' Parker and Dubois have both bounced back from bruising losses in their over Deontay Wilder and China's Zhang have made Parker the in-form heavyweight, alongside Dubois who stopped Anthony Joshua and Filip Hrgovic in Parker, it has been a near seven-year quest to become a world champion again, having lost his WBO belt to Joshua in will be his fourth bout in a row in Riyadh and will fight close to 01:00 local time, so the card is at a friendly time for UK and US nutritionist George Lockhart explained how the timings have a huge impact on preparation."We don't go to bed till 5,6 in the morning," he said."Parker doesn't have breakfast until 2pm and that's to get his circadian rhythm rocking and rolling."While they continue to tweak aspects of camp, Lee said they have "worked extremely hard" to iron out "bad habits" of Parker's game and the biggest change has been to his boxer's concentration."Before his time with me he would take a lot of breaks in fights - physical breaks, mental breaks - and he would go through a round just going from moment to moment, not being present," added Lee."Most people probably have Dubois as the favourite and there's already talk of him fighting Usyk, but it suits us down to the ground."
