Boxing
Inside the boxing day, the Recent York Times Square took over
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10 months agoon
Recent York – in the middle of a warm tourist place there was something strange known as Times Square, leaving pedestrians about their minds and photos of the boxing ring and the structure around him in the rolls of the camera.
“What happens and how to get to the other side of Fifth Avenue?” The pedestrian asked the officer who supervised this area.
Another was with a friend visiting California. When it was said that the area was constrained, the local issued her frustration, saying: “She came here to make the Times Square blocked. I don’t even know what was going on.”
“This is an exclusive, substantial match,” answered a security worker.
Many observers did not know that they were witnessing history.
Last Friday, “Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves” was marked, the first event that transformed the Times Square to the outdoor box.
The card was the headline Ryan Garcia, who fought for the first time since the annual suspension for positive testing of the drug with the results, taking Rolando “Rolly” Romero. Devin Haney received Jose Ramirez, and Teofimo Lopez faced Arnold Barboza Jr.
Unlike the average boxing event, the impact and stabs helped strengthen the filled airy atmosphere of Times Square. Here’s what made the historic box of boxing so special.
Ring
The ring was set on the seventh Avenue in front of the ABC television studio “Good Morning America” and Carlo’s Bake Shop, from Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Taco Bell and Tough Rock Cafe on the other side of the street. He was in a configuration, which contained four pillars with a roof and four compact video boards.
Father and coach Haney, Bill Haney, says that the location of the match is second to none.
“I was in the fight with 50,000 people and I would have to say that this is the most iconic, historical struggle that I witnessed my whole life,” said Bill ESPN. “Here in the middle of the Times Square. If you told me last year that we would be here and we would fight or I just saw the fight [let] Being part of it myself, I wouldn’t believe it. I feel I’m dreaming. “
Boxing fans had the opportunity to watch this event
Tickets are not on sale for this program, pedestrian crossings were blocked, fans of barricades and tourists in the gates, with video screens available in many locations in the area. As the fight progressed at night, delayed roars from dispersed crowds around the place in three different designated scenic areas could be heard when a great hit was delivered.
Oscar de la Hoya: “It’s amazing”
Oscar de la Hoya, promoter Golden Boy, who had three fighters on the card (Garcia, Ramirez and Barboza), said that this location was different than any other sports event.
“There is no comparison in boxing within 45 years,” said De La Hoya on Thursday. “I think that it believes everything in boxing or in any sport, literally. I don’t think we have a live basketball in the Times Square. … I think it’s very special, it’s amazing, it’s amazing.”
Everyone was watching
One thing in boxing fans is that they will find a way to see a immense card. Different screens around the Times Square were an opportunity for those who did not have access to the ring, watch immense video screens. The ring was surrounded by fences, which stood about 12 feet height covered with a red tarpaulin, blocking the external view to contain exclusivity of the event. But the fans found a way to watch, even from nearby platforms and buildings.
In the place where Recent Year’s Eve falls, a group of construction workers probably had one of the best observation points to watch the action. Dressed in working vests and difficult hats, employees gathered at the construction site. They watched early fights, leaning over the handrails, then pulled the chairs into the platform to watch the main events. Employees became comfortable when Garcia took Romero, eventually removing difficult hats and vests.
Celebrities, athletes and boxing royal
In addition to the Snoop Dogga, Tupac Shakura, Harry Potter, Hulk Hogan, Michael Jackson and Four Elmos, in every direction you looked. The viewers sat in three sections. The north-south sections consisted of stars such as actor Michael J. Fox, streamers Ishowpeed and Amp, legendary drummer Jonathan “Sugarfoot” Moffett, rapper/actor Ice-T and Recent York Kninsk Center Karl-Anthony Towns, freshly after the victorious performance at night, when Knicks eliminated Detroit Pistons in the night. The first round of the game in Easern Conference.
The boxeries sat east of the ring. The airy champion Shakur Stevenson was one of the first boxers who came to witness a historical night before joining him by the younger medium weight master, Terenka Crawford, who built a lot of noise for his fight against Canelo Alvarez from Canelo Alvarez. Former heavyweight master, Mike Tyson, lit a navy blue satin suit, taking pictures with fans.
FDNY VS. Nypd
The first respondents organize an annual charity event entitled Battle of the Blagges, in which it contains amateur boxing matches between policemen from Recent York and firefighters. He uses the Tunnel 2 Towers Foundation, which provides significant facilitate to the first persons providing rescuers and military veterans. An hour before the start of Friday’s professional card, firefighter James Gennari from Ladder 24 and police officer Joel Allen arrived at the ring in the right colors of the bathrobe (blue for NYPD, Red for Fnny), leaving vehicles related to their professions.
Time to prepare
Barbosa sat in the hotel ballroom to grab his hands, and the gloves recorded before his fight against Lopez. To start a journey to the ring wrapped in a white and blue robe and a white hat, Barboza and his team went to the escalator to leave the hotel.
Taxi, taxi!
Without a cloakroom connected with a place, the question was how fighters arrive at the ring. Answer? With style. The wardrobe fighters were in the hotel blocks from the ring and were taken to the ring in classic cars – some in characteristic yellow cabins in Recent York. It took about eight minutes to get from the hotel from the hotel.
Fighters in WBO Junior Welter weighed to the ring in vintage -fashioned taxis through the streets of Recent York City, when fans cheered and recorded them on mobile devices. Lopez, born in Brooklyn, took it at the time of the fight in his yard. When he reached the ring with the “NYPD” vest, supporters of the American chant “Teo”.
Replace Devin Haney
Haney entered the ring to “Many Misl Men” 50 Cent with a black leather jacket and black leather trunks. When he jumped around the ring, he quickly looked around various billboards outside the ring and about how a handful of fans were mainly celebrities and other boxers on the spot. Although Haney is used to fighting thousands of fans, the exclusivity seemed to drive a 26-year-old.
“You can’t prepare for it. It’s so iconic and I don’t think it is repeated for a long time,” said Bill Haney.
Romero pays tribute “Return to the future”
Romero chose the “Back to the Future” theme for the main event. His team was equipped with turquoise overalls from “Rolly McFly” at the back in Pink in Pink to the future inscription.
To complement this topic, the boxing Romero replied Marty McFly, the character of Michael J. Fox, who was present. They were like the self -sufficient Nike sneakers worn in the continuation of the film series “Back to the Future”.
Romero came to the ring in a creamy cream in cream color equipped with hydraulics and bogus, dressed in a pink-yellow sleeve jacket.
Time for the main event
It was expected that Garcia’s return would be immense. He wore a blue look with the participation of “King Ryan” at the back of the robe, with cross wings and angels. Pryki Garcia contained crosses on every leg, from “King” at the front and “Ryan” at the back. He finished appearance with white shoes with the same pattern as his robe and trunks.
The hotel entrance was crowded when Garcia went to an escort vehicle to the ring. His riding was Batmobile, which established the standard of fighting. He climbed the ropes so that Lupe Fiasco “Superstar” with the participation of Matthew Santos.
Garcia was knocked down in the second round by the left hook Romero. With clothes, few fans the answer to knocking was tranquil. The only sounds were cars, bicycle bells, car horns and sirens.
Tyson and Stevenson were moved by knocking down Romero.
Ultimately, Romero broke Garcia’s return and a potential rematch against Haney with a nervous result card 115-112, 115-112 and 118-109. Romero still guaranteed a rematch.
“I think Devin and Ryan should get a rematch and make him substantial,” said Romero.
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Turki Alalshikh has already become one of boxing’s most influential financial sponsors thanks to his involvement in major events. The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority has helped finance several high-profile fights by working with promoters across the sport.
Nelson believes this approach could ultimately influence how the championship is organized.
For decades, boxing titles were distributed among several sanctioning bodies, with each group recognizing its own champion in the same weight class. The result is multiple belts in one category and constant debate about who is actually at the top.
Nelson indicated that Turki’s long-term interest may include simplifying this structure.
“He’s just sorting out all his ducks,” Nelson said. “He understands how everyone works.”
Turki has already shown a willingness to work with various promoters and networks in supporting major fight cards in Saudi Arabia. His involvement has helped unite fighters and promoters who often operate in separate business paths.
These partnerships included collaborations with competing promoters and broadcasters that had historically operated separately. The Saudi-backed substantial cards also attracted fighters from several promotional groups to the same event.
Nelson sees the current period as preparation for a bigger game.
Another question is whether a single-lane system could ever be implemented. The four main sanctioning bodies would continue to exist and their titles would continue to be recognized unless broadcasters chose to ignore them.
This kind of change would likely require networks like DAZN to focus exclusively on events built around the Ring Belt. For now, such a scenario seems arduous to imagine.
Turki has already become one of the main financial figures of sport. Turki has the resources to influence boxing, but turning a four-belt sport into a one-belt system would be a completely different fight.
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Derek Chisora makes his feelings clear about Conor Benn leaving Eddie Hearn for Zuffa
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March 10, 2026
Derek Chisora has shared his opinion on Conor Benn leaving Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and joining Dana White’s Zuffa promotion.
When it was announced last month, it was a huge shock Benn has parted ways with longtime promoter Hearn to join forces with the modern upstart company Zuffa, headed by UFC boss White.
Benn spent his entire career at Matchroom up to 2016, going through many ups and downs during that decade, including the infamous failed drug tests and two epic fights with Chris Eubank Jr last year.
He returns to action when he faces Regis Prograis in a 150 catchweight bout on April 11 at Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov, for which he will reportedly receive a purse worth $15 million.
It is because of this number that heavyweight contender Chisora has no objection to Benn leaving Hearn. saying Playbook Boxing that his compatriot did the right thing.
“We both know the saying: If you want to be steadfast, you buy what? A dog. I’m not steadfast. No one is steadfast when someone comes along and says, ‘You know what?’ I will give you this much money. Come with me.”
“Let’s not try to tell ourselves that what this teenage man did was so bad. He made a good deal. If he turns it down, you’ll think, ‘Oh, you’re fools. Why did you turn it down? Oh, you’re steadfast to Eddie.’ No, fuck it, man.
Chisora must prepare for his own fight next month when he faces former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder at the O2 Arena on April 4.
Boxing
Jazza Dickens: “I finally got a chance when no one believed in me”
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March 10, 2026
WHAT JERSEY DOES What do Joe Walcott, Archie Moore and James “Jazza” Dickens have in common?
All three have shown incredible resilience on their journey from their professional debut to winning the world title. It took Walcott (heavyweight) 21 years in 1951, Moore (lithe heavyweight) 17 years in 1952, and Dickens (junior lightweight) 14 years and 319 days.
Dickens added his name to the list of boxers who have the longest time to win their first world title since their professional debut, when he was promoted from interim WBA champion to full world champion in December after Lamont Roach was stripped of his world title belt.
Dickens (36-5, 15 KO), 34, of Liverpool, will step into the ring as a world champion on Saturday for his first defense against Northern Ireland’s Anthony Cacace (24-1, 9 KO), 37, at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Dickens, who traveled from his training base in Dubai after the region was bombed, was scheduled to face Japan’s Hayato Tsutsumi at the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Saudi Arabia in December, but was canceled due to Tsutsumi’s injury.
While there are similarities to Cacace’s blossoming career (he stopped Joe Cordina at age 35 to win the IBF junior lightweight title), Dickens’ story is very different from that of superstar world champions like Oleksandr Usyk, Naoya Inoue and Ryan Garcia.
Dickens had to work challenging without the support of his main promoter, struggling with knockout defeats, passivity and boxing politics. His career was very different from the attention and wealth enjoyed by his fellow Englishmen Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Conor Benn.
At times, Dickens wondered whether his career would ever reach the same heights as it did in 2016, when he challenged Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux for the WBA junior featherweight world title and was stopped slow in the second round with a broken jaw.
BUT Dickens has changed his career in 2025. First came a 10-round points victory over Zelfa Barrett, before Dickens knocked out Russia’s Albert Batyrgaziev, the 2021 Olympic gold medalist, in the 4th round to win the interim WBA junior lightweight title in Turkey.
“There were times when I thought, ‘What is this all about?’ When things were really challenging,” Dickens told ESPN.
“I believe if you listen, God is teaching you, but I wondered, ‘What are you trying to teach me?’ sometimes. I’m glad I was patient all these years because I finally got a chance when no one believed in me. The most significant thing that happened was the opportunities, that’s why I’m here now as a world champion.”
“These opportunities came when people thought I had had enough. When I got knocked out [Hector Andres] Sauce [in July 2023]people thought I was finished. There were a lot of things going on behind the scenes leading up to this fight, but I got knocked out and it didn’t look good.
“People thought I was done after that fight, and Batyrgaziev thought it would be an straightforward fight against me, but I went out there and dominated.”
JUST LIKE THE RING the legends of Moore and Walcott, Dickens showed unwavering perseverance in pursuing his goal.
Dickens, who has won four fights since his last defeat, has repeatedly rebuilt his career. After being stopped by Kid Galahad in 2013, Dickens suffered back-to-back losses to Rigondeaux and Thomas Patrick Ward in 2016 and 2017. After another loss to Galahad in 2021 and a crushing loss to Sosa, Dickens started 2025 far from world title contention.
“I joined my coach Albert Aryrapetyan a year ago and moving to Dubai to train has been a key part of my career,” Dickens told ESPN.
“He was the only person who answered me when I needed a coach. The phone didn’t ring, no one wanted to know, but since I became champion, he hasn’t stopped calling. We joined forces before the fight with Barrett, and Albert put together a good game plan for that fight and for the fight with Batyrgaziev.
“Since those defeats against Rigondeaux and Galahad, I always go to the gym, trying to get better, trying to develop, that hasn’t changed. What has changed? Perhaps I have grown mentally, as happens with age in any sport or job.”
After completing one of the longest world title journeys in boxing history, Dickens also now manages boxers under the banner of Integrity Boxing Management with Mitchell Walsh.
“We called it honesty boxing because there’s not a lot of honesty in boxing,” Dickens told ESPN.
“We don’t do this for a fee, it’s my pleasure and my reward is seeing the smiles on the faces of the boxers and their families.”
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