14 h. ago Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson is a fight for the future of American boxing

Lopez and Stevenson would have fit right in at any point in the electric Eighties and Nineties but, as Steve Bunce writes, US boxing needs them to deliver right now

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16 h. ago Teofimo Lopez vows to crack ‘boring’ Shakur Stevenson and shock New York before fulfilling British title fight dream

TEOFIMO LOPEZ wants to bring his all-action style to the UK but he knows he has to shock cautious Shakur Stevenson first. Lopez, 28, defends his WBO super-lightweight crown against the 28-year-old silky southpaw on Saturday night, at the iconic Madison Square Garden. Shakur has already won world titles in three divisions, with a watertight...

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17 h. ago I came from my dad’s nut sack’ – Teofimo Lopez Jr reveals why he will never kick his controversial dad out his corner

TEOFIMO LOPEZ JR will never kick his controversial dad out of his corner because he remembers EXACTLY where he came from. The 28-year-old super-lightweight world champ defends his WBO belt against Shakur Stevenson on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, with Sr playing the role of both father and trainer. The combustible relationship has hit the...

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4 d. ago When is Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson? Start time, undercard and how to watch fight

Stevenson bids to become a four-weight world champion, moving up to challenge the controversial Lopez

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4 d. ago More than 20 boxers could lose world titles overnight due to rule change

The Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act could see a jaw-dropping change to the sport of boxing - which could affect several top stars within the sport

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9 d. ago Box Office: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ opens behind ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the North American box office, topping charts for the fifth weekend with $13.3 million in sales

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1 week ago ‘Hollywood has stopped making films for adults’: Sentimental Value and Sirāt contend for European Film Awards – with Oscars set to take note

Films by Joachim Trier, Óliver Laxe, Mascha Schilinski and Jafar Panahi will jostle for recognition at tomorrow’s event – which has repositioned itself as a major tastemaker during awards seasonThe European Film Awards (EFAs) have long styled themselves as “Europe’s answer to the Oscars”, even if, in terms of boosting commercial successes at the box office, their impact has been negligible. But as American studios increasingly prioritise franchise sequels over serious drama, and European films vie for major trophies outside the “best international feature” silo, the EFAs are feeling emboldened about becoming a major tastemaker for grownup cinema.This year, the European Film Academy has for the first time moved its annual jamboree from December to the middle of the US awards season, right between the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The strangest thing: is the future of cinema not new movies?

Netflix’s big-screen release of the Stranger Things finale is estimated to have made over $25m at the US box office, the latest example of event cinema proving popularIt was a lucrative holiday period at the North American box office these past two weeks, with titles like Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Housemaid, Marty Supreme, Anaconda, and Zootopia 2 bringing a welcome diversity of hit movies after an underwhelming fall. But during that period, the biggest single-day gross posted by any release wasn’t really a gross – or a movie. It was the series finale of the Netflix TV show Stranger Things.Netflix made a deal to put the feature-length episode in theaters simultaneously with its streaming debut, and estimates put the numbers for the 24 hours’ worth of shows, beginning at 8pm on New Year’s Eve and continuing throughout New Year’s Day, around $25m. That’s bigger than any single day of Avatar: Fire and Ash after its opening weekend. In fact, if the Stranger Things release banked over $3...

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