Month: September 2016

Fury had recently pulled out of his upcoming rematch with Wladimir Klitschko in Manchester due to being medically unfit to box. A recent interview …

There’s a lot of conflicting information out there at the moment on the television series since it started last year. Some true, some not true at all …

Pacquaio was speaking on the country’s president Rodrigo Duterte’s fight against drugs, that has seen a large number of both drug dealers and users …

The two fighters, now good friends and retired from their active professional fighting careers, contested the British super-welterweight title of the …

But instead of celebrating, and having his arm held aloft by the referee as the new middleweight champion of the world, Hagler and his handlers were …

This fight since it was suggested in the last week has already got fans buzzing and debating online, a genuinely exciting heavyweight clash if ever …

It’s long to go now until arguably the biggest fight of the 2016 boxing calendar, certainly the most credible from a coming together of two pound for …

Saturday October 1st, 2016. Live coverage will commence at 8pm UK / Irish time (BST) The fight will take place at the Jahnsportforum Arena in …

He is an Olympic gold medallist and former unified champion at super-middleweight. Currently he’s undefeated in 30 professional fights. Even more …

Parker (20-0 17KOs) must defeat Dimitrenko (38-2-24KOs) in order to maintain his IBF mandatory challenger status to earn a bout with British …

The sweet science’s only active undisputed world champion is Norwegian woman Cecilia Braekhus (28-0-7KO) who campaigns at welterweight in female …

The November 26th date was something that was suspected since last week, but the opponent and venue were not known until now. Respected journalist …

The WBO have penned an open letter on their website towards Tyson Fury’s trainer (Peter Fury) and promoter (Mick Hennessy) dated yesterday September …

For all the doom and gloom out there for what seems like an eternity surrounding the naysayers on boxing saying the sport is “dead”, the reality is …

Recently HBO decided to not put on Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming fight on November 11th against Jessie Vargas, with some speculating at the time it was …

Earlier this year the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) that is leading organisation for MMA (mixed martial arts) was approved for the first time …

For the first time since the Mike Tyson bare knuckle boxing rumours began, we spoke with Bobby Gunn today who put the record straight on the …

Joshua vs Klitschko represents a big fight, no doubt about it. Two heavyweights with big names, knockout power and the whole story line of the young …

The news has been confirmed officially today that Saunders will headline the show at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff which will be shown live on TV …

Amir Khan’s last appearance in the ring ended up being a highlight reel knockout victory for Mexican boxing star Canelo Alvarez, but no one can fault …

It has been well documented over the past weekend that lineal heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury was forced to pull out from his upcoming …

Klitschko has been around the block in his long, successful boxing career (both amateur and pro) and pretty much must have seen it all in boxing at …

The supremely skilled boxing craftsman became a two-weight world champion this year in only seven professional fights when he defeated Roman Martinez …

It appears that Tyson Fury has been driven underground from mental issues stemming from a series of events originating since initially winning the …

News broke earlier this week that the highly touted Irish boxer had signed with the Las Vegas promotional stable in a move that made waves on both …

Coming into the fight it was expected to be a close encounter with the bookmakers, but the better fighter in Jorge Linares won in the end. The first …

Wladimir Klitschko has given his thoughts on the matter but it is expected that a full statement on Tuesday from team Fury will come to fully explain …

For anyone that has spoken to him in the boxing industry they will tell you that Peter Fury is a man that talks a lot of sense, doesn’t mince his …

News hit the boxing world last night that Tyson Fury is unable to compete in his upcoming rematch with Wladimir Klitschko in Manchester and the …

The story initially broke from ESPN’s Dan Rafael today on Twitter, but now Tyson Fury’s promoter Hennessy Sports has released the following statement …

The first fight seems quite a while back in the past now, when Tyson Fury famously outpointed long reigning champion Wladimir Klitschko in a …

This will come as welcome news for the four-division world boxing champion who despite his exemplary boxing talents has found himself mixed up in the …

Rumours online had been swirling around in recent days that it would be Hughie Fury next for Joshua, who’s fight with Andy Ruiz (a story that we …

A good looking, well spoken and down to earth family man. A real life hero after a 2014 incident in which Anthony Crolla confronted two burglars …

This is particularly an adverse bit of news as anyone at all connected with the entertainment ratings or advertising business in any shape or form …

I decided to experiment with a points system awarded to the generally accepted top five. I have limited this to a four year period because it has …

Pay per views in sport as we all know are currently effected by factors online with many fans streaming and so forth, but that still doesn’t account …

The fight takes place this Saturday September 24th, 2016 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, USA. The card will get underway at …

It was announced by Eubank Jr recently that he would be pulling out of an upcoming fight with Tommy Langford due to an injury which was described as …

Recently the WBA (World Boxing Association) ordered Golovkin as their (super) champion to defend his title next up against mandatory contender Danny …

Although Brook produced a valiant effort, he ultimately came up short as his corner threw in the towel to end a vicious beating in the fifth round. …

“Saturday night, it’s just another opportunity to show the world who I am, Tevin farmer. I got about 3 years straight no losses. I started off …

Golovkin fought earlier this month against the UK’s Kell Brook at London’s 02 Arena and won via a 5th round stoppage when Brook’s trainer Dominic …

The contest will take place over eight three-minute rounds on a Carl Greaves Promotions show in his home county of Essex. “Very well. Where my …

Conlan who many fight fans will remember was the victim of a judging decision travesty in the 2016 Olympics this past summer, will be well and truly …

The fight could now make a lot more sense in terms of it happening, given the fact Brook fought so valiantly against the devastatingly impressive …

Manchester’s Anthony Crolla can never be a man accused of ducking the tough fights, a boxer who has consistently sought out challenges and in …

At an open media question and answers session this past weekend current light-heavyweight division knockout artist Sergey Kovalev gave a brief …

Oleksandr Usyk won the title by a unanimous decision over 12 rounds in Poland, where the final scorecards read out in favour of the Ukraine man as …

But the Canelo knockout of Liam Smith had something a bit more painful to it, being a body shot. Khan was knocked out cold last May via a baseball …

HBO’s Max Kellerman went up a notch in my opinion last night when he refused to let promoter Oscar De La Hoya off the hook in his questioning after …

Andre Ward vs Gennady Golovkin, even writing that gets the pulses racing as a boxing fan first, journalist second. In many ways it would represent …

Recently according to our sources we understand Natal has wrapped up his last training camp in Cleveland and is close to securing his next opponent …

Going into the fight many had predicted a Canelo win and in front of a partisan crowd of passionate Mexicans in Dallas, he delivered. The Mexican …

Gabriel Rosado vs Willie Monroe represented an evenly matched fight between two solid middleweight contenders coming into it. It was the classical …

Love him or hate him, you can’t take away what Floyd Mayweather achieved in a boxing ring. Pound for pound the best boxer in the world of his …

If that fight is anything to go by, it could mean a painful night for Smith. However it’s not. Not by a long way. Last time out back in May of this …

The undercard consisted of a number of up and coming prospects while also featuring some more established names before the main event got underway. …

Langford is understandably frustrated at the nature of which the announcement of the news came today, via a press release that also included comments …

It has been revealed online today in a press release that the fight between Eubank Jr and Tommy Langford that was scheduled for October 22nd is now …

Martin Murray (33-4-1-16KO) to those not familiar with him, is a four-time world title challenger who has to date just come up short at the final …

Errol Spence vs Canelo as things stand (right now) however appears to be an improbability, with talented undefeated American Spence Jr currently …

De La Hoya, a hall of fame fighter now turned promoter and head honcho of Golden Boy Promotions was making reference to the amount of time that the …

The Smith vs Canelo matchup is known within the boxing industry as potentially a cracking fight, despite perhaps the American public not been very …

Coming into this fight this appeared to be a horrible mismatch, on paper. GGG had destroyed all comers at middleweight, well those who would fight …

29 year old Barnes struggled with making the weight at the Olympics just gone, but he can hold his head held high as he embarks on his professional …

When it comes to Bernard Hopkins, there’s probably few human being on Earth who are as technically knowledgeable on the sport of boxing in all …

The fight has perhaps not been massively made aware to fight fans this week, particularly after such a big fight last weekend involving pound for …

Garcia has been fairly inactive this year since capturing the WBC title at 147lbs back in January over Robert Guerrero at the Staples Center in LA, …

This is a very fair point of view in my opinion as Canelo despite his talents, has had trouble in the past making the 154lbs limit on occasion and on …

Headlining the undercard will be Gabriel Rosado’s clash with Willie Monroe Jr 20-2(6KO’s). Monroe put together a brave effort against the formidable …

Brook’s venture to face the best Middleweight on the planet was gutsy. But it carried with it a sense of mission impossible, while Smith’s challenge …

Boxing pay per views have always been part of the sport and the fight business in general, people don’t mind going around to their buddies on a …

Saturday September 17th, 2016. The bout is likely to commence around 2am Irish / UK time, which is 8pm approximately local time (in Texas, USA), 6pm …

Both men promoted by Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, were involved in big fights on either side of the pond this past weekend, with Golovkin scoring a …

Liam Smith vs Canelo Alvarez represents one of those fights that has all the potential to stylistically result in fireworks, two guys who just love …

But at 33-years old that illustrious ranking may well be dropping very soon. Yamanaka has held the WBC Bantamweight title since 2011, but came away …

After last weekend’s victory over Kell Brook, Gennady Golovkin (aka Triple G) currently is weighing up a number of options – one of which being a …

The World Boxing Association (WBA) announced on the news section of their webpage that the organization is ordering Golovkin (36-0 33KO’s) to defend …

They are two of the new generation of elite heavyweight boxers, that seem to be on an almost inevitable collision course should they both keep …

The dust has now settled on last weekend’s middleweight fight in London, that saw five furious rounds between Gennady Golovkin and Kell Brook in …

Unfortunately for Kell, it was to end just before the half-way mark as head coach Dominic Ingle waved the towel to call a halt to the bout after five …

BoxNation CEO George Warren made the announcement at a press conference in London today and stated that the channel will be located on number 490 on …

Not many actually get around to stepping in the ring with Gennady Golovkin but appears that Britain’s WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is …

Brook lost via a 5th round stoppage to the brick fists of Golovkin after the Englishman’s trainer threw in the towel – after clearly spotting …

With the victory Gonzalez became Nicaragua’s first ever four-weight world boxing champion after the unbeaten maestro captured titles at strawweight …

A considerable feat that might take some beating, when you consider the vast difference between the two sports’ skill sets and training regimes, and …

Even more surprising, Arum advised that Pacquiao contract with HBO has now actually been terminated. Although he did leave the door open for them to …

On the weekend of pound for pound stars Roman Gonzalez and Gennady Golovkin in action in the US and UK respectively, there was another world champion …

Golovkin vs Brook stats have been flying about all week pertaining to things like tale of the tape, fight records and more, but one very important …

Chael Sonnen has always been an interesting character for those familiar with UFC but for those not, he is a former world title challenger in the UFC …

Saturday, September 10th, 2016. O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom. The undercard commences at approximately 7pm local time (2pm EST / 11am PT) with …

Naseem being from Sheffield where Brook is also from, and having trained out of the same gym as Brook (The Ingle Gym) is unsurprisingly in full …

Anticipation is reaching a palpable boiling point now ahead of one of the biggest fights of the year in boxing this weekend. Tension today between …

Gym stories are always going to be a part of boxing, they have been for as long as I can remember and are always meant to be taken with a pinch of …

For one reason or another this story dragged on a bit over the past few months, initially with an injury to the ankle of Tyson Fury that caused the …

You could be forgiven for thinking there wasn’t a lot of animosity or tension in the air between these two because well, there just wasn’t any. Their …

It’s one of those fights where fans will actually get to see the best fighting the best, in their primes, with everything on the line. Although …

The four main sanctioning organisations recognised at the moment in professional world boxing, the WBC, WBA WBO and the IBF in my opinion have …

While Eamonn is currently working on his book and having followed his career closely growing up, I wanted to find out his opinion on some of the …

Eddie as a promoter is understandably in full flow this week promoting the biggest fight in the UK of the year, arguably the biggest boxing match …

A boxing ring is a boxing ring though, as they say, but Sheffield’s Kell Brook will be looking to at least put a dent into the current Gennady …

Interestingly enough, Brook came in heavier once again than Golovkin at the most recent check weight ahead of the bout seven days out, with ‘GGG’ …

But Britain is also becoming a hot bed for some of the best talent in boxing. Zolani Tete is already becoming a household name for BoxNation viewers …

With all of the praise and recognition he receives now, it’s still hard to believe just two years ago he was a virtually unknown quantity in boxing. …

The IBF heavyweight champion will look to carry on his blistering form in the paid ranks with his second defence of his belt vs a yet to be confirmed …

The Floyd Mayweather Al Haymon story dates back a while, with nobody really knowing how it exactly it came about in the first place, in truth. But …

The sport of boxing is full of gems that apply to everyday life. Such phrases as “roll with the punches” and “stick and move” all have origins in the …

With those accomplishments he still manages to stay unknown to the wider sports public, incredibly. Let’s rewind back to April 13, 2013 for a minute. …

Music to the ears of boxing fans? Check. Maybe not former super-middleweight champion Carl Froch though, who might see his post-war record of drawing …

The Londoner and former WBA heavyweight champion of the world could be closing in on a shot at his hold title in the near future. Haye (28-2-26KO) …

The event taking place on September 10th at the illustrious O2 Arena. Although all the attention will be on the main attraction, with his stablemate …