Day: December 13, 2017

Katie Taylor had locked herself away for months in the US in preparation for her first world title fight tonight in London. A solid display by Ireland’s golden girl overall, on her way to making a global name in world boxing for herself. Jessica McCaskill of St.Louis while brave and…

Tonight’s Conor Benn brawl was one of the best 6 round professional boxing bouts seen in some time. Fight fans are loving it. Reaction has been pouring in all over the shop following the bruising encounter that saw both men taste the canvas at different points during the match. Alas,…

Tonight’s Conor Benn fight of the year contender for anyone who watched the full six rounds from start to beginning will tell you – was simply thrilling. An almost maniacal intensity was in Benn’s work tonight, whose French opponent Cedrick Peynaud gave an incredible display for himself too. Unlucky to not…

23 year old Josh Kelly continued to show promise tonight in the junior-welterweight division with a classy display over Frenchman Jean Michel Hamilcaro at York Hall. Kelly started his bout tonight in positive form on the front foot, happy to march forward and throw big overhand right hands as he tried…

Conor Benn knocked down in what not his best performance but overall, an incredible fight to watch from a neutral spectator point of view. Both Benn and his French opponent Cedrick Peynaud knocked one another down tonight in York Hall in a classic battle. Benn got the decision in the…

Conor Benn overcame Frenchman Cedrick Peynaud tonight but was made to work in what was a brawl of a contest. Like his legendary fighting father Nigel Benn, Conor Benn clearly likes to have a bit of a dog fight himself. The first round was an intense one that saw Conor Benn…

The early Katie Taylor undercard results are in before some of the main event fights take place in a little while in the iconic York Hall in London. The action in the boxing world today has been fast and furious from this morning in Australia to tonight in the UK,…

The Horn vs Corcoran world title fight earlier today was a decent enough scrap while it lasted, and possibly sets up a big fight next for the winner. The winner being Horn by TKO today whom after the fight intimated he is more than happy to take on welterweight Terence…

This Jeff Horn vs Corcoran scorecard leaves a lot to be desired, in fairness, following a brave but ultimately unsuccessful attempt from the British challenger. Gary Corcoran can fly back to the UK with his head held high after giving it his best in today’s world title fight in Australia.…

Fight fans rip into Amir Khan after something he said today to one Manny Pacquiao, a boxer he was heavily linked with to fight earlier this year. The fight was even announced by Khan at one point early in 2017 on his social media channels. However due to the lack…

Tyson Fury unleashes some frustration on the promoter of one of his rivals in a bit of lyrical genius from an old Eminem song. Well, genius might be going a bit far. But certainly a good effort today by Fury. He’s been celebrating following news that he has been cleared…

Fighting Irishman Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan has bounced back in style in 2017 and had a stellar year fighting in the States. Now, he’s looking to finish it with a bang live on HBO. Cork man O’Sullivan has only come up short twice as a professional against elite level competition in…

Carl Frampton and Nonito Donaire in the featherweight division next year could be just around the corner judging by this. The two fighters have shared a level of mutual respect for a number of years now, often complimentary to one another in their post-fight thoughts about one another. But they…

Pacquiao conqueror Horn speaks straight away after defending his WBO welterweight world title today over British challenger Gary Corcoran. Cuts in the end played a heavy part in how the fight ended in a TKO in round 11, but Horn proved to be the overall better boxer. It did take…

Jeff Horn defends WBO welterweight title in Australia with a points win over British challenger Gary Corcoran. Here’s how it played out. Horn had a bit of pressure on him in his home country fighting as favorite and for the first time since shocking the world earlier this year to…

Peter Wells is back this week to give his official Saunders vs Lemieux prediction on Boxing News and Views ahead of this weekend’s world middleweight title fight. As the year comes to its final conclusion, we can finally look back at a 2017 that has delivered us with unification match-ups galore,…

It’s been a few days now since Tevin Farmer dropped a highly controversial decision last weekend, but he’s spoken about it for the first time. Fighting on HBO last weekend in Vegas, 27-year-old Farmer got the rough end of the stick in many fans’ view when a split decision was…

The British Boxing Board have today released an official statement following the news from UKAD that Tyson and Hughie Fury are free to box. Highie Fury boxed very recently against Joseph Parker for the WBO world title action in Manchester so will have no issues anyway with his boxing license.…

The Rigo hand injury has become a bit infamous at this stage since last weekend’s loss to Vasyl Lomachenko. It was reported yesterday by Dan Rafael that the left hand of Rigo was in fact not broken in his WBO super-featherweight world title bout this past weekend, instead it was…

Jeff Horn vs Corcoran live stream of updates and results today from the world title card that takes place in Australia. Middle of the week world championship boxing in Australia? Yeah, you heard that right. It makes a nice change too from the usual weekend boxing fixtures in many aspects. Today’s…

Light-heavyweight Miles Shinkwin says the thought of letting his family down drives him on as he prepares for the biggest fight of his career against Jake Ball. The 29-year-old fights Ball for the WBA Continental title on Katie Taylor’s undercard live on Sky Sports from York Hall. The former ABA…