Day: January 9, 2018

Carl Frampton is not far away from his dream at fighting outdoors at Windsor Park but standing in his way is one hell of a fighter, “The Filipino Flash” no less. While Donaire might be slightly removed from his prime at this point he’s still a dangerous puncher at featherweight…

Amir Khan is set to make a massive announcement tomorrow in the boxing business that many are speculating could be a big fight and a new promoter. Khan recently came out of a reality TV show in Australia where he added to his legions of fans around the world. Outside…

Frampton vs Donaire has now been officially confirmed with all the details ahead of what promises to be a thrilling featherweight bout. The Frampton vs Donaire fight was mooted for a while but now everyone knows the where and when so to speak, with the fight getting officially confirmed today. Two…

Groves vs Eubank – what a fight. A razor close one on paper between two lightning fast and powerful super-middleweights. Groves vs Eubank pretty much across all the sports books and bookmaker’s lines I’ve seen so far is a dead even, 50-50 fight. It doesn’t happen very often in boxing…

Can Amir Khan recapture former glory after what will be by far the biggest period of inactivity of his career? It could come down to a couple of things. Amir Khan is still only 31 years old, hard to believe considering how long he’s been around. He only turned 31…

Lightweight Lewis Smith want to continue entertaining fans in 2018 after impressing on his debut last year. The 24-year-old made his debut on MTK London’s December show on a bill topped by Olympian David Price. He was originally scheduled to fight earlier n the year, but an injury sustained in…

It might be a bit too much to ask but with the way everything is lining up in boxing now, imagine what having the best heavyweights in the world in a knockout-style competition could do for boxing. First off, you’d need a shed, sorry, truck load of prize money to…

Roy Jones Jr will forever go down in boxing history as an all time great, no doubt, but by fighting on again in 2018 is he risking his stellar legacy in the sport? The last thing anyone even remotely interested in boxing wants to see is to see Roy Jones Jr…

2017 was another big year for UK boxing which consolidated it’s position as the global capital of boxing – but could the Americans fight back this year? Certainly. Boxing is now shown on the major sports network again in the US on ESPN, which is ginormous for boxing. You’ve also…

Ireland’s Katie Taylor became a world champion in her first year as a professional and now the Olympic Gold medallist has set herself up for a bumper year in 2018. Training mainly in humble surroundings in the US last year, Taylor added a number of improvements to her already impressive…

If you look at the various bookmakers’ websites out there they don’t give WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker a prayer against Anthony Joshua. But they might not be considering one or two things. First off, styles make fights. Parker is looking to come into this light – built for speed…

Tyson Fury is drastically shedding the pounds at the moment ahead of an expected return to the ring in around May it is thought. Getting in shape was never going to be easy after the two years Fury had outside the ring. Bad eating, bad living, depression and substance abuse,…

Mayweather feels that his old promoter are once again copying stuff that he’s done in the sport of boxing – in his opinion. 2018 is here and the jibes between fighters and promoters are already underway. Floyd Mayweather has consistently criticised Top Rank’s Bob Arum throughout his active career since…

Liverpool heavyweight Tony Bellew is currently getting ready for a rematch with David Haye set for this May and has just begun his latest training camp ahead of the fight. He’s been spending time away from the sport over Christmas, relaxing with family. But now he’s back to business and…

Floyd Mayweather believes there’s a lot wrong with the modern landscape and has been outspoken on areas he thinks need to improve from the sport and from the boxers. Following Mayweather’s career and “Money” mantra that is a part of his legacy, whether he likes it or now, it seems…

The rematch is set between the two for May 5th at the 02 Arena on London after a brief postponement from the original date just before Christmas following an injury sustained to Haye. That injury is now healing up to Haye’s bicep and the Londoner has hinted that this fight…

There’s not many more qualified than boxing legend Evander Holyfield to call a fight. A man who won the world title at both cruiserweight and heavyweight – and fought the very best of his era. Holyfield is perhaps one of the modern icons in boxing for his tenacity, determination, heart…

Demetrius Andrade looks set to compete in the middleweight division this year and the former super-welterweight champion has his eyes on one fighting Irishman who’s been impressing everyone recently. Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan, always in a fun fight and who can hit as hard as many of the biggest hitting middleweights…

Floyd Mayweather has started 2018 passionately speaking about the boxing promotion game, about fighters both under and not under his banner. As it looks like he’ll now be stepping up his efforts with his promotional company – Mayweather Promotions. Now that he’s retired as an active fighter Mayweather appears to…

Adrien Broner lists two of the main guys he’s looking at next up in his boxing career – following a torrid 2017 that saw problems both in and outside of the ring. Again unfortunately. However it’s a new year for everyone and Broner is seemingly more optimistic than he has…

Floyd Mayweather gives 10 reasons exactly why he is better than his old foe in the ring, who is now a rival in the modern-day boxing promotional world. It seems like these two guys will never get along – it runs deep. De La Hoya on his part seems to…

Tyson Fury despite not boxing in over two years currently still holds the Ring Magazine heavyweight title. A prestigious belt by that dates back in history. Indeed, it’s a belt that Fury proudly holds and often refers to himself as the man who beat the man last (the lineal champion)…

An intriguing world title unification match in the junior-middleweight division is now set to take place early in 2018. Erislandy Lara vs Jarrett Hurd was confirmed as a unification match that will take place by Cuban champion Lara’s manager to Spanish-speaking news outlet El Nuevo Herald. The fight will see Lara’s…

Floyd Mayweather at the beginning of his career was promoted by Top Rank – but still feels he was not promoted correctly all these years on – now even in retirement. Mayweather now owns his own promotional company also based in Las Vegas like Bob Arum’s Top Rank and seems…