Day: February 4, 2018

Anthony Joshua is clearly focused on his own journey and cares little for other big names in the fight game – and rightly so. Why would he? He’s becoming his own star in his own right around the world and in many ways represents this new generation of boxing that…

Boxing has to be one of the toughest sports of them all, surely. The highs for reaching the top can be dizzying but the lows of defeat are as crushing as they come in any sport. It’s hard to get your head around the dedication it takes to become a…

Heavyewight champion of the world Anthony Joshua continues to come out of his shell and speak his mind more and more, unfiltered – without the media training. This will no doubt win him over more fans, in the transparent, millennial driven-age we now live in where more and more home…

In what could be one of the most entertaining build-ups to a heavyweight bout in recent memory, serious talks are now underway to stage a fight between Tyson Fury and Shannon Briggs. Just imagine the press conference announcing this fight, dear Lord. As a bout itself too it would be…

David Haye is in bullish form ahead of his rematch with Tony Bellew on May 5th which will take place at London’s 02 Arena. Haye’s damaged left bicep is understood to be healing well with a resuming to full punching achieved over a week ago with coach Ismael Salas. He…

KSI had his first experience in a boxing ring this weekend which went out to a massive audience online on both YouTube and Facebook. Although the event went largely under the radar in hardcore boxing circles, casual sports fans lapped it up due to the mammoth star in the UK…

Heavyweight rivals Anthony Joshua and Dillian bumped into one another this weekend ringside at the O2 Arena in an unlikely meeting. The bad blood appears to be gone between the two for the most part compared to what it was a few years ago when the two boxers fought. At…

Liverpool heavyweight Tony Bellew has come out swinging verbally at the latest wave of failed drugs tests to hit the sport of boxing. The problem has come to the surface more and more over the past couple of years – in particular in professional boxing – coinciding with the return…

Tyson Fury learned of the news this week that he is no longer Ring Magazine heavyweight champion after holding the belt for nearly two and a half years without fighting. Fury was fairly magnanimous to the news and knows he’ll have a chance to fight for the belt again one…

Chris Eubank Jr is readying himself in final preparations ahead of this month’s George Groves showdown in Manchester and has been clearly sparring ferociously. Eubank Jr’s intensity is well-known at this point. Always wanting to go flat-out in most things he does, only knowing one speed really. But that speed…

Some astonishing news has broken today that suggests that boxing as a sport may not feature in the 2020 Olympic games in some startling news. This will come as a shock to not just boxing fans, but the wider sporting public as a whole. Boxing, one of the oldest sports…

Buatsi impressed again this weekend at the London 02 Arena as he added another TKO win to what is quickly becoming a very impressive start to his pro career. Buatsi took out Jordan Joseph this weekend to go 4-0 (3KO) as a professional. His big-hitting, fan friendly style has made the amateur…

When two men step into a ring with one another, lay it all on the line and go to war, the mutual respect shared afterwards shows why boxing at its root core – is such a special sport. Trash talk happens before fights to sell them but afterwards, nine times…

Pound for pound rated fight wizard Terence Crawford could very well have a future opponent after this weekend in a chance meeting backstage at a boxing event in the US. Crawford recently made the move to go up to welterweight (147lbs) and compete with some of the sport’s best in…

“Dell Boy” was in attendance at this weekend’s boxing in London headlined by Okolie and Chamberlain and had a proposal for David Haye who promotes Joe Joyce. Dereck Chisora, always at the centre of things. Instigating and fishing. Say what you want about the man – but he’s delivered entertainment…

Lawrence Okolie impressed everyone this weekend at the 02 Arena in London with a fine performance that saw him earn the bragging rights over his rival Isaac Chamberlain. In a battle of two undefeated fighters fans were for the most part satisfied with a decent scrap, that had two knockdowns in…

Murat Gassiev and Yunier Dorticos were involved in a thriller in the semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series which lived up to fan expectations. In a battle going into it where Cuban Dorticos might have done a little more trash talking than Gassiev would have liked, the latter made him…