Day: February 6, 2018

Groves vs Eubank Jr represents one of the very best professional boxing contests of early 2018 that is now just around the corner later this month in Manchester. In many ways it pits speed against power, precision against relentlessness – boxing IQ against raw aggression. There are a number of…

The following is an extract of what it is like to be a professional fighter – in the honest words of a professional fighter. Archie Sharp (11-0-6KO) is an undefeated 22 year old super-featherweight promoted by Frank Warren, highly touted for big things in the future. Here is his story…

Murat Gassiev and Yunier Dorticos shared the ring in a thrilling contest this past weekend that saw world champion Gassiev progress to the final of the WBSS, but Cuban Dorticos’ stock also dramatically went up. Boxing is one of those sports that perhaps has the best sportsmanship of them all.…

Pound for pound rated Terence Crawford seems to be using social media more and more to get himself out there compared to been more soft-spoken and reserved on the channels than he was in the past. Boxers know that if they don’t use social media in today’s times that they…

KSI and Joe Weller set a number of records this past weekend in a boxing match won by KSI that went out on YouTube and Facebook. In the age of social media and YouTube stars we now live in, perhaps from a boxing perspective, last weekend’s bout in the UK…

Paulie Malignaggi spoke passionately this week at the launch of a new boxing format he is involved in called Ultimate Boxxer, a similar concept to Prize Fighter but a brand that does not tie fighters to them contractually – so they do not compete with promoters or managers whatsoever. In…

British Boxer Muhammad Ali has learned that he has been banned from boxing for two years for failing a doping test according to BBC Sport. The news broke this morning amid an ongoing concern in professional boxing that doping might be a bigger, more widespread problem than was first suspected.…

Since Floyd Mayweather’s video of him stepping into an MMA cage the saga of him being linked with a rematch against McGregor in the UFC has been non stop. It seems like a bit of a far-fetched notion to think that Mayweather at 40 years of age without any experience…

The great Roy Jones Jr will finish his legendary boxing career in his hometown of Pensacola in Florida and is determined to go out on a high note. Jones became one of only two men in history to hold recognised middleweight and heavyweight world titles as a professional boxer. Furthermore, not many…

All of the USA TV information has now been slotted in well ahead of time for the Joshua vs Parker fight scheduled to take place on March 31st. Joshua’s deal with Showtime in the States continues as they will broadcast his next fight with Joseph Parker. Last year however there…