Day: February 20, 2018

Ring girls in boxing have been at the centre of a controversial story in recent times following extreme feminists lobbying for their jobs to be made redundant. Sports such as Formula One and Darts have recently made the decision to remove some of their walk on girls at their events…

Katie Taylor’s next opponent and date has been confirmed for the Irish woman who became a world champion in her very first year as a pro. Taylor takes on Victoria Bustos in a WBA and IBF World Lightweight showdown on April 28th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Taylor got…

Andy Lee at 33 years of age has decided to hang up the gloves after a stellar professional career that saw him reached the top and become middleweight champion of the world. A standout amateur, Lee made the transition to the pro ranks well and shared the ring with the…

Irishman Andy Lee has retired from the sport of boxing today and has given his reasons as the boxing world reacts to news of the 33-year-old retiring. Lee became WBO middleweight world champion and was involved in a number of exciting fights through the years. Starting off his pro career…

George Groves has responded to remarks made by Eubank Jr after their fight that appeared to suggest he had intentionally head butted Eubank Jr in the fight. After the fight Eubank Jr also said he thought he did enough to ‘nick the fight’. Not many were in agreement however. He…

The WBO middleweight champion dispatched of Lemieux in his last fight but still has a passionate dislike for him months after sharing the ring. Usually when a fighter is over mutual respect is exchanged between fighters and anything that was said in the build-up is forgotten about. Usually. Not the…

Tyson Fury has returned to his mischievous ways online today as he wished international singer Rihanna a happy birthday in his own little way. Fury is currently shedding the remaining pounds before he steps back into the ring in the coming months in what will be his first fight in a…

Kell Brook lost the second fight of his pro career and his world title to Errol Spence Jr last year but it’s only now he’s speaking openly about what it did to him. Brook was removed from the public eye for quite some time after the loss and unlike the…

Comments from Naseem Hamed about Chris Eubank Jr have got the boxing world talking and WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders agrees with Hamed. Hamed called for Eubank Jr to retire and blasted him and his father for telling the public (in his opinion) that junior was a world beater…

Nieky Holzken was kept on standby by the World Boxing Super Series should the worst happen and as it can happen in boxing, last-minute illness has felled one of the tournament’s fighters. Previously scheduled opponent Braehmer pulled out due to illness. The WBSS literally only released their pre-fight documentary for the…

Today the World Boxing Super Series confirmed that German Juergen Braehmer is out of this weekend’s fight against Callum Smith. Liverpool man Smith will still fight this weekend in the semi-final of the new tournament but will instead face 34-year-old Nieky Holzken of Holland. A relative unknown quantity, many boxing fans…

WBC heavyweight champion of the world Deontay Wilder is currently preparing for his next fight on March 3rd against Cuban Luis Ortiz. It was a fight that was meant to happen last year but frustratingly for Wilder it was put back after a failed doping test by Ortiz. This frustration…

They say there is an unspoken bond between fighters and if this is anything to go by, that notion was proven to be true after Danny Garcia knocked out Brandon Rios this past weekend in Las Vegas. Although the ending was as conclusive as you could ask for, with Rios…

Previously planned Callum Smith opponent this weekend Juergen Braehmer of Germany has been forced to pull out at the last-minute due to illness. The World Boxing Super Series semi-final will still go ahead this weekend however. The WBSS confirmed a short time ago that Braehmer who was suffering from influenza revealed he…

Mayweather-promoted former world champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is on the lookout for a new opponent at the moment. But it sure as hell won’t be middleweight king pin Gennady Golovkin. Obviously a fight between the two would never happen anyway given the size discrepancy. But as fans like to do,…

One of the very few people out there that give Mayweather a shot against McGregor in an MMA fight is current WBO middleweight world champion Billy Joe Saunders. He gives him more than just a shot in fact. He actually thinks he’d beat him. Speaking ahead of his next fight…

There’s a lot of people with egg on their faces this week who passionately backed Chris Eubank Jr to beat George Groves this past weekend. But one fan in particular has produced a novel way of explaining himself. Everyone makes mistakes. Going into the fight last weekend a lot of…

A rather strange clip has emerged showing George Groves and head trainer Shane McGuigan appearing to impersonate the Eubanks after this weekend’s fight. It proved to be a big night for the pair. An expertly delivered game plan saw Groves win out comfortable winner on the scorecards in the end.…

George Groves has been brutally honest to his vanquished foe Chris Eubank Jr following their fight this past weekend at the Manchester Arena. Since the bout a key subject that has been spoken about is the working relationship between Eubank senior and junior moving forward. Speaking to Gareth Davies of…

Liverpool heavyweight and former cruiserweight champion of the world Tony Bellew has gained a massive reaction for his take on what should happen to a convicted paedophile. Bellew is currently preparing for his up coming rematch with Londoner David Haye on May 5th which will take place at London’s 02…

Finally, it looks like the rather bizarre story of former pound for pound boxer Floyd Mayweather taking on Conor McGregor in MMA – could be over. It was a story that in truth carried little logic to it. How a 40-year-old man with no experience in another combat sport, who…