Day: September 4, 2018

A world welterweight champion and fellow stablemate of the two fighters, Keith Thurman, is perhaps in as good a position as anyone to make a call on this weekend’s WBC welterweight title fight. He very could well be fighting the winner himself. Speaking to Showtime ahead of this weekend’s big…

Some interesting news has come about today that really proves just how huge this GGG vs Canelo 2 fight on September 15th in Vegas really is. Let the games begin! Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez and WBC/WBA/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will be featured in an 8-bit…

September just keeps getting better and better for boxing fans. Premier Boxing Champions have made sure that the very end of the month will have even more action. For those thinking the WBSS final at the end of the month in Saudi Arabia between George Groves and Callum Smith was…

He’s known for being one of the most prolific knockout artists in the game. Shattered jaws, detached retinas, broken cheek bones and noses have been some of the injuries his unfortunate foes have sustained. But above all, he has that magical, almost undefinable quality that acts as a primal lure…

The latest fight confirmation has come today in Bob Arum’s Top Rank partnership with ESPN in a deal that was recently extended for many years to come in an effort to continue to bring boxing back to the masses in the US. Competition is heating up in the US boxing…

Lets take a quick stroll down memory and watch back Canelo’s top five knockouts ahead of his rematch against Gennady Golovkin on September 15th. He’ll be hoping to add another one to the list that night of course but in his heart of hearts, he probably knows knocking out Golovkin is…

In a moment of what can only be described as sheer cruelty by a television game show in the UK, boxer Tony Bellew who was clearly terrified of heights, was raised high into the air on an unsteady rig, which was then tilted so he had to do sit ups…

Oscar De La Hoya has appeared live on ESPN this morning ahead of the highly anticipated Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez rematch on September 15th. In recent days Canelo’s promoter and former world champion Oscar De La Hoya questioned how much Golovkin supports his own country of Kazahkstan in an…

Boxing superstar and politician Manny Pacquiao is thinking about taking his political career to the next level once his boxing career is over. Currently Pacquiao is a Senator in his home country of The Philippines and has gone on record as saying he wishes to continue his professional boxing career…

Fury has been keeping in shape since his second comeback win over Francesco Pianeta and after taking a two-week holiday with family, is now back in full-time training for a Deontay Wilder fight. Gone are the days by the looks of things where Fury put on large amounts of weight…

Ahead of GGG vs Canelo 2 in just over ten days time lets watch the full GGG vs Canelo first fight a year ago to see what we might be able to learn coming into the rematch. A lot has happened since then. Controversy in the ring on the night…

Amir Khan returns to the ring this weekend against Samuel Vargas in Birmingham. Khan has fully committed to the welterweight division at this stage of his career following a prolonged break from the sport before coming back this year. Speaking ahead of this weekend’s fight Khan said: “I’m only going…

Kell Brook is on the move once again in boxing weight classes. The former IBF welterweight champion from Sheffield made the move to super-welterweight earlier this year after losing his title last year at 147lbs to American Errol Spence Jr. Brook before that also competed up at middleweight in a…

Canelo Alvarez appears to be noticeably trimmer second time round for his rematch with Gennady Golovkin on September 15th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo seems to be building himself for speed more than ever. Perhaps an indication that he might want to box and move and use…

Many might not have heard of Donnie Nietes outside of hardcore boxing fans but this weekend live on HBO on ‘Super Fly 3’ the Filipino boxer has a unique opportunity. When one things of Filipino boxers the names Manny Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire are usually the first two boxers that…

On August 29, 2018, the English version of Non-Compromised Pendulum came to light. The book comprehensively describes the system of the legendary coach – Cus D’Amato. It should serve as a reminder that D’Amato brought science to sweet science and forged three world champions – Jose Torres, Floyd Patterson and…

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is back in heavy training ahead of his anticipated shot at the WBC heavyweight title held by American Deontay Wilder. UK heavyweight contender Fury has always been known for his ability to talk ever since turning pro. Call outs, trash talk and verbal bashing has…

Amir Khan still holds a lot of respect for his old training partner Manny Pacquiao but is willing to put friendship aside if business opportunities come up. Khan and Pacquiao famously shared some explosive sparring sessions in Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym in Hollywood but their careers never collided in…