Author name: Peter Wells

Following a trio of victories over English opposition, it is Philippines’ Mercito Gesta who is now tasked with dethroning WBA Lightweight title holder Jorge Linares 43-3(27KO’s). Linares’ 12-fight winning streak strides back to 2012, and his standing as an elite pound-for-pound fighter can be narrowly improved with a win over his latest challenger. And an […]

The World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) is well and truly ready to make waves in the boxing world. And it all starts on Saturday night (27th January) when the cruiserweight semi-finals commence with WBC & WBO champions Mairis Briedis and Oleksandr Usyk meeting in Latvia. Both have found success easy to come by in their

There has only been one #ManDown thus far in the career of Errol Spence Jr. And that has been on all 22 occasions, his opposition number, from journeyman, to contenders to champion. Spence impressed in every category on his way through the ranks. His punching became more significant as his opposition improved – thus putting

The co-feature for Errol Spence Jr’s maiden world title defence against Lamont Peterson, sees the return of Robert Easter Jr, as the IBF Lightweight champion defends against highly rated Javier Fortuna. Easter 20-0(14KO’s) has made back-to-back unanimous decision defences of his title following a split decision win over Richard Commey in late 2016. He first

The most savage knockout of the year is now open for vote by the Boxing News and Views readers. Knockouts, there’s just something people love about them. Perhaps it’s a primal instinct in all of us humans. Something we can’t deny, after all, fighting is in our DNA since the start of time. On that