Author name: Niall Doran

Boxing’s biggest star, and in the eyes of many, the current pound for pound best fighter in the world, Mexico’s Canelo Alvarez’ next fight has now being confirmed. He will take on the highly skilled world champion Caleb Plant next up. Here is the date and venue: As expected, even though professional boxing fell on […]

It has been twenty five years already since one of the greatest, ever, lyrical geniuses departed this Earth. Tupac Shakur left a body of work here that has stood the time since. Prophetic, slowly, but surely, in some ways, indicative of any time, in others. His final chapter in this temporary life on Earth was

It was a big weekend for Brazilian fight legends just gone. Vitor Belfort and Anderson Silva, former UFC Champions, both scored knockouts in Florida. Silva scored the decisive one, however, over former UFC champion Tito Ortiz in brutal fashion: No doubt Silva back in the day would have been one of the few who could

WBC featherweight champion Oscar Valdez of Mexico went 30-0 last Friday night in Tucson. A unanimous points decision was enough to get the job done in the end. For anyone who missed it, here are the fight highlights: (hat tip Top Rank YouTube) Valdez appears to be a fighter who fights to the level of

This weekend’s fight featuring a boxing legend (Evander Holyfield) well over the age usually allowed to compete in a pro boxing ring brings up another important subject. That of pensions for boxers after they retire. This has never traditionally existed in boxing but trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas made a constructive suggestion that might be

In what was a tough watch for many boxing fans this weekend, one of the all-time greats, Evander Holyfield, was stopped in the very first round. In what, in the end, was called a professional boxing match but ultimately, had two minutes round duration and reportedly afterwards, did not go on either fighter’s professional boxing

Australian boxing sensation Ebanie Bridges recently got back to winning ways once again in the boxing ring. Improving her professional record to now 7-1. The Aussie is now back in her home country but has ended up in hospital saying on Twitter: Get well soon. Here was Bridges’ last fight in the boxing ring: SEE