Boxing News

Happy Ramadan to all our Muslim readers today. We’re in the very heart of one of the most Muslim districts at the moment in Istanbul and very good to observe this in person for the first time. Epic. Heck of a tradition. Big respect. Forgot to mention also a happy Passover that ended recently to […]

Beaten but not down and out Ebanie Bridges it is safe to say won the hearts of possibly hundreds of thousands of new boxing fans around the world this past month or so. Her shoot to stardom was unlike that seen of its kind, certainly in women’s boxing in recent memory. Despite losing her first

Son of former world champion Nigel Benn, Conor Benn, impressed once again at the weekend with a devastating first round stoppage win. Benn has shown tremendous promise and improvement in his short blazing career thus far. After the fight at the weekend, almost visibly still in fight mode, he was aggressive in wanting a piece

Women’s boxing’s profile dramatically increased the past weekend in a fight that lived up to all the hype between new World Champion Shannon Courtenay and Ebanie Bridges. Although Bridges lost the fight, she won in other ways. Somehow, single-handedly, she increased the profile of an entire sport through her personality, heart and superb fight ability.

Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr seems to have invoked a new trend of boxing legends making comebacks in recent times. Here’s the thing. That’s all well and good until one of these boxers gets injured. If they are exhibitions and done in the right spirit that’s great. Fair play. Tyson vs Jones turned out

Canelo Alvarez has shown in his recent performances in the boxing ring that he is more in love with his profession and his job of being a boxer than ever. Find you what you love to do and you’ll never work a day in your life. True. Pay no attention to the distractions. Alvarez has

Son of boxing legend Nigel Benn, Conor Benn, has shown a great deal of improvement fight to fight in his start to his professional boxing career. Both technically, mentally and physically he is starting to look like a chip off the old block. An aggressive fight style like his father, his body shots, uppercuts, hooks