Hall of Fame fighter Evander Holyfield has called for stronger penalties on drug cheats in boxing and has proposed one idea in particular to stamp them out once and for ll. Drug testing in boxing has been very much in the news over the last six to twelve months or so, after a number of […]

The highly anticipated Lomachenko Linares fight has been agreed in principle this week in what could be one of the best technical matches in the sport this year. For months now the two have been linked with one another in a lightweight showdown but Dan Rafel of ESPN confirmed the news this week that it

Hall of Fame promoter Bob rum is not impressed with Deontay Wilder’s boxing style following his recent win over Luis Ortiz. Arum is in involved in the promotion somewhat of WBO champion Joseph Parker who takes on Anthony Joshua at the end of this month in a massive unification in Cardiff, Wales. It’s not surprising

WBO world featherweight champion Oscar Valdez waked away with more than a few bumps and brusies this weekend in California. The Mexican warrior suffered  broken jaw and lost  tooth in his 12 round unanimous points win over Englishman Scott Quigg. Quigg also suffered a broken jaw in the mid rounds in a battle that both

Boxing is not a sport for the faint hearted sometimes and last night Mexican Oscar Valdez and Englishman Scott Quigg suffered some of the more painful injuries seen recently in a pro boxing ring. Fighting live on ESPN the fight delivered in buckets. An action packed encounter that saw Quigg suffer a broken nose and

Scott Quigg did not hide away from the media after his loss to Oscar Vldez this weekend on ESPN. Quigg was happy to answer all questions of him after the unanimous points decision and was largely humble in defeat. Speaking to a media scrum straight after the loss, Quigg said: “I thought it was a

UFC president White was pictured with his son in t-shirts for his new boxing company which White plans to begin promoting boxing events with in the US in the near future. Dan White has been linked to boxing a lot in recent times following his public decision to get involved in the sport as a

Promoter Eddie Hearn might be new in the US boxing market but American journalists were not letting him off the hook easily after this weekend’s world title fight. Hearn’s fighter Scott Quigg suffered a broken nose on route to a unanimous points loss to featherweight champion Oscar Valdez this weekend. Going into the fight Quigg

Sergey Lipinets dropped a decision to Mikey Garcia this weekend but put on an entertaining battle for as long as the fight went. Mikey Garcia became a four weight world champion with his unanimous points win in San Antonio but paid tribute to his opponent afterwards. Following the loss, Lipinets was refreshingly honest and frank

Scott Quigg suffered  loss to Oscr Valdez this weekend but before the fight even happened the main story surrounded Quigg missing weight. The WBO title was not on the line for Quigg as consequence after he came in nearly 3lbs overweight on Friday. This was very out of character for Quigg, a man known to