As Roy Jones Jr celebrates his 53rd birthday Luke G. Williams ponders his legacy and delves into his personal archive to recall a 2018 audience with arguably the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of the last three decades…  Realisin...

The reign of Joe Smith Jr as WBO light-heavyweight champion finally got underway with a 9th round win over Steve Geffrard last night. After contracting Covid-19 last September Smith was unable to defend against Umar Salamov and then this mo...

The undercard for Matchroom Boxing’s first event of the year has some additions. February 12 at the Alexandra Palace, London stages the super-middleweight attraction between Britain’s John Ryder and America’s Daniel Jacobs. And as the...

David Avanesyan’s trainer Carl Greaves would like a bit of honesty from Conor Benn’s team. The European welterweight champion has long been linked to a fight against the improved Benn but at no time has it ever felt realistic that the f...

With boxing in Britain getting back into full swing next month Friday saw the official announcement for the rescheduled fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Williams. The middleweight bout will go ahead on February 5 at the Motorpoint Are...

Cheavon Clarke has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his eagerly anticipated professional debut at cruiserweight in 2022. Born and raised in rural Jamaica, Clarke moved to England at th...

Can late sub Steve Geffrard upset title holder Joe Smith Jr in this weekend’s WBO light-heavyweight showdown at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York? Luke G. Williams previews the action… It has been a slow start to 2022 from...

As heavyweight boxing looks set to announce a top-tier fight between a Frenchman and a Croatian, one of Sweden’s best exports still lingers in the shadows, disappointed that his year closed out to muted fanfare.   Speaking to B...

Daniel Dubois believes he is destined to become the heavyweight division’s leading light when his time arrives. The 24-year-old is ranked at number one by the WBA and a shot at the ‘Regular’ champion Trevor Bryan is set to be called b...

Heavyweight prospect Damian Knyba (5-0, 3 KOs) is chasing the American Dream and is hoping to make his U.S. debut later this year, with a view to signing a deal with a promoter based in the States. The 25-year-old may be a relative unknown ...

Derek Chisora believes fellow British heavyweight Anthony Joshua will avenge his defeat to unified champion Oleksandr Usyk in their much-trumpeted rematch. Joshua lost his IBF, WBA and WBO titles to Usyk via unanimous decision back in Septe...

Filip Hrgovic has found an opponent for his IBF heavyweight final eliminator. And what a fight it promises to be. The unbeaten Croat (14-0, 12 KOs) will face old amateur foe Tony Yoka. The news was confirmed this evening by Hrgovic’s co-p...

IBF featherweight champion Kiko Martinez is self-isolating at his home after he and some of his family members tested positive for Covid-19, according to Espabox. Despite his positive test, Martinez’s world title rematch with Josh War...

Hamzah Sheeraz has left the super-welterweight division to carry on his career at middleweight. Queensberry Promotions made the announcement today on their social media channels showing Sheeraz training in desert surroundings. The unbeaten ...

Top heavyweight contender Joe Joyce may be recovering from a wrist injury but that hasn’t stopped ‘The Juggernaut’ feeling positive about 2022. The WBO number one contender will be able to get back to punching in six weeks’ time wit...

Promoter Bob Arum has called on Dillian Whyte to ‘stop messing around’ and get a WBC heavyweight title fight with Tyson Fury over the line in the spring. The World Boxing Council approved an 80-20 split for a bout between champion Fury ...

Filip Hrgovic is not a happy man. The unbeaten Croatian heavyweight continues to sit and wait for an opportunity to fight in an IBF final eliminator with the winner to go on and challenge for the world title. Hrgovic, the organisation’s n...

Jessie Vargas has been ruled out of his super-welterweight showdown with Liam Smith after testing positive for Covid-19. The Las Vegas native was scheduled to meet fellow former world champion Smith on February 5 at the Footprint Center, Ph...

Jordan Gill’s shot at European glory has been rearranged for February 27 in London. The 27-year-old from Chatteris had been scheduled to face EBU featherweight champion Karim Guerfi on the Conor Benn-Chris Algieri card in Liverpool last m...

Zach Parker says Demetrius Andrade “doesn’t fancy” a fight against him after last week’s speculation linking the pair to a title bout. WBO President Paco Valcarcel tweeted on January 6 that he could not wait any longer on whether An...

After a 2021 which saw Daniel Dubois re-establish himself as a heavyweight contender the 24-year-old is now aiming for titles in 2022. Two wins in two fights under new trainer Shane McGuigan brought confidence back to the Londoner having si...

Eddie Hearn says rising welterweight star Conor Benn will be back in action in April, with an announcement on his opponent not too far away. In his last bout, Benn knocked out former world champion Chris Algieri in four rounds – his t...

Ahead of Steve Geffrard’s last ditch appointment with Joe Smith Jr. at the weekend, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at Manny Pacquiao’s contrasting experience in the late substitute and favourite’s role. The bad news i...

Former WBA and RING magazine super-middleweight champion Callum Smith will kick off his 2022 in April. The 31-year-old Liverpudlian has now left the 168lbs scene to concentrate on becoming a two-weight champion. ‘Mundo’ (28-1, 20 KOs) b...