Liam Smith looks to make it 2-0 over Chris Eubank Jr in their middleweight rematch at the Manchester Arena. Smith upset the odds by stopping the previously unstopped Eubank back in January, his fourth round knockout leading the latter to activate a contractual rematch clause. This time around, Smith enters the ring a favourite, but […]
Oleksandr Usyk defends his unified heavyweight titles against Daniel Dubois in Wroclaw, Poland. The elite Ukrainian, formerly undisputed at cruiserweight, looks to retain the WBO, WBA and IBF belts to keep his hopes of becoming a two-time four-belt champion alive. In the other corner is 25-year-old Dubois in far and away the biggest test of […]
Carl Froch has voiced his opinion on who Anthony Joshua should fight on August 12 after Dillian Whyte was pulled out due to returning an adverse finding on a VADA drugs test. News broke yesterday that the rematch between Joshua and Whyte had officially been cancelled after ‘The Body Snatcher’s adverse result. Reports suggest Eddie […]
David Haye has sensationally revealed that Derek Chisora told him Dillian Whyte would fail a drugs test and he would step in to take on Anthony Joshua. News broke yesterday that Whyte had returned an ‘adverse finding’ in a random VADA drugs test and had been pulled from his highly anticipated rematch with Joshua. Reports […]
Generational great, Naoya Inoue, steps up in weight to challenge for Stephen Fulton’s unified super- bantamweight world titles in Tokyo, Japan. Both fighters have shown greatness in the ring, Fulton’s peak focused on pure boxing, movement and defence whilst Inoue has a knockout highlight reel unlike any other ‘smaller’ boxer. Stay right here for round […]
The four top sanctioning bodies in boxing – WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF – are subject to considerable criticism from fans, media and fighters, often for good reason. Too many belts, not enforcing mandatories and questionable ranking decisions are some of the most common grievances aired. WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman found himself on the receiving […]
Mexican dangerman Mauricio Lara returns to British shores for a rematch with Leigh Wood, who has the chance to win back his WBA Featherweight World title. Lara – the champion until one day ago – lost the belt on the scales, and is therefore not eligible to leave the ring with it regardless of the […]
Lawrence Okolie (19-0) is seeking to make a fourth successful defence of his WBO cruiserweight title as he travels to Chris Billam-Smith’s (17-1) backyard for what will be his highest profile defence to date. This will be the first time that Okolie has defended his belt against a fellow Brit, but he did defeat the […]
Michael Conlan challenges for Luis Alberto Lopez’ IBF Featherweight World title in his hometown of Belfast. Conlan (18-1) takes centre stage once more in the fight city, this time for the biggest night of his career so far. He challenges the tricky Mexican (27-2), who won the belt in December of last year against Josh […]
Devin Haney defends his undisputed lightweight crown against Vasiliy Lomachenko in one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year do far. Haney captured and defended the lightweight undisputed crown against George Kambosos Jr in Australia, but he faces arguably his toughest test when he goes up against an elite but ageing Lomachenko in […]
Chantelle Cameron spoiled Katie Taylor’s homecoming in Dublin and retained her super lightweight undisputed title with a majority decision win. It was an enthralling back and forth encounter from the first bell with no let up, but it was mostly Cameron forcing the action and landing the more meaningful shots throughout the contest. In her […]
Katie Taylor moves up in weight to challenge for Chantelle Cameron’s undisputed super lightweight title and make history in Ireland. Taylor fights in her home country for the first time as a professional, bravely choosing the undefeated Cameron to fill the other corner. The pair have gone the distance 25 times in 39 fights combined, […]