Ortiz Jr v McKinson on Saturday night is a rearranged fight fixture following its postponement in March due to health complications suffered by the American. Ortiz Jr. is the golden boy of Oscar De La Hoya’s stable and has yet to put a foot wrong since turning professional back in September 2016. The 24-year-old won […]
Dalton Smith, the Sheffield fighter who is the most decorated amateur ever to come out of the Steel City, has carried his electric form into the professional ranks, winning all but two of his 11 contests inside the distance. Smith fights at home this Saturday night live on DAZN headlining a show for the first […]
Michael Conlan returns to Belfast to fight at The SSE Arena, against Colombian puncher Miguel Marriaga, five months on from his dramatic loss to Leigh Wood. The ending saw Conlan knocked out of the ring in the final round after a dramatic WBA featherweight title fight. Marriaga may not have a big win on his […]
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has voiced his opinions on the upcoming Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua Rematch. Usyk, a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, dethroned Joshua via an unanimous decision back in September last year to clinch the WBA Super, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The two meet at […]
The Jake Paul saga continues – his fight against Hasim Rahman Jr has officially been cancelled. ‘The Problem Child’ was originally set to fight Tommy Fury in Madison Square Garden on August 6 but the fight was thrown into doubt when the Brit attempted to board a plane to the US for the first press […]
Two division world champion turned boxing analyst Andre Ward has voiced his opinions on the Usyk-Joshua rematch next month. Andre Ward is viewed as one of the greatest boxing talents of his generation, with the American ruling at both Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight. Ward shot to stardom in the Super Six World Boxing tournament […]
Danny Garcia, the former two-division world champion, returns to the ring on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia, who was last in action against Errol Spence Jr., moves up to 154 pounds to meet Jose Benavidez Jr. ‘Swift’ has predicted an early night in what will be his 40th fight. He […]
Josh Kelly returns home to the North-East of England on July 30 as he looks to make it two wins out of two in quick succession. The 28-year-old from Sunderland faces the challenge of ‘El Tornado’ Lucas Brian Bastida who will fight outside Argentina for the first time in his career. After a 16-month absence […]
The Cruiserweight division often has a habit of delivering entertaining fights and Chris Billam-Smith against Isaac Chamberlain has the potential of being another. Billam-Smith will defend his European and Commonwealth Cruiserweight titles this Saturday, July 29, and is potentially one win away from a world title shot. Should Chamberlain pick up the two belts then […]
With Tyson Fury calling out Anthony Joshua on social media, momentum for the all-Bristish heavyweight showdown has started to build again. In recent weeks Fury has twice repeated claims that he will come out of ‘retirement’ for the AJ fight, but under one condition – it must be on free-to-air television: “Mr Businessman, he’s not […]
Joe Calzaghe, regarded as one of the greatest British boxers of all time, has given his breakdown of the upcoming Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua rematch. The Welshman knows a thing or two about big fights, he won his first world title against Chris Eubank in 1997, gave a 12-round education to Jeff Lacy, beat Mikkel Kessler […]
Back in May, a video of former heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, threatening to ‘crack students’ jaws’ went viral. Joshua himself has stayed pretty quiet about the altercation. In a recent interview with JD Sports, Joshua was asked how he deals with ‘the hate’ that inevitably comes with his level of fame: “Online is very different […]