Despite winning almost every second of his fight with Daniel Dubois this past weekend, many are starting to play down Usyk’s chances in a potential undisputed clash against Tyson Fury. Sky pundit Johnny Nelson has always been a believer that WBC champion Fury would simply prove too much for the masterful Ukrainian, and he isn’t […]
Terence Crawford’s stunning ninth round stoppage of Errol Spence Jr on July 29 to claim the undisputed welterweight world title is arguably the best performance in a boxing ring this year. However, for Crawford’s mastery, concerns have been raised for Spence, who was on the end of a hellacious beating at the T-Mobile Arena. And in […]
Despite winning almost every second of his fight with Daniel Dubois last weekend, many are starting to play down Oleksandr Usyk’s chances in a potential undisputed clash with Tyson Fury. Former world champion Paulie Malignaggi has weighed in with his prediction for the monster heavyweight dust up – and is siding with ‘The Gypsy King’ […]
Gervonta Davis is one of the hardest punchers in the sport of boxing pound for pound, having stopped a whopping 27 of the 29 men unfortunate enough to have shared a professional ring with him. ‘Tank’ has knocked fighters out from featherweight all the way up to light welterweight, causing fans to wonder how far […]
After his stunning win over Errol Spence Jr on July 29th in Las Vegas, Terence Crawford has been anointed the pound for pound king and widely hailed as a generational fighter. With that rarified air comes comparisons to the best boxers of years gone by, and a name that has been put beside Crawford’s more […]
After Oleksandr Usyk’s win over Daniel Dubois this past weekend, the predicable calls for a long overdue undisputed clash with Tyson Fury surfaced once again. For that to happen, an exception would have to be made for Usyk to delay a fight with mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic, which has been ordered by the IBF. And […]
Much has been made of Chris Eubank Jr’s decision to part ways with Roy Jones Jr ahead of his rematch with Liam Smith this weekend – and Jones has now weighed in with a prediction. Many felt Eubank’s approach to his first fight with Smith – to box on the back foot – was all […]
Shakur Stevenson is arguably the one of the most talented fighters in the sport of boxing right now, with some observers of the belief that no one in and around his weight can beat him. The Newark southpaw’s next opponent looks likely to be countryman Frank Martin after the WBC ordered the pair to fight […]
Daniel Dubois’ promoter Frank Warren was incandescent with referee Luis Pabon’s decision to rule a shot landed by the Brit against Oleksandr Usyk a low blow in their world title clash this past weekend. However, the veteran boxing businessman has this week revealed he also has a bone to pick with his young charge over […]
Even though the weekend has come and gone, the boxing world still seems split on whether Daniel Dubois’ right hand on Oleksandr Usyk should have been ruled a low blow. The thudding shot appeared to land on the lower half of Usyk’s belt line, and sent the masterful Ukrainian crashing to the canvas. Referee Luis […]
Esteemed former trainer Teddy Atlas has weighed in on the low blow controversy from Oleksandr Usyk’s win over Daniel Dubois this past weekend. A Dubois’ right to the body sent Usyk crashing to the canvas in the fifth round at the Tarczynski Arena, but referee Luis Pabon ruled the shot low and allowed the Ukrainian […]
The boxing world collectively shook its head when news that Anthony Joshua’s late replacement opponent Robert Helenius had failed a VADA test before their clash at the 02 Arena a couple of weeks ago. The news almost felt like some sort of sick joke, given the entire reason Helenius had been drafted in was because […]