Daniel Dubois has sent a message to Oleksandr Usyk, and has seemed to confirm he will be next to get a shot at Usyk’s unified world heavyweight title. The WBA confirmed yesterday that Usyk would be ordered to face WBA regular champion Dubois next, and gave both parties a month to negotiate terms before purse […]
Lawrence Okolie will defend his WBO cruiserweight world title against Chris Billam-Smith at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth on May 27th. It had already been announced that hometown hero Billam Smith would fight on the date, however reports of a big domestic dust up with Okolie only emerged over the past few days. IT’S ON! […]
Lennox Lewis has named an under the radar heavyweight from his generation who, in Lewis’ opinion, would have excelled in the modern era. In a career that spanned across three decades from 1989 to 2003, former undisputed world champion Lewis faced all contenders – except famously Riddick Bowe, who vacated his WBC title rather than […]
Frank Warren has given his thoughts on rival promoter Eddie Hearn in this week, and actually came dangerously close to giving Hearn a compliment. Warren’s Queensberry Promotions and Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing have been the two top dogs in British boxing for well over a decade at this stage, and the two foes and haven taken […]
Anthony Joshua and Carl Froch came face to face at the 02 on Saturday night, the first time the pair have crossed paths since the ignition of their prolonged war of words in recent months. ‘AJ’ labelled Froch a clown in an interview, responding to criticism from ‘The Cobra’ surrounding his decision to part ways […]
David Haye has weighed in with some advice for Anthony Joshua regarding the possibility of him fighting Tyson Fury next. Fury’s name inevitably came up after Joshua’s successful comeback fight against Jermaine Franklin on Saturday night, after Eddie Hearn had admitted pre fight that talks were underway with Fury’s promotional team. Haye, however, advised Joshua […]
Tony Bellew has named who he believes to be the hardest puncher in the lighter weight categories since the great Prince Naseem Hamed. Hamed secured 31 of his 36 professional victories inside the distance, and is widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest ever fighters. When speaking to iFL TV, Bellew named American star Gervonta […]
Carl Froch has given an honest assessment on Anthony Joshua’s performance in his win over Jermaine Franklin at the 02 last night. Although Joshua was a wide winner on all three judges’ scorecards, most feel it was not the statement showing that many of his backers hoped for after consecutive defeats Oleksandr Usyk. Speaking on […]
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter has responded to Frank Warren’s claims that social media was part of the reason an undisputed fight between Tyson Fury and Usyk fell apart. The news broke last week that the historic clash would not take place on April 29, with Warren saying a lot of the prior back and forth on […]
Anthony Joshua has weighed in on the possibility of a rematch with Dillian Whyte following his successful comeback bout against Jermaine Franklin. Whyte has long called for the pair to run back their memorable 2015 British title fight, which ended in a seventh round stoppage win for ‘AJ.’ Speaking to Boxing Social at the O2 […]
Just three weeks out from their blockbuster clash in Las Vegas, Ryan Garcia has poked fun at Gervonta Davis over the demands Davis’ team have imposed on him in the fight contract. The two young stars will lock horns at the T-Mobile Arena on April 22 in what is widely expected to be one of the […]
Anthony Joshua has given an insight to how training at Derrick James’ gym in Dallas with the likes of Errol Spence Jr and Jermell Charlo has aided preparations for his comeback bout this weekend. ‘AJ’ has been working with James in Texas since the start of this year, the latest addition to one of the […]