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Chris Eubank Jr’s previous trainer, Roy Jones Jr, has weighed in on his former charge’s impressive win over Liam Smith in their rematch last month. Despite being emphatically stopped first time around and going into the second fight an underdog, Eubank arguably produced a career-best performance, dominating Smith from the off and forcing referee Kevin […]
Though WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has never been the most body beautiful fighter, he did not look in the best shape even by his standards at the press conference for his crossover bout with Francis Ngannou. His promoter Bob Arum has played down the concerns about Fury’s condition, and claimed his charge was […]
Despite a growing narrative that he is a fighter on the decline, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez delivered a first grade performance this past weekend he defeated Jermell Charlo via unanimous decision at the T-Mobile Arena. A significant number of pundits were picking Charlo to hand Alvarez the third defeat of his professional career, with Dmitri Bivol […]
As impressive as Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez was against Jermell Charlo in Las Vegas this past weekend, most pundits were underwhelmed by the American’s efforts. Though Charlo scaled two weight classes and was a clear underdog against Alvarez, there was a contingent of observers picking him to spring the upset and most at least believed he […]
Having cemented his place as one of the biggest names in boxing, there are few fights involving Gervonta Davis that would not be considered mega fights by all modern definitions. However, there is a fighter with whom Davis shares a long history that would be an opponent more enticing than most others. Davis and two-weight […]
After a vintage performance against Jermell Charlo this past weekend, Saul ‘Canelo’ has put to bed some of the claims that he may not be perhaps the fighter he once was. That narrative started emerging after three uninspiring performances from Alvarez on the bounce, the first of which came against WBA light heavyweight world champion […]
Following his impressive win over Jermell Charlo at the T-Mobile Arena this past weekend, the boxing world unanimously called for one name for Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to take on next. Alavrez dropped Charlo on his way to a unanimous decision victory in Las Vegas, before all conversations quickly shifted to what 2024 has in store […]
After three somewhat low key performances in succession, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez reminded the boxing world why he became one of the greatest fighters of this generation with an excellent performance against Jermell Charlo this past weekend. Alvarez retained his undisputed super middleweight championship with a unanimous decision win over Charlo at the T-Mobile Arena, with […]
Despite both being from Mexico and having once worked together, it’s clear Oscar De La Hoya and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez are never going to be the best of friends. De La Hoya promoted Alvarez for almost a decade from 2010, however the relationship ended on a sour note and the pair have taken numerous public […]
Following back to back stoppage defeats to Zhilei Zhang, there have been calls from some quarters for British heavyweight Joe Joyce to retire from boxing. Joyce’s second loss to Zhang was particularly brutal, with a crushing right hook from southpaw ‘Big Bang’ bringing proceedings to an abrupt end in the third round of their rematch […]
John Fury has had his say on the controversy around Daniel Dubois’ world title fight with Oleksandr Usyk last month, and believes the Brit was let down by his team. 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 […]
Despite becoming good friends following their fruitful relationship as promoter and fighter, Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew have disagreed on their predictions for an undisputed heavyweight world title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. The boxing world went into melt down last week when it was announced that both men have signed for the […]