Sports Journalist · 63 articles
Anthony Crolla could be set for the biggest payday of his life in his next fight. The Manchester lightweight is the mandatory challenger to face Vasiliy Lomachenko. Crolla, a former WBA World champion, would come up against the Ukrainian genius in a challenge for his old belt with the WBO crown also at stake. Bob […]
Joe Joyce appears to have confirmed his next fight. The former Commonwealth heavyweight champion, who now holds the WBA Continental crown, is set to return on February 23. Joyce, 33, has a ledger of 7-0 with all of them early and is meant to be on the undercard of James DeGale’s vacant IBO World super-middleweight […]
Dillian Whyte could be on the verge of bypassing a potential shot at Anthony Joshua. The WBC ‘Silver’ heavyweight champion has been mentioned as the front runner to face the unified World champion at Wembley Stadium later this year. Joshua has yet to find a foe for his April 13 date at the national football […]
Liam Smith will take on Sam Eggington when he returns to the ring in a few weeks’ time. The 30-year-old former world champion will be back between the ropes on March 30, exclusively live on Sky Sports in the UK. Smith, who recently left Frank Warren and inked promotional terms with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom […]
Jarrell Miller will not fight later this week. The undefeated 30-year-old had been set to return on Friday in New York. Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) was last in action in November in Kansas when he claimed the vacant WBO NABO title with a victory over Romania’s Bogdan Dinu. And he was expected to fight at […]
Miles Shinkwin has been given his next fight date as the English light-heavyweight champion will make a defence of his title before the first quarter of the year is out. Shinkwin will face Kirk Garvey in a voluntary defence on March 2. The fight will take place on a card promoted by Ryan Smith at Bethnal […]
Lewis Ritson will be back in the ring before the end of the first quarter. The British lightweight champion suffered his maiden defeat in the paid code last October. Ritson was outpointed by Francesco Patera of Belgium, exclusively live on Sky Sports, at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle when the pair clashed for the vacant […]
Katie Taylor will get the chance to unify the female lightweight division sooner rather than later. The 32-year-old IBF and WBA champion will face WBO champion Rose Volante next. Taylor, comprehensively outpointed Eva Wahlstrom on December 15, exclusively live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN Stateside, in her last outing at Madison […]
Jono Carroll could be set for a world title shot in the next couple of months with the Dubliner banging on the door for an opportunity to fight for a meaningful belt. Carroll, the the IBF Inter-Continental champion who is rated at number four by the sanctioning body and has a ledger of 16-0-1, drew […]
Liam Smith will be back in the ring before too long after inking fresh promotional terms. The former WBO super-welterweight world champion has been out since last July when he suffered defeat to Jaime Munguia in a challenge for his old belt in Las Vegas. Smith took on the talented Mexican at the Hard Rock Hotel […]
Tyrone McCullagh has changed his training setup ahead of potentially the biggest year of his professional career to date. The Derry super-bantamweight, who holds the WBO European title, has a record of 12-0 with six quick. McCullagh was last in action against Josh Kennedy in October under the tutelage of Derry Mathews, George Vaughan and […]
James DeGale and Chris Eubank Jr. will have a title at stake when they meet next month. The super-middleweight duo clash, exclusively live on ITV Box Office, in a fight that the former IBF champion sees as a ‘loser leaves town’ showdown. DeGale, who will come up against the son of former world champion Chris […]