Sports Journalist · 64 articles
Oh how the mighty have fallen! Chris Eubank Jnr fails in his quest for world boxing honours. In a very British way, this is what the majority were saying after juniors unanimous loss at the hands of George Groves in a packed M.E.N Arena, Manchester. Most were saying far worse I’m afraid, rather undeserving, but if […]
On February 8th in Pensacola, Florida, we should be seeing the end of an amazing career of an all time boxing great. Roy Jones Jnr is having what he says is his final fight at age 49. https://www.instagram.com/p/BebaaT0Asnc/?hl=fi&taken-by=royjonesjrofficial Roy Jones? I can hear you say, he was the best of my generation 20 years ago…. And […]
Two of Britain’s best prospects clash in an unusual main event this weekend at London’s 02 Arena. Unusual because they are both young, undefeated, and barely out of the novice category, yet this match has caused enough appeal to warrant headline status on a Matchroom promotion televised by Sky Sports. https://www.instagram.com/p/BedREz0FU8s/?taken-by=lawrence_tko There is certainly plenty […]
Boxing Social was in the thick of it again this weekend. Fresh from our time with Tyson Fury in training in Marbella, was an invite from the Barclays Centre Brooklyn and broadcasters Showtime to take in the first defence of the IBF welterweight champion, the excellent Errol Spence, as he took on former world super […]
The New Year brings lots of expectation and British boxing is no exception. 2018 looks to be a great year with some terrific fights to look forward to, and there’s plenty of talent coming through. A handful of my picks to rise to the top and hit the headlines this year are:
The Heavyweight division can look to take centre stage in Boxing this year with the upcoming confirmation of the Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker unification fight which looks to start 2018 with a bang. Talks between the two camps seem very advanced and we await the announcement to an excellent match up between two young […]
Two very difficult years for the former Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury seem to have come to an end with the lifting of his ban recently. Good news at a good time, which has seen the birth of his fourth child and seeing the rejuvenation of long time friend and fellow World champion Billy Joe Saunders, […]
In his biggest fight to date and his biggest test so far WBO World middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders put on by far his best performance and a true masterclass of boxing skills when he schooled the hard punching Canadian challenger David Lemieux in 12 one-sided rounds. It was an excellent display of skill, movement […]
James DeGale needs to ask himself some searching questions after his awful performance at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday night. DeGale looked weak, lacklustre and without any spark and was comprehensively beaten in my opinion by the very average 34 year old from Minnesota, Caleb Truax for the IBF title he has held […]
The IBF World super middleweight champion James “Chunky” DeGale returns from his travels as a road warrior this weekend, the 9th of December to defend his title, when he takes on American Caleb Truax at London’s Copper Box arena in a homecoming of sorts after three years and four World title wins across the pond. […]
British boxing is in an electrifying stage at the moment with talent across all the divisions, and 2018 has a lot to live up to. British boxing is flying, but there is still so much more to come to whet the appetite. In a year where we saw Anthony Joshua batter Wladimir Klitschko into retirement and Tony Bellew […]
An absolute classic match up that you can only dream about takes place next weekend when two of the greatest amateur boxers of all time and current pound for pound professional claimants go head to head in Madison Square Garden next weekend, Saturday 9th December. Cuban exile Guillermo Rigondeaux, the king of the super bantamweight […]