Sports Journalist · 64 articles
There I’ll be no birthday celebrations for Hughie Fury who turned 23 this week as he will be fully concentrating on the biggest fight of his boxing career. Saturday night at the Manchester arena and his challenge to New Zealand’s WBO Heavyweight champion Joseph Parker can’t come quick enough. It’s been a frustrating wait for […]
The day is finally arriving, I’ve waited patiently counting down the days like a schoolboy waiting for Christmas with sheer excitement about everything surrounding the best fight in recent History. The Halloween circus is over, and the real Boxing attraction of 2017 is with us. The Halloween circus is over, and the real Boxing attraction […]
World heavyweight number 1 our very own Anthony Joshua takes the show on the road to Cardiff on the 28th November against Bulgaria’s tough and rugged Kubrat the ‘Cobra’ Pulev. Joshua was thought to be taking on Cuban Luis Ortiz but it’s the 36-year-old Pulev who steps into the frame, Pulev has a very credible record […]
Ricky Burns will stand toe-to-toe with fellow Brit Anthony Crolla and thankfully there’s no need to build the fight with trash talk when it’s a true 50/50 match. And that’s what we have on October 7 at the Manchester Arena. Two of Boxing’s nice guys will clash in a true make or break match-up. Scotland’s […]
DANIEL DUBOIS – remember the name – just as we have realised Anthony Joshua’s potential there is another English heavyweight champion ripping through the division. AJ’s genius against Wladimir Klitchko confirmed these are heady days for British boxing and there is a queue forming up behind Josh, all wanting a piece of the pie. One […]
2nd July 2017, on a sunny afternoon in Brisbane Australia Father Time caught up with the amazing boxing legend that is Manny Pacquiao. Those who disputed it need to take their blinkers off. Pacquiao was outfought and out-toughed by little known contender Jeff Horn in a massive upset. So what now for the eight-weight former […]
The floodgates have well and truly opened with the announcement of the Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor fight. Then amazingly eight-weight world champ Manny Pacquiao was beaten by an unknown 17-fight former teacher from Brisbane in a huge shock to bring home that in boxing, like life, anything is possible. Now is the time for […]
Australia had their day in the boxing sunshine as their overnight sensation Punching PE teacher little known Jeff Horn did the seemingly impossible. He ripped the WBO Welterweight title away from legendary eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao in front of 60,000 fans in beautiful sunshine in the Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. Horn came into the ring […]
The talk has started building up the “mega fight” that I for one truly hoped would never happen. Yes, the Mayweather v McGregor circus is rolling into town. Yes, the Mayweather v McGregor circus is rolling into town. In boxing: terms a “Has -Been v Never Was” a mismatch of epic proportions. Floyd Mayweather takes […]
The Super middleweight division is really boiling up in this country with the announcement of Chris Eubank Jr taking on the former two-weight World champion Arthur Abraham. It is a major step up for the Brighton man who moved up from middleweight in his most recent outing in February to capture the lightly regarded IBO […]
All eyes are on Ireland in the forthcoming weeks as the resurgence in boxing on the Emerald Isle looks to get another huge lift with 3 big Saturday shows in succession. It’s a double bill of excitement for Belfast with Eddie Hearn, Matchroom taking over the Odyssey for World title action featuring local prospect Ryan […]
Fans at Sheffield’s Bramall Lane left an excellent night of boxing thoroughly entertained but with mixed emotions, I would imagine. George Groves fulfilled his lifetime ambition of securing the super middleweight championship at the 4th time of asking. In the main event, Sheffield’s very own IBF Welterweight Champion Kell Brook took on number 1 contender […]