We have just under two weeks to wait until Guillermo Rigondeaux challenges Vasyl Lomachenko for his WBO super-featherweight world title in Madison Square Garden. It promises to be a match-up of unprecedented implications, with the bout featuring two of the most decorated amateur fighters of all time. Both fighters boast thorough amateur pedigree and have […]
‘The Special One’ Kell Brook has shared that he came within touching distance of a fight with Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto. Additionally, Kell has shared that he would have ‘loved’ a fight against Cotto; a man Brook brandished a “warrior”. “We came pretty close,” Brook said in an exclusive with Sky Sports. “I left it to […]
Puerto Rico’s 4-weight world champion, the decorated Miguel Cotto brings the curtain down on what is certain to be a future hall-of-fame career, this weekend. Cotto will defend his WBO world jr-middleweight title against Sadam Ali this weekend in his farewell bout to the sport on December 2nd; at the Mecca of boxing in Madison Square […]
Tyson Fury addressed his ongoing feud with Tony ‘Bomber’ Bellew; responding to his appearance on ‘Soccer AM’ where Bellew made known his disdain for Fury. Bellew also shared he’d be very interested in a match-up with the former unified heavyweight kingpin. Talking exclusively to iFL.tv, Fury said: “This is a special message to Tony Bellew. […]
Eddie Hearn, Dillian Whyte’s promoter has shared that ‘The Bodysnatcher’ is currently waiting to find out whether he will be next in line to face former world title holder, Australia’s Lucas Browne. “He’s going to return, it looks like February 3 at The O2,” Hearn told Sky Sports. “We’re looking for a big fight. He may […]
The former IBF world welterweight champion, ‘The special one’ Kell Brook has shared that he still has a lot left to offer the sport of boxing, despite coming off of gruelling back-to-back stoppage defeats against Errol Spence Jr. and world middleweight kingpin Gennady Golovkin, respectively. Golovkin proved too big an adversary for Brook to be […]
Dave Higgins, the promoter for the WBO world heavyweight champion, Joshua Parker has shared that a world title unification could be edging closer for 2018. Parker and his team have insisted all along that they would be willing to accept 35% of the pie in a fight with Joshua. “We’ve said all along that a […]
This past weekend, Tony Bellew caused quite a stir when he called out Tyson Fury and referred to him as ‘Stavros Flatley’ on Soccer AM. Furthermore, Bellew seemed to insinuate he is looking forward to a clash against Fury next year. While on the show, Bellew shared, ‘I’ve got a massive interest in fighting ‘Stavros Flatley’ […]
Amir Khan has been out of the ring since May 2016. His last engagement in a professional ring came when he was brutally knocked out by then WBC world middleweight champion, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. That was The Ring Magazine’s knockout of the year for 2016. That bout happened at the catchweight of 155 lbs and […]
5. Mike Tyson KO 5 Frans Botha – 1999 https://youtu.be/aT2hOMs0l7o?t=19m40s Mike Tyson was in the twilight stage of his career at this stage. Tyson was in need of a big win here to prove he was still relevant in the heavyweight division. following two back-to-back defeats against Evander Holyfield, the obituaries for his career were […]
The longest reigning world middleweight champion of all time, Bernard Hopkins recently caught up with The Ring Magazine. ‘The Executioner’ gave his opinion on the upcoming December 16th WBO world middleweight title fight between David Lemieux and Billy Joe Saunders. Hopkins is an executive at Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy promotional firm. Thus, he […]
‘The Krusher’ Sergey Kovalev made his return to the ring last night, following his back-to-back defeats against Andre Ward. Kovalev was aiming to win back the WBO world light heavyweight championship, against the Ukranian, Shabranskyy in The Theater in Madison Square Garden. Kovalev picked up right where he left off prior to his two meetings […]