Tony Bellew is confident that Great Britain will have another world champion fighter before too long. Bellew recently celebrated the anniversary of his cruiserweight world title win against Ilunga Makabu in Liverpool back in 2016. The fan-favourite fighter went into the bout an underdog having challenges for world honours twice before and fallen short. Despite […]
Billy Joe Saunders has very little nice to say about his former opponent Chris Eubank Jr, and believes him adding David Haye to his training team is pointless. Saunders and Eubank faced off in 2014 – a split decision for the former – and a decade long beef was born that still sizzles until this […]
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are the two kings of the heavyweight division, a fight between them worth four belts, legacy and plenty of cash. It seemed nailed on earlier this year, with those involved ensuring fans that there were no barriers in the way of a February fight. That turned to April, and then […]
If things play out in the heavyweight division as all involved intend them to, fans could be choosing between an Anthony Joshua fight or an Oleksandr Usyk unified title defence. The two fighters have met twice in the ring in the last two years, with Usyk coming out on top over the distance on both […]
Ricky Hatton has responded the recent trend in the heavyweight division of big fights either falling through or being avoided entirely – and he believes it’s a step down from days gone by. Despite being the money division in boxing, the heavyweight ranks continuously manage to frustrate fans with politics and purses getting in the […]
Daniel Dubois is set to challenge Oleksandr Usyk for the unified heavyweight titles in August of this year following a purse bid process. Dubois staked his claim as mandatory challenger with a win over Trevor Bryan last year that saw him win the WBA’s Regular title. When Usyk’s team failed to come to terms with […]
Fresh off the back of signing a fight that could see him branded the best in sport, Terence Crawford has listed some names that impress him. The WBO welterweight champion will finally face unified Errol Spence Jr on July 19 in Las Vegas – a fight fans have been clamouring for but so far denied. […]
Ryan Garcia seems to have all but confirmed a move up to super lightweight, and he has his eye on a world title fight. The 24-year-old is fresh off the biggest fight of the year so far against Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis – an unquestionable financial success, but a loss nonetheless. He was downed by a […]
One of the greatest heavyweights of all time has made his prediction for what has the potential to be one of the greatest fights of the modern era – Errol Spence Jr versus Terence Crawford. The two welterweight champions have been in a will-they-won’t-they battle for years now, despite most in the sport believing a […]
Chris Billam-Smith put in the performance of his career so far to dethrone undefeated cruiserweight world champion, Lawrence Okolie, in Bournemouth. The fight had many intriguing threads to it. Billam-Smith would fight at the stadium of his beloved AFC Bournemouth as the challenger, and the man in the other corner was a former stablemate and […]
Michael Conlan’s dreams were shattered in Belfast last night in the form of a right uppercut from IBF Featherweight World Champion, Luis Alberto Lopez. Lopez won the belt in December 2022 from Josh Warrington in Leeds, and stepped into enemy territory for his first defence against Conlan. The hometown man once again filled the SSE […]
Leigh Wood put in a measured performance against an out-of-sorts Mauricio Lara in Manchester to regain the WBA Featherweight World title. There was drama on the scales that gave an already dangerous fight even more risk. Lara missed the weight by 4lbs after being forbidden by the British Boxing Board of Control to undertake what […]