Sports Journalist · 34 articles
Negotiations to stage a rematch between WBC king Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs) and Tyson Fury (27-0-1, 19 KOs) missed a second deadline on Tuesday. “Things have gotten delayed a little, but as far as I know there are no issues,” Wilder’s co-manager, Shelly Finkel told ESPN. “I would hope the fight is completed late […]
Terence Crawford’s (34-0, 25 KOs) WBO World welterweight title defence against Amir Khan (33-4, 20 KOs) on April 20 is headed for Madison Square Garden. Both men have enjoyed success at “MSG” during their careers and are relishing a return to New York’s iconic venue. “I can’t wait to head back to New York City […]
The WBC have ordered their number one contender Dillian Whyte to square-off with number four ranked Dominic Breazeale. The heavyweights, who have both been beaten by Olympic Gold medalist Anthony Joshua, will challenge for the WBC ‘Interim’ heavyweight championship. A statement on the WBC website reads: “The WBC Board of Governors has voted unanimously to order […]
Negotiations between former WBO king Joseph Parker and Brit brawler Derek Chisora are underway. The heavyweight showdown is earmarked for April 20 on a card potentially headlined by London’s Dillian Whyte. “Chisora is a fight that we like and we are hearing it’s a fight that they like too,” said Kevin Barry, long-term trainer of […]
Anthony Joshua’s heavily rumoured showdown with American Jarrell Miller is expected to be announced “within a few days”, says Head of Sky Boxing Adam Smith. “Now is the moment to strike Stateside, I think it’s going to be the beginning of another successful part of AJ’s global career. “It looks all set for early June […]
Budding star Teofimo Lopez (12-0, 10 KO’s) stole the show on the Sergey Kovalev-Eleider Alvarez II undercard on Saturday in Texas but cast doubt over a Vasyl Lomachenko clash. The Honduran-American’s sensational beat-down of former world-title challenger Diego Magdaleno (31-3, 13 KO’s) ended in the seventh stanza with two spiteful left hooks. Referee Gregorio Alvarez […]
Matchroom Boxing head-honcho, Eddie Hearn, refused to rule out Tyson Fury as Anthony Joshua’s next opponent. “He [Fury] wanted an offer,” said the Essex promoter, who admitted discussing a potential 60-40 split with the outspoken giant. Fury, 30, scored a controversial draw against Alabama’s Deontay Wilder last December and adds to a shortlist of heavyweights positioned […]
Outspoken heavyweight, Tyson Fury, dismissed Liverpool’s Tony Bellew as a possible opponent this week after making a successful comeback against limited import Sefer Seferi. “Bomber” Bellew retired David Haye by knocking out the Londoner in round five of their rematch last month. Since then, he’s been lobbying for the Fury fight which appears to have […]
Super middleweight scouser, Paul Smith, has called time on a proud career one year on from dropping a unanimous decision to WBA regular champion Tyron Zeuge. On June 17, Smith tweeted a link to an Instagram message, which read: “Today marks a year since my last fight, so now is as good a time as […]
Trainer Shane McGuigan believes Liverpool’s Callum Smith will be a tougher test than Chris Eubank Jr when George Groves meets him in the final of the World Boxing Super Series. Groves outsmarted Eubank Jr over twelve rounds at Manchester’s MEN Arena back in February. Attention now turns to the unbeaten Smith, who laboured past last-minute […]
Promoter Frank Warren revealed WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders could step up to super middle to meet James DeGale in September after postponing two defences against Martin Murray due to injury. The latter defence was slated for this Saturday night at London’s O2 Arena. Murray now faces late replacement Roberto Garcia, who’s on a […]
Tyson Fury’s new trainer Ben Davison ruled out a clash with Liverpool’s Tony Bellew this week. Davison, who propelled himself into the limelight by taking the reins of Fury’s preparations, told Boxing Social: “Tony Bellew [is a]good fighter but he doesn’t really bring anything that we’re after. We know where we’re looking to go and […]