Sports Journalist · 26 articles
Turned out, Juan Ocura was the fighter Carl Greaves was looking for. The Mexican had the savvy, the chin and the pride to last six rounds with wrecking machine Sam Bowen in Leicester on Saturday night. Bowen has made a habit of making Greaves look a bit daft. Greaves has kept finding opponents he thought […]
Anthony Joshua has been backed to get the KO he needs to prove his win over Wladimir Klitschko was no fluke. Joshua defends his IBF and WBA Super heavyweight titles against Kubrat Pulev in Cardiff on Saturday, October 28 – and Matt Skelton is well placed to pick the winner. ‘The Bedford Bear’ fought both […]
Don’t rule out Wladmir Klitschko. So fight week is here and the British public and the world cannot wait for this super fight to take place Saturday night at the World famous Wembley Stadium. 90,000 members of the public – as well as the millions watching around the world are going to witness British […]
The latest episode of the Boxing Social/Fight Talk podcast is brought to you by Patrik Kuitunen, Keeran Rajan and Tom Benett. The guys deal with the continuing aftermath of the epic David Haye v Tony Bellew contest, and also assess Keith Thurman’s split-decision win over Danny Garcia at welterweight. Where do these fights leave […]
By Tom Benett Anthony Joshua is looking fight Wladimir Klitschko again sometime this year if and supposedly when the Ukrainian accepts the rematch. The Briton first made his mark as an amateur, winning Olympic super-heavyweight gold at the 2012 London Games. Here are the top five fighters who gained Olympic glory before switching successfully […]
By Tom Benett Boxing’s most competitive weight class, the welterweight division, is seemingly up for grabs once more. Floyd Mayweather has retired after a nine-year reign at 147lbs. Manny Paquiao is seemingly in the twilight of his career, and Miguel Cotto has outgrown the division. These changes in the sport’s landscape have left the […]
By Patrik Kuitunen First off, a thank-you is in order. Thanks to Tyson Fury for making way for the most intriguing heavyweight fight that’s currently out there. Without Fury’s bizarre downward spiral towards suspension, Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko wouldn’t be happening – at least not this soon. It’s the classic match-up between the […]
Words by Matt Wright As this all British heavyweight clash draws nearer, I’ve seen more and more people thinking Bellew can “Shock the world” and pull off a HUGE upset in beating David Haye. Let’s get things straight here, Tony Bellew is a light heavyweight turned cruiserweight and not a Heavyweight. David Haye is a […]
By Patrik Kuitunen After his 2011 loss to the great Wladimir Klitschko, Haye’s rise back to the top of heavyweight boxing has taken a while. After beating Dereck Chisora, he took a three-year hiatus which ended in January 2016. ‘The Haymaker’s’ comeback has produced two stoppages against limited opposition in Mark De Mori and Arnold Grejgjaj. […]
By Tom Benett There are plenty of big-name fights on boxing’s horizon in 2017. We’re almost spoilt for choice when it comes to bouts we want to see happen, but here are five that would get the fans super-excited.
By Eddie Ikin Prior to his eagerly-anticipated January rematch against Leo Santa Cruz, Carl Frampton was regarded as Britain’s pound-for-pound best fighter. Undefeated in 23 bouts, and undisputed super-bantamweight champion of the world, life was sweet for the Irishman. So when that rematch ended in a first professional loss for the ‘The Jackal’, did […]
Gennady Golovkin returns to action on March 18th, but unlike the usual ‘Triple G’ shoo-ins, this fight could be different. Golovkin (36-0), the WBC and IBF middleweight champion, is undoubtedly the best boxer of the current era. But he will face his toughest test to date as he goes toe-to-toe against Daniel Jacobs (32-1), the current […]