Anthony Crolla will be facing the toughest opponent of his career in unified lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko, this Saturday night at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. The Ukrainian southpaw is a two-time Olympic gold medallist and has made a largely seamless transition into professional boxing, having already established himself as a three-weight World champion and a […]
Perhaps I’m alone in thinking that there is an inordinate emphasis on records and resumes in boxing. The current climate is one where promising contenders, having lost their precious 0s, are invariably consigned to the scrapheap of derision and mockery; while those who are able to successfully maintain them are elevated to high pedestals, before […]
Liam Smith delivered a clinical performance to halt Sam Eggington following five rounds of unrelenting punishment. ‘Beefy’ appeared to be ruthless mood from the outset and wasted no time setting about his Birmingham-born counterpart with solid combinations to the head and body. Eggington, typically accustomed to capitalising on his superior physicality at welterweight, was bullied […]
It was Scott Fitzgerald who emerged triumphant from his light-middleweight grudge match with Anthony Fowler via split-decision. In an tactical showdown that ultimately degenerated into a wildly dramatic battle, Fowler – a significant pre-fight favourite buoyed no doubt by the vociferous home support – took the attacking initiative early but Fitzgerald maintained a distinct composure […]
If you search the names ‘Anthony Fowler’ and ‘Scott Fitzgerald’ on YouTube, you can find a old clip of both Commonwealth gold medallists being interviewed side-by-side about their respective medal hauls and aspirations for the future. As the pair chinwag amicably with each other and the news presenters about relatively mundane subjects such as their […]
As speculation intensifies surrounding a showdown between WBO World light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and undefeated mandatory challenger Anthony Yarde, the latter’s trainer Tunde Ajayi has sensationally opined that his fighter represents the “A-Side” of any potential bout, and has categorically ruled out the prospect of the fight taking place abroad. Speaking to iFLTV at […]
Boxing returns to Merseyside on Saturday as former WBO World champion Liam Smith headlines against former Commonwealth welterweight champion Sam Eggington. At the M&S Bank Arena – still popularly known as the Echo – Smith will be looking to make a triumphant return to his hometown of Liverpool following an absence of three years when […]
On Saturday night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oleskandr ‘The Nail’ Gvozdyk will be making the maiden defence of his WBC World light heavyweight title against unheralded French challenger Doudou Ngumbu. Nevertheless, Ngumbu is someone who has only been stopped once in eight losses, and Gvozdyk will be surely be looking to go […]
Charlie Edwards makes the first defence of his WBC World flyweight title against Spaniard Angel Moreno at the Copper-Box Arena in Hackney. Edwards produced a career-best performance to dethrone rugged Nicaraguan champion Christofer Rosales in December, becoming a world champion on the second time of asking following an unsuccessful challenge against Filipino then IBF-champion Johnriel […]
Errol Spence registered a shutout win over Mikey Garcia, winning every single round on all three judge’s scorecards to successfully retain his IBF World welterweight title. In one of the more audacious ventures by a fighter in recent memory, Mikey Garcia showed glimpses of the quality that enabled him to collect world titles in four […]
The prospect of Mikey Garcia moving up to welterweight was a source of controversy even before it was made official, and even before it was announced that he would be facing Errol Spence, someone who is generally regarded as the division’s most formidable champion. Not only did numerous boxing fans pour scorn on the idea, […]
It is southpaw against southpaw on Friday night as Philadelphian Tevin Farmer aims to successfully retain his IBF World super-featherweight title for the third time against Irish fan favourite Jono Carroll. After controversially falling short to Kenichi Ogawa in 2017, Farmer rebounded in impressive fashion to beat Billy Dib down under to capture the vacant […]