Sports Journalist · 227 articles
In his second outing at 175lbs, Jesse Hart will be facing Long Island puncher Joe Smith Junior in what should surely be an explosive encounter at the Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey this Saturday night. ‘Hard-Work’ is coming off a successful June debut against Sullivan Barrera, registering a resounding unanimous decision victory […]
Female boxing superstar Claressa Shields challenges Croatian counterpart Ivana Habazin for the unified super-welterweight championship, this Friday night in Atlantic City. The WBC and WBO titles are on the line, as Flint native Shields bids for professional glory in her third weight class after unifying super-middleweight titles in her fourth fight against Nikki Adler, and becoming […]
This Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, undefeated Mexican prodigy Jaime Munguia will be making his middleweight debut against Ireland’s Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan. Munguia, the former WBO super-middleweight champion, vacated his title after successfully defending it in September against Patrick Allotey with a fourth-round knockout victory, in pursuit of more rewarding opportunities […]
Daniel Dubois has ended the year in spectacular style with a chilling one-punch second-round knockout victory over Japan’s Kyotaro Fujimoto, claiming the WBC Silver title in the process and extending his undefeated record to 14-0. The Londoner appeared emotionless as the first bell rang and immediately put Fujimoto onto the defensive with a thumping left […]
Jermell Charlo has the opportunity to exact revenge over Tony Harrison when they meet once again for the WBC super-welterweight title this Saturday night at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. The two fighters face off once again almost exactly a year to the date of their first encounter, at the Barclays Center in […]
Heavyweight hopeful Daniel Dubois will be returning to action against Kyotaro Fujimoto on the 21st of December at the Copper-Box Arena in Hackney, London. The British heavyweight champion has had a successful year – producing consistently powerful displays against Razvan Cojanu, Richard Lartey, Nathan Gorman, and Ebenezer Tetteh – and will surely be looking […]
Former IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs will be making his highly-anticipated super-middleweight bow against Julio Cesar Chavez Junior in Tucson, Arizona. ‘The Miracle-Man’ will unquestionably be looking to return with a vengeance after his middleweight unification loss to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in May. After making an uncharacteristically slow start, Jacobs worked his way […]
Teofimo Lopez has captured the IBF lightweight championship with a sensational second round stoppage victory over Ghanaian defending champion Richard Commey on the Crawford-Kavaliauskas card last night. ‘The Takeover’ has long been acclaimed as one of boxing’s most prodigious talents and vindicated the hype with a sensational display that belied his pre-fight marginal favourite status, […]
Terence Crawford has successfully retained his WBO welterweight championship with a ninth-round stoppage victory over Egidijus Kavaliauskas in front of a capacity crowd In New York’s Madison Square Garden. Neither fighter was dominant throughout the early proceedings, but it was the Lithuanian who made the initial impression by letting the American lead before exploding back with […]
Michael Conlan has the opportunity to exact revenge on former amateur rival Vladimir Nikitin when the two meet on the undercard of Terence Crawford’s World title defence against Egidijus Kavaliauskas at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night. The Irishman has accrued a perfect record of 12-0 as a professional, headlining on multiple […]
This Saturday night, Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford will be looking to successfully retain his WBO welterweight championship for the third time against similarly undefeated Lithuanian challenger Egidijus Kavaliauskas as part of a highly-anticipated double-header at at Manhattan’s famed venue, Madison Square-Garden. The Omaha, Nebraska native – who, in certain quarters is regarded as the world’s […]
Anthony Joshua has successfully reclaimed the heavyweight championship of the world with a thoroughly comfortable unanimous decision victory, exacting revenge over Andy Ruiz Jr over twelve rounds in Saudi Arabia. The Londoner started the bout in lively fashion, peppering his counterpart with left hands and building a seemingly unassailable lead on the scorecards before he […]