Sports Journalist · 227 articles
Erickson Lubin continues inexorably marching towards a second world championship opportunity when he faces Nathaniel Gallimore tonight at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Orlando, Florida native will be looking to work his way back into title contention, having registered three successive stoppage victories on the bounce since a devastating defeat to Jermall Charlo […]
Shakur Stevenson has the opportunity to attain world championship glory when he challenges similarly undefeated counterpart Joet Gonzalez for the vacant WBO featherweight title at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. The pair of fighters have a storied history and the personal needle will only serve to heighten the intrigue surrounding the world title […]
Lawrence Okolie will be challenging Yves Ngabu for the latter’s European cruiserweight championship this weekend, as part of a stacked card headlined by the final of the light-welterweight WBSS between undefeated champions Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor. The unbeaten Belgian finds himself in the profoundly unfamiliar position as underdog, despite amassing an impressive record of […]
In addition to crowning the winner of the Muhammad Ali trophy, the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles will also be unified when the number one seed Regis Prograis faces number two seed Josh Taylor in the final of the World-Boxing Super Series at the 02 Arena in Greenwich, London. The bout represents one of the […]
Artur Beterbiev has successfully unified the IBF and WBC World light-heavyweight titles with a sensational tenth-round stoppage victory over Oleksandr Gvozdyk at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. Neither fighter was dominant throughout the early proceedings, although it was the Ukrainian who had the look of someone slightly busier and livelier, and appeared to take the […]
Gennady Golovkin has the opportunity to once again become the IBF middleweight champion of the world when he faces formidable Ukrainian contender Sergey Derevyanchenko, this Saturday at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York City. A bout between the pair was originally ordered by the IBF less than eighteen months ago in May 2018, after […]
Errol Spence Jr has successfully unified the IBF and WBC World welterweight titles with a split-decision triumph over Shawn Porter at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. A solitary scorecard of 115-112 for Porter was superseded by two tallies of 116-111 in favour of the undefeated Texan, who has now added the prestigious WBC […]
David Benavidez became a two-time WBC super-middleweight world champion after stopping Anthony Dirrell in the ninth round. The undefeated Phoenix, Arizona native extended his perfect record to 22 wins and no losses with a thoroughly comfortable victory, albeit one where he looked somewhat sloppy at points. Benavidez had the look of someone in almost complete […]
Anthony Dirrell will making the first defence of his WBC super-middleweight title against former champion David Benavidez as the chief support to the welterweight unification between Errol Spence and Shawn Porter. In February, Dirrell became a two-time world champion in fortuitous circumstances, prevailing via technical split-decision over rugged Turkish contender Avni Yildirim in the tenth round of […]
British heavyweight phenomenon Daniel Dubois returns to action against Ebenezer Tetteh of Ghana on Saturday night, in the resplendent surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington. Back in March, ‘Dynamite’ previously featured at the same venue when he demolished Romanian giant Razvan Cojanu in two rounds, as the chief support to Anthony Yarde’s successful […]
Tyson Fury has successfully retained the lineal heavyweight title with a clear, albeit hard-fought unanimous decision victory over the previously undefeated Swede Otto Wallin. Neither fighter was ostensibly dominant throughout the early proceedings, but it was the Swede who took the attacking initiative first, behind well-educated combinations from the southpaw stance. Fury, as ever, maintained […]
Jaime Munguia will be aiming to successfully retain his WBO light-middleweight championship against Ghanaian Patrick Allotey this weekend in Carson, California. Since capturing the title in devastating fashion, pummelling Sadam Ali into submission inside four rounds, the undefeated Mexican has successfully defended his title on four occassions against Liam Smith, Brandon Cook, Takeshi Inoue and […]