Sports Journalist · 227 articles
Vasyl Lomachenko has successfully retained the unified lightweight championship and added the vacant WBC championship to his collection with a resounding unanimous decision victory over Luke Campbell at the 02-Arena in Greenwich, London. With the win, Lomachenko now only has one final piece of the puzzle in order to assert himself as the division’s undisputed […]
Alexander Povetkin unanimously outpointed Hughie Fury in a scrappy and messy contest. Fury made an intelligent start with perpetual movement, flicking out a lively lead hand and occasionally landing as his Russian counterpart ducked and dipped menancingly, attempting to line up one of his potentially fight-ending trademark hooks. Fury was slippery, however, and continually spoiled […]
Hughie Fury is certainly no stranger to tough fights, and many believe his latest assignment may very well be the toughest of all them when he faces Alexander Povetkin as the chief support to Luke Campbell’s highly-anticipated showdown with the formidable Vasyl Lomachenko. Povetkin has experienced decidedly mixed fortunes in his last two outings against […]
Ilunga ‘Junior’ Makabu outpointed previously undefeated cruiserweight Alexsei Papin via majority-decision with a solitary scorecard of 113-113 overruled by tallies of 115-113 in his favour. Although the fact that both fighters between them had stopped 34 of their combined 36 victims meant that a decision verdict was considered a profoundly unlikely prospect in this encounter, […]
Juan Franscisco Estrada will be making the maiden defence of his WBC super-flyweight title against Dewayne Beamon in Hermasillo, situated in the Mexican state of Sonora. Estrada, a former unified champion at flyweight, successfully avenged his defeat to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in a highly-anticipated rematch after Rungvisai was the beneficiary of a close majority-decision verdict, […]
On Saturday night Anthony Yarde (18-0, 17KO’s) will face hometown hero Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev in Chelyabinsk, Russia, (33-3-1, 28 KO’S) for his WBO World light-heavyweight championship. Having fought a mere seventeen contests, the Londoner has already established himself as an outstanding contender; knocking out all but one of his opponents with relative ease and a […]
After reigning as IBF champion for more than two years, undefeated welterweight Errol Spence Jr. finally has the opportunity to add another belt to his collection. ‘The Truth’ faces WBC counterpart Shawn Porter in a unification showdown at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 28th. Spence produced a dominant display in March against Mikey Garcia, […]
Adam Kownacki will be headlining into his adopted borough of Brooklyn when he faces seasoned veteran Chris Arreola in the main event at Barclays Center on Saturday night. ‘Babyface’, the undefeated heavyweight contender, has racked up a series of impressive wins over respected opponents in recent times; including former IBF titlist Charles Martin and former […]
Anthony Fowler will be looking to rebound with a vengeance against Blackpool’s former world title challenger Brian Rose on Friday night at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool, Merseyside. Rose, nicknamed the ‘Lion’, was originally scheduled to be facing Fowler’s conqueror Scott Fitzgerald in what would constitute a highly-anticipated Lancashire showdown, before the Preston native was […]
The heartbreaking death of Maxim Dadashev has shook the boxing world to its very core. In what seems like a whirlwind few days, the late Russian went from being Top Rank’s high-profile undefeated prospect with a huge amount of potential – not to mention a loving family man – to tragically being spoken about in the past […]
A super lightweight unification bout takes place on Saturday night when WBO champion Maurice Hooker (26-0-3, 17 KO’s) faces WBC counterpart Jose Ramirez (24-0, 16 KO’s) in Arlington, Texas. Both fighters have been reasonably active since capturing their belts in respective vacant title fights. In June of last year on away soil at the Manchester Arena, ‘Mighty […]
Manny Pacquiao, at the age of 40, has captured the WBA welterweight title with a historic split-decision victory over reigning champion Keith ‘One-Time’ Thurman. The capacity crowd at the MGM Grand in Paradise, Nevada witnessed a lively start from both fighters but it was Pacquiao who made his mark first on the contest with […]