Sports Journalist · 227 articles
Dillian Whyte continues his dogged and seemingly endless pursuit of a World title this Saturday night at the O2 Arena, putting his precarious position in the heavyweight pecking order on the line once again against undefeated Colombian Oscar Rivas. Last December, Jamaican-born Whyte settled his score with Derek Chisora in spectacular style, stopping ‘Del-Boy’ in […]
Joe Joyce successfully saw off a tough assignment in outworking and outpointing Bryant Jennings at the O2 Arena, winning via unanimous decision. ‘The Juggernaut’ started the fight in aggressive style while his American counterpart circled, looking for openings, and sensationally hurt the Londoner with a left uppercut to the midsection in the opening stanza. A […]
Daniel Dubois produced a virtually punch-perfect performance in demolishing Nathan Gorman inside five rounds, claiming the British heavyweight title in the process. The Londoner thoroughly dominated from the outset, putting his counterpart immediately on the defensive with assertive footwork complemented by a ramrod left jab. ‘Dynamite’ mixed up his rhythm effectively to nullify the threat […]
Hughie Fury registered a fairly comfortable victory over Samuel Peter via seventh-round TKO at the King Abdullah Sports Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Mancunian favourite was virtually landing at will from the outset with a stabbing left hand but struggled to set up any more meaningful shots earlier on against his rugged counterpart. However, […]
Amir Khan made a successful return to action, blowing away late replacement Billy Dib inside four rounds in his Middle Eastern debut to claim the WBC International welterweight title. Fighting in front of a capacity crowd in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Khan stalked his considerably smaller opponent from the outset looking for openings, as Dib elected […]
WBC super-bantamweight champion Rey Vargas defends his title against former WBO titleholder Tomoki Kameda this Saturday evening in Carson. Vargas captured the title in 2017 with a dominant performance over Gavin McDonnell on away soil – despite the fact that one judge inexplicably scored the fight a draw – and has defended it successively on […]
Joe Joyce is very much on the fast track to a world title shot, and that is something that is reflected by his decision to face Philadelphia’s former world title challenger Bryant Jennings relatively early on in his career. ‘The Juggernaut’ is up against ‘By-By’ as part of a mammoth chief support to Daniel Dubois’ […]
Ryota Murata has the opportunity to avenge his loss to Rob Brant and reclaim the WBA regular middleweight championship when he rematches the American on home soil in front of a capacity crowd in Osaka, Japan next Friday. Murata, a 2012 Olympic Gold medallist, has previously avenged a setback to Hassan N’Dam – winning a […]
Ohara Davies emerged unscathed from a ten-round super-lightweight contest with seasoned former champion Miguel Vazquez, winning on points in a tense and ugly affair at York Hall. The Londoner was the beneficiary of an incredibly charitable scorecard of 97-94, courtesy of referee Ian-John Lewis, and by his own admission, was somewhat fortunate to be […]
The latest iteration of the trans-Tasman rivalry takes place on neutral ground in Providence, Rhode Island, as former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker faces former heavyweight title challenger Alex Leapei on the undercard of hometown favourite Demetrius Andrade’s middleweight title defence against Maciej Sulecki. Parker returned to winning ways with a routine stoppage over the […]
This Saturday night, Demetrius ‘Boo-Boo’ Andrade will be aiming to make the second defence of his WBO middleweight title against Polish challenger Maciej Sulecki in front of a hometown audience in Providence, Rhode Island. Andrade successfully defended his title for the first time with a comfortable victory over Artur Akavov; albeit one which was not […]
Yuniel Dorticos has claimed the vacant IBF cruiserweight title with a violent tenth-round knockout of Andrew Tabiti, advancing to the final of the World Boxing Super Series in the process. Tabiti started the contest in promising fashion, showcasing impressive hand speed coupled with slippery movement that enabled him to shade a couple of the early […]