Sports Journalist · 227 articles
Tyson Fury has successfully retained the lineal heavyweight title with an emphatic second-round knockout victory over the previously-undefeated German Tom Schwarz. Having strolled to the ring in full Uncle Sam regalia to the tune of James Brown’s “Living in America”, Fury was clearly in no mood to fall victim to an Ivan Drago-esque upset, and […]
Tyson Fury will be defending the lineal heavyweight championship of the world against the unbeaten – albeit unheralded – Tom Schwarz at the MGM Grand in Paradise, Nevada. Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank swiftly moved to snap up the self-styled ‘Gypsy King’ on a co-promotional deal off the back of Fury’s memorably dramatic yet highly-controversial split-draw with […]
This Saturday night, Riga hosts both cruiserweight semi-finals for the World Boxing Super Series as Mairis Briedis against Krzysztof Glowacki headlines, alongside Yunier Dorticos’ semi-final showdown with Andrew Tabiti. Hometown hero Mairis Briedis is slightly favoured to emerge victorious from his clash with Glowacki, despite a thoroughly underwhelming performance against Noel Gevor in Chicago’s quarter-final […]
After Leeds United were disappointed in their efforts to return to top-flight football after fifteen years languishing in the lower devisions, lifelong fan Josh Warrington will be looking to give his supporters something to smile about when he defends his IBF featherweight strap against mandatory challenger Kid Galahad. Indeed, Warrington has brought glory to his […]
On Saturday night, perennial fan favourite and former middleweight king Gennady Golovkin makes his long-awaited comeback at Madison Square Garden against unbeaten Canadian Steve Rolls. Indeed, Manhattan’s Mecca of boxing is a venue that Golovkin’s fans are intimately familiar with, having hosted many of the Kazakhstani superstar’s successful nights throughout the past couple of years […]
Anthony Joshua will be making his highly-anticipated overseas professional debut when he defends the unified heavyweight title against Mexican-American challenger Andy Ruiz, this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Joshua, who is rapidly becoming one of boxing’s biggest commercial attractions as well as one of the most marketable sporting personalities in the world, was originally […]
This Saturday night at the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, heavyweight hopeful and former WBO title challenger Hughie Fury faces the unheralded – albeit undefeated – Canadian Chris Norrad in a ten-round bout. Fury last year captured the British heavyweight title in spectacular fashion, showcasing underrated punching power to halt Sam Sexton in five rounds; enthralling his local […]
Undefeated lightweight prodigy Devin Haney, Matchroom Boxing’s latest acquisition and – according to promoter Eddie Hearn – the future of American boxing, makes his DAZN debut this Saturday night at the MGM National Harbour, Maryland against Antonio Moran. Haney punches with surgical precision and blistering hand speed, and as a result has amassed an impressive […]
Josh Taylor saw off a determined assault from Ivan Baranchyk in Glasgow, unanimously outpointing the Belarussian to become the new IBF light-welterweight champion. In a spirited slugfest where neither fighter was inclined to take a backward step, Baranchyk started in characteristically relentless fashion and appeared to land the marginally more destructive blows of the pair. […]
Naoya Inoue destroyed Emmanuel Rodriguez, obliterating the previously undefeated Puerto Rican inside two rounds to capture the IBF bantamweight championship and advancing to the finals of the World-Boxing Super-Series in the process. The Monster is now a legitimate three-weight world champion and has undoubtedly bolstered his pound-for-pound credentials with a clinical stoppage victory over a […]
Deontay Wilder returns to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center – a happy hunting ground in recent years – to defend his WBC heavyweight title against former IBF title challenger Dominic Breazeale on Saturday night. Wilder’s dramatic battle with Tyson Fury last December ended in decidedly anticlimactic fashion when it was declared a split-draw after twelve compelling rounds […]
Ryan Burnett makes his ring return this Friday night in Belfast’s Ulster-Hall against Jelbirt Gomera of the Phillippines for the WBC super-bantamweight international title. Burnett sustained a debilitating back injury in the semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series against Nonito Donaire, and was forced to retire after the fourth round of what would […]