Martin Murray has revealed that his scheduled WBO World middleweight title bout against Billy Joe Saunders has been cancelled for a second time, with the St Helen’s man claiming Saunders has “sh*t out” of their agreed match-up. The initial contest was slated for April, however, Saunders would reschedule after suffering a hand injury in training […]
Promoter Tom Loeffler has revealed the reason for the current stand-off in negotiations between ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, with the proposed-rematch between the pair still yet to be finalised. Loeffler, who has guided the career of Golovkin through the most successful period of his career, stated that Golovkin initially accepted what he now feels […]
Former heavyweight rulers, the Klitschko brothers, have launched a scathing attack on lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Wladimir and Vitali reigned supreme over the heavyweight division in a dominant spell from the mid-2000’s, but have made no secret of their disdain for Fury, after ‘The Gypsy King’ relieved younger brother Wladimir of his titles in November […]
Former WBA World bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (34-2-2, 25 KO’s) has thrown his name into the ring to face rival Carl Frampton (25-1-0, 14 KO’s) at Windsor Park in August. Quigg, who dropped a twelve round split decision to the Ulsterman in February 2016, says he would “jump” at the opportunity to avenge the first […]
IBF World welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (23-0-0, 20 KO’s) has been talking up a potential fight with former undisputed World super lightweight champion Terence Crawford (32-0-0, 23 KO’s). Spence, who will make the second defence of his crown against unbeaten Mexican Carlos Ocampo on June 16th, stated that he would be interested in taking on his fellow American – […]
It has been four years since 80,000 fans crammed into Wembley Stadium to witness Carl Froch’s crowning moment, as he dispatched of bitter rival George Groves in the eighth round of their highly-anticipated rematch with a pulverising right hand that rendered Groves unconscious. For Froch, a battle-hardened stalwart of the fight game, that single blow would […]
Tony Bellew has confirmed his interest in facing lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury – even suggesting that the two men could meet at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium before the end of 2018 in a spectacular heavyweight showdown. “100 percent, without a shadow of a doubt” said Bellew to Toe 2 Toe when asked of his interest […]
Josh Kelly believes big time boxing will be back to stay in the north east if he can rip the Commonwealth Welterweight title from Kris George at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle on Saturday June 16, live on Sky Sports. Kelly is gunning for his second pro title having landed the WBA International […]
Recently crowned three-weight World champion Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1-0, 9 KO’s) has undergone shoulder surgery after revealing that he suffered a torn labrum in the second round of his recent stoppage win over Jorge Linares at Madison Square Garden. Lomachenko, who has blazed a trail through the sport since turning professional in 2013, had been slated […]
WBA World super flyweight champion Kal Yafai (24-0-0, 15 KO’s) made a third successful defence of his title last night, knocking down David Carmona (21-6-5, 9 KO’s) four times en route to a seventh round TKO in Fresno, California. Yafai, who was making his debut on US soil, began the bout in electric fashion, dropping Carmona in the opening […]
Frank Warren has partnered with the BBC for exclusive radio rights to Tyson Fury’s highly-anticpated comeback fight against Sefer Seferi at the Manchester Arena on June 9. Former WBA, WBO and IBF Heavyweight World Champion Fury will end an exile of over two-and-a-half years when he fights at the Manchester Arena for the first time in his career. Fellow […]
Naoya Inoue (16-0-0, 14 KO’s) produced a scintillating performance as he destroyed Britain’s Jamie McDonnell (29-3-1, 13 KO’s) inside one round in Tokyo, Japan to claim the WBA World bantamweight title. The Japanese sensation exploded out of the blocks early as he ripped a savage left hook to the mid-section of McDonnell inside the first […]