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Heavyweight star Tyson Fury has expressed his surprise that unbeaten prospects Daniel Dubois and Nathan Gorman are meeting so early in their careers. The young up-and-coming duo clash for the vacant British heavyweight title on Frank Warren’s ‘Heavy Duty’ card at The O2, London on Saturday July 13, live on BT Sport. Dubois (11-0, 10 KO’s) […]
With the jury somewhat out on the current state of the heavyweight division, WBC World champion Deontay Wilder was quick to remind the boxing fraternity that he remains one of the sport’s most captivating, controversial and entertaining characters on Saturday evening. After sustaining months of below-the-belt verbal abuse, challenger Dominic Breazeale had his chance to derail […]
Top contender Devin Haney (21-0, 13 KO’s) firmly believes there is nothing that can stop him in his pursuit to conquer the lightweight division, as he gears up for his DAZN debut against Mexico’s Antonio Moran (24-3, 17 KO’s). The pair meet at the MGM National Harbor, Maryland on Saturday evening, with Haney eager to underline […]
Ahead of their mouth-watering showdown at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas on July 20th, world-class welterweights Keith Thurman (29-0, 22 KO’s) and Manny Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KO’s) came face-to-face for the first time, with the 30-year-old Thurman promising gathered media that ‘Pacquiao will disappear’. Thurman – known as ‘One Time’ – returned to action in January […]
British Boxing icon Ricky Hatton saw his beloved Manchester City complete a domestic treble this past Saturday as they cruised to a 6-0 win against Watford at Wembley Stadium. The win added to the Premier League and League Cup trophies that City had scooped in 2019. City were on course to win 4 trophies until they bowed […]
Promoter Frank Warren today held the final press conference ahead of Saturday’s vacant WBO world super-middleweight title clash between Billy Joe Saunders and Shefat Isufi at The Lamex Stadium, home of Stevenage FC. Saunders, who comes from nearby Hatfield will be bidding to become a two-weight world champion having previously held the WBO middleweight crown. […]
William Cruz, the trainer of IBF champ Emmanuel Rodriguez, explains why he pushed Naoya Inoue’s trainer at the media workout for Saturday’s WBSS bantamweight semi-final at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow. “Team Inoue think they will beat us, and there is a lot of fans thinking ‘Manny’ will lose.” said Cruz. “But on May 18 […]
WBSS Super-Lightweight and Bantamweight Semi-Finalists Josh Taylor and Ivan Baranchyk and Naoya Inoue and Emmanuel Rodriguez met at the final press conference ahead of Saturday’s showdowns of the unbeatens at The SSE Hydro. “I’ve never felt so relaxed and confident heading into a fight.” said Scotland’s Josh ‘Tartan Tornado’ Taylor (14-0, 12 KO’s), the WBC […]
Puerto Rico’s Emmanuel ‘El Sensacional’ Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KO’s) is totally confident of defending his IBF title when he faces Japan’s pound-for-pound star ‘Monster’ Naoya Inoue (17-0, 15 KO’s) in the WBSS bantamweight semi-final on Saturday at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. “The sky is the limit for me and my team,” said Rodriguez […]
IBF World champion Ivan Baranchyk (19-0, 12 KOs) has landed in Glasgow with a strong message to WBC Silver champ Josh Taylor (14-0, 12 KOs) ahead of their WBSS super-lightweight semi-final May 18 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The ‘Beast’ is unleashed in Scotland’s largest city, and the Belarusian strongly believes he will […]
Chris Algieri and Tommy Coyle will clash in a crossroads showdown on Saturday June 1 at Madison Square Garden, New York, live on DAZN in the US and Sky Sports Box Office. Algieri (23-3 8 KO’s) puts the WBO International Junior Welterweight title on the line that he landed in January with a hard fought […]
Richard Riakporhe will make the second defence of his WBA Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title against Chris Billam-Smith on the undercard of Dillian Whyte’s crunch Heavyweight clash with Oscar Rivas at The O2 in London on July 20, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Riakporhe (9-0, 8 KO’s) displayed destructive punch power as he halted Belfast’s highly-touted Tommy McCarthy in four […]