Mexican star Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez says that campmate Ryan Garcia demonstrated his courage by climbing off the canvas to knock out Luke Campbell in Dallas on the weekend. Alvarez was ringside as Garcia, after being dropped in the 2nd round, recovered and halted 2012 Olympic gold medallist Campbell with a heavy left hook to the […]
Having sparred both current rulers of the heavyweight division, British contender Daniel Dubois is backing Tyson Fury to beat Anthony Joshua if the pair meet in a unification showdown next year. Both men have agreed terms in principle for a two-fight deal, with Eddie Hearn recently claiming that talks are now underway to finalise a […]
Brixton contender Dillian Whyte has labelled former foe Anthony Joshua’s knockout win over Kubrat Pulev as a ‘strange’ performance. Whyte, who was at ringside to witness Joshua retain his WBO, WBA and IBF titles, believes that the unified heavyweight champion finds himself ‘stuck between styles.’ “It was a strange performance,” Whyte said to Sky Sports. […]
Matchroom and Canelo Promotions have announced that the WBC world super-middleweight title will be on the line when Canelo Alvarez and Callum Smith clash at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday December 19. Canelo (53-1-2 36 KOs) once again reaches for greatness as he challenges the WBA super, Ring Magazine and world number one rated super-middleweight Smith […]
Promoter Mick Hennessy today announced that he has signed exciting Irish talent Stephen ‘Hitman’ McKenna to a long-term promotional agreement. Super-lightweight McKenna kicks off the new deal this Friday when he takes on Plymouth’s Des Newton in a six-round contest on the undercard of Sam Eggington’s clash with Ashley Theophane, live on Channel 5. The […]
Macaulay McGowan has promised to go to war with MTK stablemate Kieron Conway when the super-welterweights meet over ten rounds on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday December 12. McGowan (14-1-1, 3 KOs) suffered the first loss of his professional career last month when he was outpointed by rising Kazakh […]
Hughie Fury wants to show that he belongs at world level by “doing a job” on Mariusz Wach when he collides with the former world title challenger on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday December 12. The only defeats on Fury’s 27 fight slate came at world level – a majority […]
Two-weight world champion Danny Garcia is convinced that the time is right to capture the IBF and WBC welterweight titles by defeating Errol Spence on December 5. Garcia, who claimed a unanimous decision victory over Ivan Redkach back in January, believes that a win over unified king Spence will assert him as the best welterweight […]
London-based Albanian welterweight talent Florian Marku has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The decorated former MMA fighter turned professional in December 2018 and has won all seven of his contest, with five of those wins coming inside the distance. Trained by Don Charles and managed by S-JAM Boxing, Marku hasn’t […]
James Tennyson will face Josh O’Reilly in an eliminator for the WBA lightweight world title on the undercard of Billy Joe Saunders’ WBO super-middleweight title defence against Martin Murray at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Friday December 4. Tennyson (27-3, 23 KOs) continued his destructive form last time out in August at Matchroom Fight Camp as he claimed the vacant British lightweight […]
Just over twelve months on from his life-threatening car crash, unified welterweight champion is on the verge of a return to the ring after miraculously escaping the incident with no career-derailing injuries. ‘The Truth’ faces Danny Garcia on December 5 in Arlington after making a remarkable recovery. Spence, who last fought in September 2019, incised […]
Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua admits that he is unsurprised by the way Deontay Wilder has reacted to the first defeat of his career at the hands of WBC king Tyson Fury, but says he feels vindicated after the American publicly revealed he had rejected an offer for the pair to square off. Wilder, who […]