Sports Journalist · 331 articles
BOXXER, has announced the signing of two-time world title challenger Natasha Jonas to an exclusive long-term promotional agreement. As a standout amateur, Jonas won five national ABA Championships and made history in 2009 by becoming the first female boxer to compete for GB Boxing, where her haul of medals included a 2010 gold medal in […]
Joshua Buatsi will face former world title challenger Maxim Vlasov on the undercard of Joseph Parker’s huge rematch with Derek Chisora at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday December 18, live worldwide on DAZN (with the exception of New Zealand and Samoa). Buatsi (15-0, 13 KOs) scored his tenth knockout in a row when […]
Kid Galahad will make the maiden defence of his IBF featherweight title against former world champion Kiko Martinez on the same night that WBC and IBO super-featherweight ruler Terri Harper returns to put her belts on the line against the USA’s Alycia Baumgardner. The world title double-header lands at the Utilita Arena Sheffield on Saturday November 13 and is supported by […]
Mikey Garcia believes Sandor Martin stands in his way of world title action in 2022 as the four-weight world champion returns to action on Saturday night (October 16) at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, CA, live on DAZN. Garcia (40-1 30 KOs) makes a welcome return to action in a catchweight clash at 145lbs with Martin, as the Californian […]
With the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) raising concerns over Anatoli Muratov’s pre-fight medicals, he is now unable to fight in tonight’s bout with Chris Eubank Jr. at the SSE Arena, Wembley. With the health and safety of our boxers being of paramount concern and the remaining time frame allowing no possibility of finding […]
Ahead of his first bout in just under two years on Saturday’s Eubank-Muratov bill in Wembley, Richard Riakporhe says a clash with WBO cruiserweight champion ‘could be around the corner’. Former British 200lbs champion Riakporhe faces Poland’s Krzysztof Twardowski this weekend, and says he hopes to be competing with the likes of Okolie before too […]
Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has extended his promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. Joshua, who defends his WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday evening, previously had one fight remaining on his promotional contract. The 31-year-old’s broadcasting future beyond his clash with […]
The World Boxing Council have revealed four title fights and eliminators which are due to be ordered or approved, with Ryan Garcia now in line to face Joseph Diaz in a lightweight final eliminator. The bout between unbeaten dynamo Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) and former IBF super-featherweight champion Diaz (32-1-1, 15 KOs) would be classed […]
Ahead of his rearranged super-bantamweight unification clash with WBC champion Brandon Figueroa, WBO title holder Stephen Fulton believes he has a lot to prove. Their original September 18 date was postponed after Figueroa tested positive for Covid-19, with the unification clash now pencilled in for November 27 at the Park Theater at Park MGM in […]
Oleksandr Usyk believes that critics read too much into his performance en route to his unanimous decision victory against Derek Chisora last October. Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Usyk, who challenges Anthony Joshua for his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles this weekend at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, says people perhaps expected too much during his […]
DAZN and Matchroom have announced three fights nights to add to their 2021 schedule. Four-weight world champion Mikey Garcia returns to action against European super-lightweight champion Sandor Martin at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California on October 16. WBC interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte takes on Sweden’s Otto Wallin on October 30 at the O2 Arena in London. December 18 […]
WBC Interim heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte will take on Swedish southpaw Otto Wallin at the O2 Arena in London on October 30 live on DAZN, Matchroom Boxing have confirmed. Th 6ft 5 1/2ins Wallin, who gave Tyson Fury a competitive 12 rounds in September 2019, is a better opponent than previously anticipated for Brixton’s Whyte. […]