Boxing has been put into perspective this past week. Petty squabbles, demands and even scoring controversies pale into significance as Russia continue to violently attack Ukraine. The horrors of war are being played out 24/7 on our screens with lives of all age being lost every day. Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and former lightweight champion […]
Eddie Hearn says there would be no issue for Anthony Joshua taking an interim fight should he have to wait for his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk. A fight that was once set for May now looks highly unlikely after Usyk travelled back to Ukraine to play his part in his country’s ongoing war with Russia. […]
Some fights don’t need trash talk or wild behaviour to sell a fight and Roman Gonzalez versus Julio Cesar Martinez is one of those. The fight’s final press conference took place yesterday ahead of their eagerly anticipated showdown on Saturday night at the Penchanga Arena in San Diego. It pits experience against youth and a […]
Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol came face-to-face yesterday at the launch press conference for their May 7 fight in Las Vegas. The undisputed super-middleweight champion will move up in weight to 175lbs for the second time in his career to challenge the talented Russian for his WBA light-heavyweight title. “I like challenges, it makes me […]
The rearranged middleweight unification between Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata rearranged will take place on April 9. The fight had been due to take place on December 29 but was postponed due to ongoing Covid-19 issues which restricted travel to Japan. Murata, the WBA champion will now have the chance to face the IBF holder […]
World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has toldCNN that he does not know when he will fight again. The Ukrainian has returned home to join his compatriots to join in the fight against Russia’s invasion of his country which began on February 24. Usyk has taken up arms to join the territorial defence battalion along with […]
The fallout from last weekend’s Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall undisputed title fight could impact another huge all-British clash. On April 23 at Wembley Stadium Tyson Fury will defend his WBC heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. Queensberry Promotions won the purse bids to stage the contest and Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren says he does not […]
Tyson Fury wasn’t surprised that Anthony Joshua was backing Dillian Whyte to beat him on April 23. Fury defends his WBC heavyweight title against his mandatory challenger at Wembley Stadium live on BT Sport Box Office. Former unified champion Joshua believes his old rival can defeat ‘The Gypsy King’ next month but Fury says he […]
Wasserman Boxing have announced today a broadcast deal with Channel 5 in the UK. The multi-event deal on the free-to-air channel has been described as a ‘major move’ by Kalle Sauerland, head of global boxing for Wasserman. “This is a major move that is going to revolutionise free-to-air boxing in the UK.” Channel 5 also […]
It was a case of job done for Lawrence Okolie in his win over Michal Cieslak last night. The Londoner defended his WBO cruiserweight title with a unanimous decision which keeps his unbeaten record intact and strengthens his chances of unifying the division in the coming months. However, the fight was spoiled by countless clinches […]
Following the outrage from Josh Taylor’s win over Jack Catterall the British Boxing Board of Control are to order a report into the judges three scorecards. On Saturday night at the SSE Hydro, Glasgow Taylor walked to the ring as undisputed super-lightweight champion of the world. In the opposite corner was his WBO mandatory challenger […]
Lawrence Okolie was rarely troubled in the second defence of his WBO world cruiserweight title against challenger Michal Cieslak in London tonight. Earlier in the week promoter Eddie Hearn reported that a crowd of five or six thousand would be inside the repaired O2 Arena, following the damage caused by Storm Eunice. The majority sounded […]