Current WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford would gladly fight Josh Taylor if it made sense. Crawford was in Manchester last week supporting Amir Khan and watched on as Kell Brook stopped his new gym-mate in six rounds. The American went on to pay tribute to the British fight fans and the welcome he received during […]
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has taken some enjoyment from how Dillian Whyte has handled his business so far during the early stages of the build-up to his fight with Tyson Fury. Whyte waited till late on Monday, deadline day, to sign his side of the paperwork. In the run-up to him putting pen to paper […]
A supremely confident Josh Taylor insists that he does everything better in a boxing ring than his next opponent Jack Catterall. The undisputed super-lightweight champion will make the first defence of his titles when he faces his WBO mandatory challenger at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro on Saturday night. The two fighters sat across from one another […]
Dillian Whyte has finally signed his contract to fight Tyson Fury. Sky Sports first reported the news, just past midnight, that will see ‘The Bodysnatcher’ challenge ‘The Gypsy King’ for the WBC World heavyweight title. Whyte had been given an end of February 21 deadline but critically it had been set at local time in […]
In a week dominated by the Amir Khan-Kell Brook fight week there have been plenty goings on in the boxing world outside of Manchester. New signings, fights being agreed and a reality star deciding to enter the squared circle. Welcome to this week’s Hooks and Jabs. Unbeaten Australian super-welterweight Tim Tszyu is willing to step […]
Jaime Munguia’s march towards a shot at becoming a two-weight world champion was rarely troubled in his third-round stoppage win over D’Mitrius Ballard last night. In his 39th fight the former WBO super-welterweight champion returned home to fight in Tijuana for the first time since July 2017. On that night he knocked out Jose Miguel […]
It was electric, dramatic, and full of heart and non-stop action. In the end it was Kell Brook who came out on top against Amir Khan as their feud was finally settled in Manchester tonight. Seventeen years in the making with both now at the age of 35 the two warriors had vowed that the […]
Kell Brook says it will be difficult to walk away from box ing after tonight’s fight against Amir Khan. Despite previous comments that suggested the 35-year-old still believes his career has big fights left to explore there was a slight change of direction when speaking to the BetFred Lightweight Boxing Show. Hosts Dominic McGuinness and […]
After years of will they or won’t they Amir Khan and Kell Brook have the chance on Saturday night to settle once and for all who is the better fighter. Their rivalry was born in the amateur days, and it has grown and grown to a point where many thought we would never see them […]
Tony Bellew says welterweight contender Conor Benn should forget the idea of facing either Amir Khan or Kell Brook and focus on becoming a world champion instead. The two British stars will settle their rivalry on Saturday in Manchester and the winner has been linked to a bout against Benn. Rumours suggest Khan will retire […]
Canelo Alvarez has taken to Twitter to address speculation about his future. The column inches continue to mount up each day with reports that the undisputed super-middleweight champion has signed a two-fight deal with DAZN. The rumoured agreement would see Canelo move up to light-heavyweight to face WBA title holder Dmitry Bivol in May. A […]
Boxxer CEO Ben Shalom is confident that Anthony Joshua’s next fight will be on Sky Sports Box Office. Shalom is promoting his own pay-per-view event for the first time this weekend in the shape of Amir Khan v Kell Brook. The Boxxer outfit and Sky Sports teamed up together to produce the channel’s boxing coverage […]