Oleksandr Usyk’s win over Anthony Joshua last year was lauded by the boxing world but in his native Ukraine all is not well. The WBA, IBF and WBO champion, alongside former lightweight king Vasiliy Lomachenko, have spearheaded Ukraine’s impact on the sport in recent years with both men recognised as two of the best fighters […]
Tyrone McKenna faces the biggest test of his career on St Patrick’s Day weekend on March 19 in Dubai. The Belfast super-lightweight takes on former world champion Regis Prograis in a fight that was initially discussed on Twitter. “I’m going to destroy this guy. And mark words he [McKenna] will never fight again,” the American […]
After announcing a change in trainer Albanian welterweight Florian Marku has now signed a long-term promotional deal with Boxxer. As he embarks on a new period of his career the unbeaten 29-year-old will fight on Sky Sports and have new trainer Grant Smith from The Steel City Gym in Sheffield in his corner. Based in […]
According to reports, WBC flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez has been offered the chance to fight boxing legend Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez on March 5 and has said yes. Gonzalez, who has won titles in four weight classes, was set to renew acquaintances with long time rival Juan Francisco Estrada in San Diego but their rubber […]
Today could prove to be a crucial 24 hours in the short-term future for former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. The Daily Star report that ‘AJ’ will sit down with his 258 management team and promoter Eddie Hearn to decide what is the next move for the 32-year-old. The question appears simple: Will Joshua fight […]
Keep winning and a fight with Canelo Alvarez can happen is the message from manager Joe DeGuardia to his world light-heavyweight champion client Joe Smith Jr. Smith successfully made the first defence of his WBO title against late replacement Steve Geffrard just over a week ago in Verona, New York. Callum Johnson had been the […]
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk says that former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua should seriously consider an offer to step aside and allow his man to fight for the undisputed title. After Usyk came to London last September to out-fox and out-box Anthony Joshua at Tottenham Hotspur stadium to take the Brit’s three world heavyweight titles […]
Leading trainer Tony Sims believes Anthony Joshua should step aside to allow an undisputed heavyweight title to take place. It seemed certain that ‘AJ’ would go straight back into a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, who beat him last September to take the Brit’s three world titles, but a fight between the Ukrainian and WBC champion […]
Could Anthony Joshua be about to step aside from a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk to allow an undisputed heavyweight title fight to happen? The Telegraph are reporting that the British star is near to accepting £15 million pounds to allow Usyk and Tyson Fury to contest for all four titles. Joshua lost his WBA, IBF […]
Felix Cash remains keen on fighting for the European middleweight title but says he would put that on hold to give either Chris Eubank Jr or Liam Williams “a hiding”. Cash, who has vacated the British title he won so impressively against Denzel Bentley nine months ago, fights in an international contest as part of […]
No-one has ever penned a book of boxing’s clichés and phrases. One prominent line that does exist yet doesn’t depending on who you speak to is ‘Shake off the ring rust’. Gary Russell Jr’s career should be coated in it such has been his inactivity over the years. And last night at the Borgata Hotel […]
Juan Francisco Estrada is out of his trilogy fight against Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez, according to ESPN. Their bout, scheduled for March 5 in San Diego, for the Mexican’s WBA ‘Super’ Super-Flyweight title was one to look forward to in the first quarter but Salvador Rodriguez from ESPN says the trilogy is “on hold”. According to […]