Queensbury Promotions will continue to capitalise on their success in the Midlands by returning to the region for a show in April. Zach Parker (22-0, 16 KOs), the WBO number one super-middleweight contender, will fight in his home city of Derby on April 23. “There’s a new venue opened up in Derby and he’ll be […]
Tyson Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren says there is a provisional date of March 26th pencilled in for the return of the ‘Gypsy King’. The WBC heavyweight champion outlasted and outfought an impressive physical effort from Deontay Wilder to topple his American rival for the second time in their trilogy. The fight of the year contender […]
British heavyweight Daniel Dubois will return to the ring on March 19. The number one contender with the World Boxing Association (WBA) not only used 2021 as a rebuilding year following his only career loss to Joe Joyce in 2020 but one as time to work with new trainer Shane McGuigan. The knockout specialist has […]
Callum Johnson is out of his world title challenge against Joe Smith Jr on January 15. The British light-heavyweight was all set to face the American for his WBO belt at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York but has withdrew having caught Covid. A replacement opponent has apparently been found however […]
Luis Ortiz survived two knockdowns before going on to stop Charles Martin in the sixth round of an unexpectedly entertaining heavyweight match-up last night at the Hard Rock Hotel in Florida. Ortiz, who turns 43 in March, kept his hopes of a third world title shot alive despite a flat performance which he turned around […]
Second time around Joseph Parker left no doubts tonight as to who the better man was in his unexpected rivalry with Dereck Chisora. Manchester Arena played host to another 12 rounds between the two but this time around the pair delivered an action-packed battle which wasn’t the case seven months ago. With Parker promising a […]
The unbeaten run of unified light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev continued when he beat Marcus Browne with a ninth-round finish in Montreal last night. The Canadian-based Russian defended his WBC and IBF titles in the ruthless fashion we’ve come to expect from the 36-year-old who remains the leader at 175lbs. Browne’s challenge was a game one […]
Joseph Parker is aiming to prove something to himself against Dereck Chisora in Manchester tonight. The New Zealander, a former WBO heavyweight champion, tackles the British heavyweight warhorse for the second time in seven months and wants to bring back the old version of himself. When Parker burst on to the scene several years ago, […]
“I’m washing the dishes for Pizza Hut and the colleagues are like, ’What do you do?’ And I say, ‘I’m a boxer’. They’re like, ‘Nah you’re not a boxer’. Having worked as a delivery driver for the fast-food giant, the résumé of Lerrone Richards also includes the job titles stock controller and doorman. The 29-year-old […]
A change in lifestyle and attitude can be attributed to Archie Sharp’s current unbeaten career and his rise in the world rankings. The 26-year-old super-featherweight from Welling has 21 fights under his belt since his professional debut six years ago. And that four round fight against Laszlo Fekete at York Hall which ended in the […]
Tonight, at the Copper Box Arena, London, and live on BT Sport Lyndon Arthur (19-0, 13 KOs) and Anthony Yarde (21-2, 20 KOs) will pick up where they left off from almost exactly one year ago. That night Arthur while nursing an arm injury picked off the aggressive Yarde with his jab to record a […]
A former champion returning to his old promoter for one night only to take on a young hungry lion destined for big things. Has the 34-year-old seen better days? Has the 22-year-old bitten off more than he can chew? Lights, cameras and then action between Bradley Skeete and Hamzah Sheeraz. Frank Warren’s promotional house (Queensbury) […]