Stephen Fulton has Philly on his mind. The unbeaten 26-year-old (18-0, 6 KOs) will walk to the ring on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, ready to take on Angelo Leo (20-0, 9 KOs) for his WBO super-bantamweight title. By the end of the night, Fulton’s home of Philadelphia will either […]
Chris Eubank Jr. says if Liam Williams is serious about a fight against him then he should skip his world middleweight title opportunity against Demetrius Andrade and take on the newly-signed Sauerland fighter. Eubank and his new promoter Kalle Sauerland took to Instagram Live on Thursday evening to discuss everything from the year ahead, Versace […]
In 2020 the annual accolades were thrown the way of talented individuals like Teofimo Lopez and Tyson Fury but let’s not forget about the man who retired Bernard Hopkins. Joe Smith Jr. (26-3, 21 KOs) may forever be known as ‘that guy’ but last year his back-to-back wins against Jesse Hart and Eleider Alvarez reminded […]
It was only his fifth fight, but Thomas Whittaker Hart was glad not to be fighting another journeyman. Back in November, having already faced four foes previous with a combined record of 15 wins, 105 losses and two draws, Hart faced Jermaine Springer who walked into the SSE Arena, Wembley, with seven wins and just […]
The January circular from the British Boxing Board of Control was released on Thursday and, as is the norm, it brought together some potentially fascinating bouts. Deion Jumah vs Chris Billam-Smith, Ted Cheeseman vs JJ Metcalf and Chris Jenkins vs Ekow Essuman were a few fights that will happen for the British cruiserweight, super-welterweight and […]
Oleksandr Usyk’s manager Alexander Krassyuk says promoters Bob Arum and Frank Warren are pushing the World Boxing Organisation to sanction a fight between his client and Joe Joyce for the governing body’s interim world title. “But this is not the right way to go as greed breeds poverty,” says Krassyuk who believes this is to […]
Shaun Brown pinpoints 21 British boxing clashes that can bring cheer and excitement to another complicated year in life and the fight game. As things stand, no-one knows what British boxing will bring us in 2021. With shows on hold due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we are left wondering when boxing will restart and […]
While the USA basks in lightweight glory with the continued emergence of potential superstars and hall-of-famers there is contrasting fortunes at the weight class in Great Britain. Luke Campbell’s chopping left hand gave British fans that familiar feeling of hope and a false dawn when it whacked Ryan Garcia in round two of their Dallas […]
The kid backed it up. On Saturday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, Ryan Garcia proved he is not just boy band looks and a social media juggernaut. (Potentially) Golden Boy 2.0 showed he has the ability and the stones to be a threat to Teofimo Lopez and co. in the lightweight […]
Any time Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has a fight date pencilled in it immediately becomes an event and one of the biggest nights on the boxing calendar. The Mexican superstar has fought and traded with some of the very best fighters over the years, losing just once to all-time great Floyd Mayweather in 2013. This Saturday, […]
For a while now the question has contained a trio of answers for us to pick from. Callum Johnson, Anthony Yarde and Joshua Buatsi. On Saturday night in London the trio became a quartet when Lyndon Arthur defeated Yarde in the second defence of his 175lbs Commonwealth title. With Buatsi showing vulnerabilities in October against […]
Lawrence Okolie (14-0, 11 KOs) will fight Polish cruiserweight Nikodem Jezewski (19-0-1, 9 KOs) this Saturday on the Anthony Joshua v Kubrat Pulev card world heavyweight title card at London’s SSE Arena. Okolie was due to face Krzysztof Glowacki for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title but the bout was called off when Jezewski’s compatriot tested […]