After a grueling 12-round Fight of the Year candidate in August, most boxers these days would put the gloves and mouthpiece in their locker at the gym and be content to sit out the rest of the year and enjoy getting fat for the holidays.…
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Olekandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2 is the month’s biggest fight, and will have major impact on the next rankings update.
Notes: Obviously we…
Flyweight sensation Galal Yafai not only gave us a sensational performance last night, completely dominating former IBF champ Sunny Edwards for a sixth-round stoppage win in his hometown of Birmingham to become the WBC interim champ, but the 31-year-old southpaw also arrived smack bang on…
For a while, it seemed that we fans would be treated to a potential modern-day classic between unbeaten peaking warriors Jaron Ennis and Vergil Ortiz. Fans suggested that the fight to go on the February 22 card in Riyadh would play its part in “the…
Promoter Ben Shalom said he could bring back two of his Olympians on the same bill in the spring.
Frazer Clarke suffered a catastrophic first-round knockout to Fabio Wardley in October while, on the same card, Ben Whittaker was troubled by Liam Cameron and…
Amid the disappointment that Vergil Ortiz and Jaron Ennis will not be fighting each other on February 22, Puerto Rican starlet Xander Zayas has indicated on social media that he has accepted an offer to take on Ortiz in Saudi Arabia instead.
It is believed…
For all of boxing’s myriad faults, the heavyweight division has in recent years been the sport’s equivalent of Old Faithful: reliably spectacular and entertaining. The likes of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Daniel Dubois, and Oleksander Usyk – among others – have repeatedly engaged…
Three retired world champions believe that David Benavidez should resist the temptation to move up to cruiserweight.
Benavidez is scheduled to fight David Morrell at light heavyweight at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on February 1, but according to his father, Jose Benavidez Snr, Benavidez…
Eddie Hearn has stated that the only stumbling block to a possible Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Vergil Ortiz Jnr clash is which division is best suitable for the much-anticipated clash.
IBF welterweight champ, Ennis, of Philadelphia, could face Dallas’ Ortiz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,…