Coach Greg Hackett says David Benavidez will use his experince and body punching to defeat David Morrell on February 1st. Hackett sees this as a competitive fight for the first five rounds, with Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) looking good, but Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) will…
Shane Wheaton spent his whole life working on cars, and when he decided to open his own boxing gym, it just so happened to be at a former auto body shop. Wheaton started Ground-Up Boxing in Antioch, California, in 2023 with the goal of…
Trainer Tony Sims points out that Anthony Joshua’s recent setback in his loss to Daniel Dubois is a sign of him getting old, as all fighters do sooner or later if they stay around the sport.
Matching Carefully
Joshua can still win if matched carefully,…
A couple of hours before Oleksandr Usyk stepped into the ring in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday to repeat his victory over Tyson Fury, word spread on social media that his (figurative) Ukrainian brother Vasiliy Lomachenko had announced his retirement from boxing. That…
IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins says he’s interested in fighting a unification against WBO champ Teofimo Lopez or face former WBC champ Devin Haney next when he returns to the ring in May. Richardson sounded bitter & angry in a video clip, like a…
Jack Reiss has retired from being a referee, putting an end to what will one day be a hall-of-fame career, but he hasn’t yet fully stepped away. Reiss will continue to judge bouts. Ultimately, he seeks to be an ambassador for his sport, and to…
Keyshawn Davis reiterated that he won’t fight his friend Shakur Stevenson, but he is open to an exhibition match, “YouTube-style.” He says people will want to watch him and Shakur fight an exhibition after they clean out the 135- and 140-lb divisions.
The “Exhibition” Excuse…
Tyson Fury failed again last Saturday night, losing in his rematch against three-belt heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Turki Alalashikh’s card in Riyadh. This latest defeat by Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) raises questions about whether his fights against Deontay Wilder sapped the best part of…
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua never fought when they were at their peaks. Now both are coming off defeats. A fight between the two British big men nonetheless remains a viable option. But how big a fight would Fury vs. Joshua be? We…