Yearly Archives: 2024

Shane McGuigan targeted unification fights with Gilberto Ramirez, Noel Mikaelian and Jai Opetaia after watching Chris Billam-Smith produce what he considered the finest performance of his career to defeat Richard Riakporhe on Saturday evening. After suggestions that his victory in December over Mateusz Masternak showed…

Dan Azeez’s career stalled when on Saturday, over eight rounds at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park, he drew with Hrvoje Sep of Croatia. In his previous fight, against his friend Joshua Buatsi in February, over 12 competitive rounds via unanimous decision he suffered his first professional…

His former sparring partner Dan Azeez doesn’t believe the “meticulous” Artur Beterbiev would have agreed to the new date of October 12 for his fight with Dmitrii Bivol unless they were certain he would be fully prepared.  The IBF, WBO and WBC light-heavyweight champion…

Jack Massey came through some testing periods to unseat the Commonwealth cruiserweight champion Isaac Chamberlain and to win the vacant European title on Saturday night at Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace FC. The Joe Gallagher-trained 31-year-old, from Cheshire, had only lost to Richard…