Cruiserweight star Jai Opetaia might be one of the most intense interviews in boxing, certainly during a fight week.
But there is a way to distract him and get the heavy-handed southpaw to show another side.
During a zoom call ahead of his…
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Middleweight Sherif Lawal, who trained out of St Pancras BC, lost his life following his debut at Harrow Leisure Centre last night (May 12).
In the opening bout of a four-fight card promoted by Costakis Evangelou, 29-year-old Lawal took on Malam Varela in a…
Blazing Japanese welterweight Jin Sasaki, the current holder of the WBO Asia Pacific title, aims to pick up the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation belt in a collision with Filipino ‘Jaw Breaker’ Joe Noynay.
Sasaki, currently 16-1-1 and former holder of the JBC Super Lightweight…
Two of boxing’s bright young rising stars, Chavez and Angel Barrientes, have officially inked a promotional agreement with Boxlab Promotions, based out of Orlando, Florida.
Trained by their father, Richard Barrientes, and managed by longtime boxing specialist Bob Santos, Chavez and Angel Barrientes are…
Pick It: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk
When to Watch: Saturday, May 18. Please note the earlier start time, as this show emanates from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia: Top Rank’s press release says the undercard begins at noon Eastern Time / 5 p.m. BST. Other…
Four full and long decades ago today, a somewhat unknown American heavyweight with a colourful and also ominous-sounding nickname came to town and broke the hearts of British fight fans as he did likewise to the chin of current hero, Frank Bruno. James Smith, better…
Promoter Ben Shalom is excited about the future of Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and now welterweight world champion Lauren Price.
Price (7-0, 1 KOs) appeared in her native Wales in the capital, Cardiff, for the first time as a professional, impressing in victory against…
Lennox Lewis is widely regarded as the last undisputed heavyweight champion by virtue of beating Evander Holyfield in 1999. It’s certainly true if one applies the dictionary definition to ‘undisputed’ – nobody disputed that Lewis was the best, after all.
However, boxing is boxing…
Just who hasn’t Ryan Garcia wanted to fight or who hasn’t “KingRy” got into a heated debate with just lately? Garcia has swapped insults with Errol Spence, with Conor Benn, with Devin Haney, and now with George Kambosos Jr. And this one has got really…