For so long the comparisons were kind, flattering, focused only on the positives. They centred largely on the way he stood – upright, steady, poised – and the way he threw his right hand nice and straight, just like his old man.
They also…
“Look at me,” shrieked the trainer Colin Nathan in the corner. “You’re giving him too much fucking respect.”
There was a pivotal moment in between Phumelela Cafu and Kosei Tanaka trading bombs in Tokyo earlier in October when, after round seven, the South African…
.jpg?w=765&resize=765,435&ssl=1 "For Shurretta Metcalf, her time – finally, at long last – is now")
It is less than 24 hours before Shurretta Metcalf is set to duck through the ring ropes at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in the biggest fight of her career to date, and she is puttering around her New York City hotel room in…
World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and challenger Tyson Fury came face-to-face in London this evening to promote their December 21 contest in Saudi Arabia, a rematch of their Fight of the Year contender in May.
Usyk did not have much to say at the…
Junior welterweight contender Jack Catterall believes he is facing a focused and ambitious Regis Prograis when they fight in Manchester this weekend.
Catterall and Prograis meet in a high stakes clash at the first boxing event at the Co-op Live on Saturday and the Englishman…
After the dust had settled on his victory over Josh Taylor, Jack Catterall and his team sat down to plot his next move.
There was no thought about dialling back the level of opposition and waiting for a super lightweight world title opportunity to…
Undisputed minimumweight world champion Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada has announced her retirement.
The East Los Angeles star is calling it a day after a 13-year professional career.
Estrada retires with a 26-0 (9 KOs) record having won world titles in two weight classes, going 7-0 in…
Ulysses Diaz coulda been a contender in the boxing ring. He wasn’t. But better than that, he became a champion in life.
Which is worth more than all the belts in the world to the 43 year old from Miami, who retired after a…
Promoter Ben Shalom, in his role as the head of Boxxer, made what looked like the most astute UK signings of 2021-22 following the Tokyo Olympics. Two fighters’ signatures in particular were the envy of rival promoters: Frazer Clarke, a talented and charismatic heavyweight, looked…