Oddities in the heavyweight championship In the 1850s and ‘60s the title of “middleweight” began to be used for all men below 156 lbs (70.75kg). Those above this limit were all considered heavyweights. It was not until the 1880s, after the widespread adoption of the Queensberry rules, that a real effort was made to standardise …
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The Monday LunchBox
Well, we got there … just. Saturday’s scare in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Anthony Joshua, lifting himself up off the canvas twice in the opening round, surviving on shaky legs, and then rallying to dispatch massive underdog Kristian Prenga after 2:43 minutes of the second round, for moments, seriously put the Tyson Fury meeting in …
The PressBox
Are we gonna get it ? And, if we do, is it gonna mean anything outside of the UK and to world boxing ? These questions are likely to be answered, certainly to a large extent, by the turn of this weekend when British marquee heavyweights and former ‘world’ champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, …
The Monday LunchBox
World ranked Ryan Garner convincingly won the WBC interim super-featherweight (130lbs/9st, 4lbs) championship at a packed out St Mary’s stadium, home of Southampton Football Club, Saturday night (20 June). On the announcement of the unanimous points victory (116-112, 118-110 & 119-109) ‘The Piranha’ was ecstatic in front of his local friends and family and fellow …
The Friday Faceup
It will take the appearance of a ‘born and bred’ local lad to lift the gloom that’s hovered over Southampton, England for the last six weeks. The city has been in the news for two notable high profile stories. First, on a sporting front, the ‘Spygate’ saga where Southampton Football Club were found guilty of …
The Friday Faceup
So, the dust has finally settled on last Saturday’s (11 April) bigheavyweight headliner at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,London, England. The Tyson Fury unanimous points victory over a game, butoutgunned Arslanbek Makhmudov, was followed by the welldocumented verbal exchange between his British and worldnemesis Anthony Joshua. We felt the spectator outsmartedthe victorious ‘Gypsy King’. Meanwhile, unified …
The Weekender
Tonight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England two-time lineal World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury returns from fifteen month’s inactivity and, a fifth ‘retirement’ ! He will face Russian man-mountain Arslanbek Makhmudov (21-2, 19 KOs). The comebacking ‘Gypsy King’ (34-2-1, 24 KOs) was his usual witty-self in Thursday’s (April 9) London press conference at which, despite tickets moving, were stated …
The Monday LunchBox
It was messy, but it was an intriguing and riveting watch for twelve completed rounds. The intrigue was whether either aging fighter would unravel completely, or the heavier punching and eventual winner Deontay Wilder would finally detonate the punch that would bring an abrupt end. Forever brave Dereck ‘War’ Chisora kept coming forward until his …
The Friday Faceup
Back in January 1990 there was a heavyweight contest in Atlantic City, USA headlined ‘Geezers at Caesars’. It featured former heavyweight champion George Foreman against a comebacking Gerry Cooney. The fighters had a combined age of 74 ! It ended inside two rounds with the multiple knockdown and final KO of Cooney. He would never …
The Monday LunchBox
Young British heavyweight Moses Itauma confirmed he’s the new real deal with a stunning knockout of American Jermaine Franklin in Manchester, England Saturday night (28 March). The ever-increasing hype around him and pressure that could’ve ensued, was made immaterial with the emphatic manner he broke down, disbanded and destroyed the heavyweight contender. Franklin was dropped …
The Undisputed 