We started last week with four elite boxers undefeated records at stake, two mouthwatering world title fights ahead of us and, the mythical ‘pound-for-pound (P4P)’ crown arguably up for grabs. Today, after two dominant performances, the dust has cleared. The only thing still outstanding is the argument about P4P. As emphatically impressive as Japanese Naoya …
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The Friday Faceup
In the early hours of Sunday morning (UK time) we will have one Welterweight Champion of the World. Whisper it gently, but believe it ! For the first time since November 1985, a mere 38 years ago, there will be no ‘if’s or but’s or false claims of who is the real champion. The winner …
The Monday LunchBox
Hail to the little guys ! Tomorrow morning (UK time) sees a major fight take place in Tokyo, Japan with the much anticipated meeting between unified ‘world’ junior featherweight champion Stephen Fulton (21-0, 8 KO’s) and Japan’s three-weight ‘world’ champion Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KO’s). It promises much. The Japanese is attempting to gain a …
The Monday LunchBox
After a summer recess (fighters excluded; in training for their next outing) our website returns with a brief heavyweight division update. Top of the agenda after the almost relentless ‘ducking and diving’ and financial shenanigans over what seems like months, is a return to significant action among the big men over the coming weeks. With …
The Weekender
In the early hours of Sunday morning (UK time) a proud Scotsman will again stride into a boxing ring in Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KO’s) from Prestonpans, near Edinburgh, clad in Tartan shorts and robe, will hope to rekindle the spirit of former undisputed world lightweight champion Ken …
The PressBox
Back in April we said the cruiserweight picture was starting to look a little clearer with the announcement at a BOXXER press conference of Lawrence Okolie defending his WBO world title against compatriot Chris Billam-Smith in the latter’s hometown of Bournemouth, England. This Saturday (27th) the time will arrive. Billam-Smith, known as ‘The Gentleman’ is …
The Weekender
No Light Matter In these current troubled times, when you push a Ukrainian you expect a reaction. The time may be delayed but is likely coming. The final media staged weigh-in for tonight’s big lightweight (135lb/9st,9lbs) championship fight in Las Vegas, USA ended on a confrontational, and maybe, fight defining note. In a Top Rank …
The Monday LunchBox
With the future boxing career of Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin in a state of uncertainty, the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan is now proudly represented among the middleweight elite by classy southpaw Janibek Alimkhanuly. The 2016 Rio Olympian made his second successful defence of the WBO 160lbs (11st, 6lb) title in Stockton, California, USA on Saturday. …
The Monday LunchBox
Worldwide fight and boxing event of the weekend was held Saturday (6th) before an estimated 55,000 fans in the Akron soccer stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. Hometown hero Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KO’s) defeated England’s John Ryder (32-6, 18 KO’s) to defend his undisputed world super-middleweight (12st/168lbs) title for a second time. The Mexican hero, …
The Monday LunchBox
Standout performance of the weekend goes to Joe Cordina who regained the IBF ‘world’ title at 130lbs (9st, 4lbs) with a hard fought split points decision (114-113, 115-112, 111-116) over previously undefeated Shavkat Rakhimov of former Soviet state Tajikistan. Welshman Cordina (16-0, 9 KO’s), had previously been stripped of the title he’d won last June …
The Undisputed 