The Friday Faceup

After an exodus of eight months following his high profile loss to Teofimo Lopez, former unified lightweight champion of the world Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KO’s) returns this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. He meets Japanese contender Masayoshi Nakatini (19-1, 13 KO’s) who extended Lopez to twelve rounds, losing convincingly in 2019. For Lomachenko, a …

The Monday LunchBox

The phenomena that is Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue successfully defended his WBA and IBF world bantamweight titles in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. The Japanese champion dispatched Filipino contender Michael Dasmarinas with a succession of hurtful body shots over the completed two rounds before landing the telling blow high to his ribcage after 2:45 of the …

The Monday LunchBox

Scotland’s Josh Taylor became the undisputed super-lightweight champion of the world with a close fought but unanimous decision against former WBC and WBO champion Jose Carlos Ramirez in the Virgin Hotel, Las Vegas on Saturday (22nd). Remarkably in modern times all three ringside judges scored it 114-112 in Taylor’s favour. The difference proved to be …

The Monday LunchBox

Croydon’s light-heavyweight Joshua Buatsi put in an excellent performance in brutally dispatching undefeated Daniel Blenda Dos Santos in Manchester on Saturday after 2:44 of the fourth round. The shot that finished the contest was a powerful arching right hand straight to the Frenchman’s chin as he backed into a corner. Dos Santos was KO’d immediately …