Boxing life continues at 40 for elite middleweight Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin when he faces Japan’s Olympic and former WBA world champion Ryoto Murata in Saitama tomorrow lunchtime (UK time). GGG turns forty today and whilst his boxing career has very much entered its final chapter he’ll attempt to show there’s still life in those old …
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The Monday LunchBox
Some excellent contests and performances over the weekend continued the positive return of boxing to British rings. Honourable mention goes to Josh Warrington who successfully regained his IBF world featherweight (9st/126lbs) title defeating Spain’s Kiko Martinez in the First Direct Arena, Leeds. It was an action packed bout in front of a capacity and deafening …
The Weekender
There’s some interesting match ups in British rings this weekend. On the BOXXER promotion (Sat 26 March) shown live on Sky Sports from the OVO Wembley Arena is a cruiserweight contest between undefeated Brits Richard Riakporhe and Deion Jumah. Both men have reason to be confident having answered most questions on their way up to …
The Monday LunchBox
Wow, what a fight ! How did Leigh Wood come back from that devastating first round knockdown to defeat Michael Conlan by stunning knockout in the final round of their WBA world featherweight title fight Saturday ? Through sheer guts and determination, that is the answer. Wood, the champion from Nottingham, England was making the …
The Monday LunchBox
The small Central American country of Nicaragua sits in the neck of the Americas between the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It has a population of roughly 6.5 million and for much of the 1970’s and 80’s had world notoriety for revolution, being ravaged by a civil war and, the resultant US intervention. From amidst …
The Weekender
As the world continues to revolve on its fragile axis we try to seek some refuge from world events with a packed boxing weekend. First up tonight (Fri 4 Mar) from Fresno, California, USA is the excellent junior-welterweight (140lb/10st) contest between Jose Ramirez and Jose Pedraza. Promoted by Top Rank and shown live in the …
Inside the Jab
The current shocking events in Ukraine show that we live in very troubled times. The response across Europe and around the world shows our thoughts and hopes are with all those that have been, and continue to be affected by this human tragedy. To discuss and critique the sport of boxing at this moment seems …
The Friday Faceup
The big fights keep coming. A sensational weekend of boxing awaits with the overdue return of undisputed world junior-welterweight (140lb/10st) champion Josh Taylor against undefeated Jack Catterall in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday night (26 February). It’s a complete sellout at the atmospheric OVO Hydro Arena and live and exclusive on Sky Sports in the UK …
The Monday LunchBox
Khan v Brook – Five things we learned: Big time boxing is back – A 22,000 sellout, Michael Buffer getting ‘ready to rumble’, Liam Gallagher and Premier League footballers ringside and hundreds of thousands of pay per views sold. The BOXXER/Sky Sports Box Office promotion was an immense success. Right from day one when the …
The Friday Faceup
Finally. After 17 years operating as professional boxers in separate but parallel universes, finally clustering around the 10st,7lb (147lbs) welterweight division, two planets (or should I say English counties) will collide. The war of words across the Pennines which separate Lancashire from Yorkshire and boxing’s version of the ‘War of the Roses’ will reach its …
The Undisputed 