This Saturday (2nd Oct) a new era begins on Sky Sports for big time boxing. A new promotional relationship with BOXXER fronted by founder and CEO Ben Shalom replaces the longstanding contract between Sky and Matchroom. This could be good news for fight fans with regular events on the subscription channel and possibly fewer going …
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The Monday LunchBox
Hail to the King – 5 things we learned Oleksandr Usyk is a genuine heavyweight – the new champ was only two fights into the heavier division after unifying the world cruiserweight titles in 2018 and swiftly moving up. There were doubts going into Saturday’s contest whether he could carry his 6ft 3′ frame into …
The Weekender
On Saturday night (25th) the big men are back in London town. England’s Anthony Joshua defends his WBA/IBF and WBO ‘world’ heavyweight titles against Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk. The fight takes place at a sold out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, north London on a Matchroom Promotion. The event is being shown live in the UK on Sky …
The Monday LunchBox
Hail our Olympians Over an amazing 16 days in Tokyo the medal haul of Team GB was significantly enhanced by the performance of our boxing team. The return of 6 medals (2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) from the 11 strong team surpassed all since the 1920 Olympics. Much of this is down to …
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 …
Hands of Stone
Living legend Roberto Duran celebrates his 70th birthday today. Born in El Chorrillo, Panama on June 16, 1951 ‘Manos de Piedra’ is regarded as one of the finest fighters of all time. The Undisputed sends its very best wishes to Roberto and our blessings for many more to come. Roberto compiled a 103-16 record with …
The Monday LunchBox
The Lightweight Kings The lightweights are back in vogue. Going by the self acclaimed moniker of the ‘Four Kings’, a throwback to the halycon days of messrs Hagler, Hearns, Leonard and Duran, now, the 9st 9lb (135lb) division apparently has its own modern day equivalent. The only problems are one of the kings is yet …
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 …
It’s on !
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA In the last fifteen minutes both fighters comfortably made weight for tomorrow’s big super-lightweight (140lb/10st) unification between Jose Ramirez (WBC & WBO champion) and Josh Taylor (IBF & WBA champion). Official weights were: Ramirez – 139.6 lbs Taylor – 139.6 lbs. The fight’s on ! See the last post on The …
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