After the excitement of the ‘Dust Up in the Desert’ and Oleksandr Usyk’s coronation as undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, it’s back to more domestic matters this weekend. The much awaited rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall at ten stone (140lbs) is a classic England v Scotland clash, but with world consequences for …
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The Friday Faceup
Well, here we are ! Twenty four hours from crowning the first, ‘new’ heavyweight champion of the world, to carry the title of this website this century. What an event and fight it promises to be. This contest, as the American’s are prone to say, is a real ‘pick ems’. The odds are even among …
The Monday LunchBox
They say form is temporary and class is permanent. Sunday in Perth, Australia double-Olympic and three-division ‘world’ professional champion Vasiliy Lomachenko proved it once again by regaining the IBF lightweight (9st, 9lbs/135lbs) title in his opponent’s backyard. In front of approximately 15,000 raucious Aussies, the Ukrainian future hall-of-famer ‘Loma’ was supreme, dropping George Kambosos Jnr …
Majestic May
As the temperature hopefully heats up in the northern hemisphere, thankfully, at last, so does the action in worldwide rings. Over the coming month three of The Ring magazine’s mythical pound-for-pound fighters in the world will box. For fans of the sport this is a potential feast. First up, this Saturday on Mexican Cinco de …
The Monday LunchBox
Two standout performances over the weekend saw two young boxers take a step to world title challenge and potential stellar careers. The achievements both sides of the Atlantic were so different in so many ways. British and Commonwealth lightweight champion Sam Noakes (14-0, 13 KO’s) from Maidstone, England continued his march towards world honours with …
The Monday LunchBox
An action packed night was had on the ‘Knockout Chaos’ card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Top billing and statement went to former two-time unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25 KO’s) in demolishing former UFC champion Francis Ngannou (0-2 as a boxer) inside two rounds. The emphatic nature of the victory significantly …
The Friday Faceup
Eyes and ears will shortly be on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia tonight. Unfortunately for most, if curious, you have to pay once more for the privilege if you plan to watch. The event is available on pay-per-view/box office on either DAZN or Sky Sports in the UK. For others, you can tune in, almost free, to …
The Monday LunchBox
Vengeance is sweet ! In Oaxaca, Mexico, early Sunday morning (UK time) South Africa’s box-puncher Sivenathi Nontshinga defeated Mexico’s Adrian Curiel to regain his IBF light-flyweight (108lbs/7st, 10lbs) title. The classy Nontshinga (13-1, 10 KOs) from Reeston in the Eastern Cape lived up to his “Special One” nickname scoring a spectacular technical knockout at 44 …
The Monday LunchBox
Performance and breakout victory of the weekend was by Ilford, London’s Hamzah Sheeraz on a stacked Queensberry promotion at the Copper Box Arena, Stratford, London. The tall middleweight (160lbs/11st, 6lbs) impressively stopped Wales’ former title contender Liam Williams for the WBC silver and Commonwealth titles inside one round after an initial knockdown. The finish came …
The PressBox
With most eyes this weekend on Super Bowl 58 held for the first time in Las Vegas, USA, big time boxing takes a back seat there, and likely worldwide. For this reason a tasty fistic world title showdown takes place, unusually on a Thursday (tonight February 8), in the same city, at the Michelob ULTRA …
The Undisputed 