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 …
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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 Weekender
Highlight of the boxing weekend in the UK, with world title ramifications, is the big light-heavyweight (12st, 7lbs/175lbs) showdown between undefeated, ranked contenders Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez. The long awaited clash between the two Britons, cancelled from October 2023, will now be held at the historic Wembley Arena, London, scene of many a memorable …
The Monday LunchBox
Teak tough unified light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KO’s) from Dagestan, Russia, currently based in Canada, showed his undoubted class and superiority when successfully defending his multiple sanctioning body 175 lbs ‘world’ titles against England’s Callum Smith (29-2, 21 KO’s). It took place in Quebec City, Canada on an excellent Top Rank show Saturday …
The Friday Faceup
The new boxing year gets off with a bang tomorrow night in Quebec City, Canada in the light-heavyweight (175 pound/12st,7lbs) division. Current IBF, WBC and WBO champion Artur Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KO’s), arguably one of the finest boxers in the world, meets former unified super-middleweight (168 lbs/12st) champion Callum Smith (29-1, 21 KO’s) in an …
The Monday LunchBox
It was a weekend when one fighter emphatically sealed his star status, one showed his grit and another took one more step towards potential stardom. Main story of the weekend was the complete shutout by Devin ‘The Dream’ Haney in securing a ‘world’ title in a second weight class by defeating WBC super-lightweight (140lbs/10st) champion …
The Undisputed 