Zhang v Joyce II – Five things we learned
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The Friday Faceup
Can an old or ageing heavyweight be taught new tricks ? Tomorrow night (Sept 23rd) at London’s Wembley Arena we’ll find out as Britain’s ‘Juggernaught’ Joe Joyce attempts to ‘right the wrong’ in losing his previously undefeated record to Chinese behemoth Zhilei ‘Big Bang’ Zhang back in April this year. Both come in as elite …
The Friday Faceup
Tonight (Fri 18th), the spiritual home of British boxing, the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, is sold out and will be rockin’ as a potential new star faces his first legitimate test. Dennis ‘The Menace’ McCann from Maidstone, Kent, England boxes talented Spanish-based Romanian Ionut Baluta in a promising twelve rounder at junior-featherweight (122lbs/8st,10lbs). The …
The Monday LunchBox
As world ranked British heavyweight Anthony Joshua laboured and poked his cautious jab through the six completed rounds to find his way to defeat Finland’s Robert Helenius, (who’d taken the fight on six days notice), you couldn’t help thinking whether Joshua (26-3, 23 KO’s) still had enough to recapture past glories. He has previously been …
The Monday LunchBox
We started last week with four elite boxers undefeated records at stake, two mouthwatering world title fights ahead of us and, the mythical ‘pound-for-pound (P4P)’ crown arguably up for grabs. Today, after two dominant performances, the dust has cleared. The only thing still outstanding is the argument about P4P. As emphatically impressive as Japanese Naoya …
The Friday Faceup
In the early hours of Sunday morning (UK time) we will have one Welterweight Champion of the World. Whisper it gently, but believe it ! For the first time since November 1985, a mere 38 years ago, there will be no ‘if’s or but’s or false claims of who is the real champion. The winner …
The Monday LunchBox
Hail to the little guys ! Tomorrow morning (UK time) sees a major fight take place in Tokyo, Japan with the much anticipated meeting between unified ‘world’ junior featherweight champion Stephen Fulton (21-0, 8 KO’s) and Japan’s three-weight ‘world’ champion Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KO’s). It promises much. The Japanese is attempting to gain a …
The Monday LunchBox
After a summer recess (fighters excluded; in training for their next outing) our website returns with a brief heavyweight division update. Top of the agenda after the almost relentless ‘ducking and diving’ and financial shenanigans over what seems like months, is a return to significant action among the big men over the coming weeks. With …
The Weekender
In the early hours of Sunday morning (UK time) a proud Scotsman will again stride into a boxing ring in Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KO’s) from Prestonpans, near Edinburgh, clad in Tartan shorts and robe, will hope to rekindle the spirit of former undisputed world lightweight champion Ken …
The PressBox
Back in April we said the cruiserweight picture was starting to look a little clearer with the announcement at a BOXXER press conference of Lawrence Okolie defending his WBO world title against compatriot Chris Billam-Smith in the latter’s hometown of Bournemouth, England. This Saturday (27th) the time will arrive. Billam-Smith, known as ‘The Gentleman’ is …
The Undisputed 