Back in January The Undisputed drew up a shortlist of the fights that had to be made this year. The highest profile fight – Anthony Joshua v Tyson Fury – looks to have sadly fallen by the wayside this week, however, second in that list is happening and this is the weekend it does. In …
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The Monday LunchBox
Croydon’s light-heavyweight Joshua Buatsi put in an excellent performance in brutally dispatching undefeated Daniel Blenda Dos Santos in Manchester on Saturday after 2:44 of the fourth round. The shot that finished the contest was a powerful arching right hand straight to the Frenchman’s chin as he backed into a corner. Dos Santos was KO’d immediately …
The Weekender
Much of the fight talk early week centred around Billy Joe Saunders corner withdrawing him against accepted pound-for-pound #1 Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in Arlington, Texas last weekend after sustaining serious cheek and eye injuries. As the week unfolded fighters and pundits have largely rallied around trainer Mark Tibbs on making the right call for his …
The Monday LunchBox
Canelo v Billy Joe aftermath Five things we learned Alvarez remains the king at 168 – Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s eighth round stoppage victory over WBO world super-middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders on Saturday proved he has now settled in the 168lb (12st) division and is beyond peer. True, he still has to capture the IBF …
The Friday Faceup
Can Billy Joe shock the world ? Back in September 1986 undisputed world welterweight champion and pound-for-pound elect Donald ‘Cobra’ Curry entered an Atlantic City casino ballroom ring for a ‘routine’ title defence against unbeaten Englishman Lloyd Honeyghan. It was known Curry was tight at the weight and if successful his next fight would be …
The Monday LunchBox
Sunny shines In a busy boxing weekend Britain’s Sunny Edwards topped the bill with a fantastic shutout victory over South African IBF world flyweight champion Moruti Mthalane in Bethnal Green, London. It was widely considered going in that ‘Showtime’ Sunny was in deep against a champion who’d been undefeated in 12 years and possessed the …
The Friday Faceup
Tonight in the famous York Hall, Bethnal Green in London’s east end another British flyweight champion bids to win the IBF version of the world 8st/112lbs title. Back in 1983 ‘Champagne’ Charlie Magri from nearby Stepney wrestled the WBC title from Eleoncio Mercedes to become a household name, appearing on the popular ‘This is Your …
The Monday LunchBox
Britain has a new middleweight champion in Wokingham’s Felix Cash. In a superb display at the famous York Hall, Bethnal Green, east London on Saturday night (24th) the punch perfect Cash literally ripped the title from Battersea’s Denzel Bentley who was making his first defence of the 11st, 6lb (160lb) title. Broadcast live on BT …
The Monday LunchBox
Big Ben chimed, the music launched into The Fugees ‘Ready or Not’ and then shifted into ‘Dangerous’. You could be forgiven for thinking you were back in 1990 and the original ‘Dark Destroyer’ Nigel Benn was walking to the ring. But no, a new kid is in town, one that may even surpass the accomplishments …
The Monday LunchBox
In the end it proved to be one division too far. Irishman Carl Frampton failed in his brave attempt to wrestle the WBO world junior-lightweight title from American Jamel Herring in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Saturday (3rd April). Referee Giovanni halted the contest on 1:40 of the sixth round after a devastating left uppercut …
The Undisputed 