Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis delivered an emphatic destruction of 2012 Olympian (and fellow silver medalist) Denys Berinchyk in the ‘small room’ at Madison Square Garden, New York City, Valentine’s night (14 Feb). Although the Norfolk, Virginia fighter had been arriving over the last two years, this was his coming out performance, finally …
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The Monday LunchBox
Rising Briton Adam ‘Assassin’ Azim scored a major victory on Saturday (1 Feb) stopping former IBF champion Sergey Lipinets in the ninth round in a ‘crossroads’ fight, and importantly, secured a ‘crossover’ to world level. With fellow Pakistani-heritage and former world champion’s Amir Khan sitting ringside, along with Shawn Porter from the US, it was …
The Weekender
Promising junior-welterweight (10st/140lbs) contender Adam ‘Assassin’ Azim takes his first major step up to world level as he meets former IBF champion Sergey ‘The Samurai’ Lipinets at the OVO Wembley Arena, London, England tonight. So far Azim’s progress to this level has been impressive with his most recent victory against fellow British contender Ohara Davies …
Ron’s Reflections
The Story told by a Photograph There is no doubt that photographs tell a story, especially in the sport of boxing. One of the earliest books with outstanding posed photographs was the Gladiators of the Prize Ring – Heroes of All Nations by Billy Edwards published in 1895. In the introduction the author writes that the …
The Mid-Rounds
Just three weeks into 2025 and the race to be the highly subjective Pound-for-Pound and ‘boxing’s best’ is on ! First to stake his claim, on 8 January, was Australia’s current ‘world’ cruiserweight king Jai Opetaia, who beat his IBF challenger David Nyika with a devastating fourth round knockout. ‘Chilling’ rightly summed it up. Being …
The Mop Up
Hail to the King ! Lineal and unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk successfully defended his sanctioning body titles on a 116-112 three judge unanimous points decision last night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In a captivating fight he defeated former WBC champion Tyson Fury, the slight underdog going in. The Ukrainian champion raised his record …
The Weekender
Well, here we are ! In the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia tonight the heavyweight championship of the world will be contested with the victor the next champion. Credit to Britain’s Daniel Dubois for picking up the IBF heavyweight title in the last six months and successfully defending it, but the so-called ‘linear’ champion at …
The Monday LunchBox
Here we go ! The immediate future of the heavyweight division will be determined in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this coming Saturday (Dec 21). Ring Magazine champion and undoubted number one Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) faces former WBC champion Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) for a second time. The latter will be motivated by the rematch opportunity, having been …
Ron’s Reflections
Forgotten Facts in South African Boxing Reading through old newspaper reports and magazine articles, one comes across fascinating and long-forgotten facts. For instance: Johnny Squires, who won the SA heavyweight title on 12 August 1922 when he stopped Nick van den Berg in the eleventh round at the Durban City Hall, was the first South …
The Monday LunchBox
On the excellent ‘Magnificent 7’ Queensberry card at Wembley Arena on Saturday (Dec 7) two British fighters took big steps towards world honours. Top of the bill was the British middleweight title fight which saw Battersea, London’s Denzel Bentley take the Lord Lonsdale Belt for a third time with a unanimous, but closely fought victory …
The Undisputed 