Bournemouth, England’s Chris Billam-Smith even exceeded our expectations with a comfortable unanimous points victory against London’s Richard Riakporhe at Crystal Palace association football stadium on Saturday (June 15). Through an excellent display of ring generalship, pressure and shot selection he kept the previously undefeated puncher Riakporhe from detonating his heavy shots, which in recent contests …
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The Friday Faceup
Crystal Palace’s association football stadium in south west London is the scene for this weekend’s big ‘world’ title fight on Saturday night (15 June). It pits Britain’s WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith against top 14st, 4lb/200lbs contender Richard Riakporhe, who’s effectively the ‘home fighter’ as a proclaimed Crystal Palace FC supporter. Billam-Smith conversely, is a …
The PressBox
On an unforgettable day like today when thoughts across Europe and in Allied countries are on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on the Normandy coast of France, starting the “beginning of the end” of World War II, let us consider boxing’s role in the bigger conflict. In particular that of the boxers who …
The Monday LunchBox
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) hosted another fantastic night of boxing from Riyadh on Saturday. There were potential fights of the year, heavy knockdowns, new world champions and young stars in the making. In the much hyped and promoted 5 versus 5 between rival British promoters Queensberry and Matchroom Boxing, the victory of the …
The Friday Faceup
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 …
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 Undisputed 