Saturday’s second round blowout by ‘Dynamite’ Daniel Dubois of compatriot Fabio Wardley at London’s O2 Arena sent a firm message through the heavyweight division. This 29-year old sure can punch and he’s on a collision course to unify the yet again splintered division. Dubois made a first successful defence of his WBO heavyweight championship which …
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The Weekender
Bombs away ! That was the tone at last night’s weigh-in and Thursday’s final press conference for the big heavyweight rematch tonight at London’s O2 Arena. This sees WBO champion Daniel Dubois (23-3, 22 KOs) make a first defence of his title against compatriot Fabio Wardley (20-1-1, 19 KOs). This, only six months after they …
The Monday LunchBox
The most brutal and entertaining fight of 2026 is due for rematch on Saturday (17 October) at the O2 Arena, London with WBO heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois facing compatriot and former titleholder Fabio Wardley. Queensberry Promotions ‘Run It Back’ predicts a return of the ‘Fight of the Year’ and that may be delivered. Their first …
The Weekender
Back in August 1990 a Benn breezed into Las Vegas for a second time and blew away a seasoned American inside three minutes. That man was Nigel, the former two-divisional world champion, as he blitzed New Yorker Iran ‘The Blade’ Barkley at the Bally’s Resort Casino. Admittedly, it was an opponent who’d seen his best …
The PressBox
English world-ranked heavyweights Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley faced off again yesterday at a London Bridge venue for the final time before going deep into training camp for their anticipated rematch for the former’s WBO heavyweight world championship. Their first meeting back in May was a barnstormer and after eleven brutal rounds Londoner Dubois left …
The Monday LunchBox
Chins do matter. New Croatian-born IBF heavyweight world champion Filip Hrgovic proved this emphatically on Saturday night (29 July) in London when withstanding the onslaught of Moses Itauma over nine rounds to finally prevail. Pre-fight, Hrgovic the new champion, had emphasised this point when responding to the press protestations and hype around Itauma’s rapid rise …
The PressBox
Ron Jackson – a living appreciation What South African boxing historian, correspondent, broadcaster, collector and, number one fan, Ron Jackson doesn’t know about the history of South African boxing either, didn’t happen or, is not worth knowing ! For most of his life, from a young boy to today, his 90th birthday, he’s loved and …
Ron’s Reflections
Oddities in the heavyweight championship In the 1850s and ‘60s the title of “middleweight” began to be used for all men below 156 lbs (70.75kg). Those above this limit were all considered heavyweights. It was not until the 1880s, after the widespread adoption of the Queensberry rules, that a real effort was made to standardise …
The Monday LunchBox
Well, we got there … just. Saturday’s scare in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Anthony Joshua, lifting himself up off the canvas twice in the opening round, surviving on shaky legs, and then rallying to dispatch massive underdog Kristian Prenga after 2:43 minutes of the second round, for moments, seriously put the Tyson Fury meeting in …
The PressBox
Are we gonna get it ? And, if we do, is it gonna mean anything outside of the UK and to world boxing ? These questions are likely to be answered, certainly to a large extent, by the turn of this weekend when British marquee heavyweights and former ‘world’ champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, …