Back in January 1990 there was a heavyweight contest in Atlantic City, USA headlined ‘Geezers at Caesars’. It featured former heavyweight champion George Foreman against a comebacking Gerry Cooney. The fighters had a combined age of 74 ! It ended inside two rounds with the multiple knockdown and final KO of Cooney. He would never …
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The Monday LunchBox
Young British heavyweight Moses Itauma confirmed he’s the new real deal with a stunning knockout of American Jermaine Franklin in Manchester, England Saturday night (28 March). The ever-increasing hype around him and pressure that could’ve ensued, was made immaterial with the emphatic manner he broke down, disbanded and destroyed the heavyweight contender. Franklin was dropped …
The Monday LunchBox
This writer is of an age where it can be said that he has ‘rose-tinted’ glasses, is or getting old, and, does not fully appreciate the talent, personalities, match-ups and promotions of today. But, let me defend and indulge myself and try to justify how good the boxing world was forty years ago. In 1986 …
The PressBox
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England was the stage for the media return of two-time lineal Heavyweight Champion of the World Tyson Fury on Monday evening (16 February). By our estimation to announce, and he later confirmed, a fifth return from ‘retirement’ ! We never doubted the ‘Gypsy King’ would be back, it was a question …
The Monday LunchBox
By stunning knockdown and stoppage in the final round of a captivating WBA world featherweight title fight in Liverpool on Saturday, the hearts of then-champion Nick Ball and his fellow Liverpudlians were broken. The deliverer, American southpaw Brandon ‘The Heartbreaker’ Figueroa. On an excellent Queensberry Promotions card, shown live on DAZN, the featherweight (9st/126lbs) division …
The Friday Faceup
The historic Liverpool waterfront, a World Heritage Site, is the iconic scene tomorrow night (February 7) for potentially a ‘fight of the year’ match-up which we expect to deliver. The cavernous and atmospheric M&S Bank Arena, set in the re-generated Liverpool Albert Dock, is where the WBA featherweight (9st/126lbs) title will be up for grabs. …
The PressBox
Yesterday on the south bank of the River Thames, London Bridge two forty-plus world heavyweights were the entertaining focus of the Launch press conference of ‘100’- the April 4 clash of Dereck Chisora and Deontay Wilder at the O2 Arena, London. Both fighters are acknowledged to be in the twilight of their careers and that …
The Monday LunchBox
On Saturday (Jan 31) Sunderland, England’s Josh Kelly ripped the IBF world junior-middleweight (11st/154lbs) title from previously undefeated Russian ‘boogieman’ Bakhram Murtazaliev by twelve-round majority decision (113-113, 115-111 and 114-113). Held in nearby Newcastle in front of over 7,000 vocal supporters and shown live and exclusive on the DAZN streaming platform Kelly had to tough …
The Mop Up
Just casually looking back, what a great big fight year 2025 was. It kicked off in February with the Artur Beterbiev – Dmitry Bivol rematch from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and some of the purest boxing and calculated ferocity you will witness. Bivol turning the tables and winning on a majority points decision (114-114, 116-112 and …
The Monday LunchBox
Generational talent Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) lies on the cusp of being the next greatest fighter in the modern era after his unanimous points decision victory over Alan Picasso on Saturday (27 December) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As expected, ‘The Monster’ was successful and almost flawless in his performance in defeating the previously undefeated …