The phenomena that is Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue successfully defended his WBA and IBF world bantamweight titles in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. The Japanese champion dispatched Filipino contender Michael Dasmarinas with a succession of hurtful body shots over the completed two rounds before landing the telling blow high to his ribcage after 2:45 of the …
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Hands of Stone
Living legend Roberto Duran celebrates his 70th birthday today. Born in El Chorrillo, Panama on June 16, 1951 ‘Manos de Piedra’ is regarded as one of the finest fighters of all time. The Undisputed sends its very best wishes to Roberto and our blessings for many more to come. Roberto compiled a 103-16 record with …
The Monday LunchBox
The Lightweight Kings The lightweights are back in vogue. Going by the self acclaimed moniker of the ‘Four Kings’, a throwback to the halycon days of messrs Hagler, Hearns, Leonard and Duran, now, the 9st 9lb (135lb) division apparently has its own modern day equivalent. The only problems are one of the kings is yet …
The Monday LunchBox
Scotland’s Josh Taylor became the undisputed super-lightweight champion of the world with a close fought but unanimous decision against former WBC and WBO champion Jose Carlos Ramirez in the Virgin Hotel, Las Vegas on Saturday (22nd). Remarkably in modern times all three ringside judges scored it 114-112 in Taylor’s favour. The difference proved to be …
It’s on !
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA In the last fifteen minutes both fighters comfortably made weight for tomorrow’s big super-lightweight (140lb/10st) unification between Jose Ramirez (WBC & WBO champion) and Josh Taylor (IBF & WBA champion). Official weights were: Ramirez – 139.6 lbs Taylor – 139.6 lbs. The fight’s on ! See the last post on The …
The Friday Faceup
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 …
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 …