As ex-referee and district attorney Mills Lane used to say “Let’s get it on !”. The training is done, the hype is almost history and the weights are in. At the MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas last night the ‘lineal’ heavyweight champion of the world Tyson ‘Gypsy King’ Fury weighed in at a massive 273lbs …
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Can the Gypsy King back it up ?
Well, two days to go and the most anticipated heavyweight fight in many a year is almost upon us. The predictions and pre-fight shenanigans are racking up as we approach the Wilder-Fury date with destiny. The ‘Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury has certainly been raising the bar with the pre-fight predictions and his supreme confidence he’s …
The Monday LunchBox
Welcome to fight week ! The long awaited rematch is only five days away between WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder and Tyson ‘Gypsy King’ Fury, in Las Vegas. Both undefeated, both with a claim to the heavyweight championship, the latter being the ‘Lineal’ champion (i.e. the Man who beat the Man who …
The Monday LunchBox
Brook back in business Britain’s former IBF world welterweight champion Kell ‘Special’ Brook showed how special he can still be with an emphatic knockout of tough ex-American marine Mark DeLuca in Sheffield on Saturday. The fight was at the higher 11 stone (154lb) super-welterweight poundage and the Sheffield southpaw showed he still has the pop …
The Friday Faceup
Can Kell be special again ? Throughout boxing history the welterweight (10st 7lb) division has been a ‘special’ division. None more so than today with a top ten stacked with champions, future hall of famers and elite ex-champions. Think Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jr, Manny Pacquiao, Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter. Add to that mix …
The Monday LunchBox
The South African Sporting Hall of Fame The Republic of South Africa (RSA) is a very proud sporting nation. Across a population in excess of 58 million with 11 official languages its people have excelled in a number of worldwide sports; this, despite over two decades of sporting isolation in the 1970’s and ‘80’s, due …
The Friday Faceup
Are British fightfans being shafted ? This week we heard numerous statements made by Eddie Hearn Head of Matchroom Boxing about Anthony Joshua’s possible future itinerary. We were told that he’s likely to defend in the UK against IBF #1 contender Kubrat Pulev in a stadium venue either late May or early June. This being …
The Monday LunchBox
‘Terror’ passes Very sad news was received from South Africa in the last week with news of the passing of their first black boxer to win a world title – Peter ‘Terror’ Mathebula. A number of notable champions (Willie Smith, Arnold Taylor and Vic Toweel) had preceded him, but none before had represented the majority …
The Monday LunchBox
Stanley of Africa Renowned South African boxing historian Ron Jackson had set up our meeting in the Cresta Shopping Mall, Johannesburg in January 2018. He warned me “Stanley likes to talk”. Talk he does; about his sixty years in boxing and his passion for our sport, which oozes from his every pore. He starts by …
The Friday Faceup
And so, the stage is set. The rematch for the WBC and ‘lineal’ Heavyweight Championship of the World is on ! February 22nd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada. The official first press conference to promote the fight took place in Los Angeles on Monday (13th) and no quarter was spared by …