Chris Eubank Jr. insists his rematch with Liam Smith brought prizefighting a much-needed boost of honesty. Last Saturday night in Manchester, England, Eubank turned back the lone stoppage loss of his career with a dominant 10th-round technical knockout of Smith. Eubank was in control the whole way, dropping the rugged Liverpudlian twice in the process and displayed the sort of ...
On Saturday night in Manchester, Jack Cullen gave a career-best performance to take home the British and Commonwealth super middleweight championships in a fight many expected him to lose against a tough, experienced opponent in Mark Heffron. The first two rounds of the fight were relatively cagey, with Heffron keen to push forward but Cullen using his height advantage to ...
According to former world champion Amir Khan, there is no doubt that Terence Crawford is the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. There is heavy debate regarding the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport - with Crawford and four division champion Naoya Inoue as the two names being consistently pushed for the top position. In July, Crawford became a two ...
Former two division world champion David Haye believes there is no reason to make a trilogy fight between Chris Eubank Jr. and Liam Smith. In January, Smith secured a shocking upset when he knocked Eubank out in four rounds. On Saturday night in Manchester, Eubank dominated nearly every round of fight - scoring two knockdowns and stopping Smith in the ...
The light heavyweight champion of the World Boxing Council, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization, Artur Beterbiev, may change his weight category in the future. "I want to win all the light heavyweight titles and then test myself in another weight class," Beterbiev said to Tass. Beterbiev, 38-years-old, has been gunning to become the undisputed champion at the weight. ...
Liam Smith has blamed his loss to Chris Eubank Jr. on what he claims was the more than 40 pounds of weight he needed to lose leading up to their middleweight rematch. Eubank redeemed himself last Saturday night in Manchester, England, by stopping Smith in the 10th round after getting knocked out himself in the fourth round of their first ...
Jermell Charlo is trying to tune out all the Terence Crawford noise. The undisputed 154-pound champion from Houston, Texas, isn’t too keen on dwelling on a potential fight with the undisputed welterweight champion, since he has another considerable assignment coming up. On Sept. 30, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Charlo will move up two divisions to challenge Canelo Alvarez ...
Terence Crawford’s spectacular win over Errol Spence Jr. has given him worldwide attention. Heading in, most were under the assumption that the two were practically on the same playing field. However, after nine incredibly one-sided rounds, Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) proved that he was the clearcut better fighter, at least that night. With the Omaha, Nebraska, native dropping and brutally ...
Manchester - In a middleweight rematch, Chris Eubank Jr. (33-3, 24 KOs) got revenge by dropped, punishing and stopping Liam Smith (33-4-1, 20 KOs) in ten rounds. (photos by Lawrence Lustig) Back in January, Smith pulled out a stunner when he knocked Eubank out in four rounds. A feeling out process in the first round. Eubank was looking to land ...
Manchester - In a junior welterweight bout, Adam Azim (9-0, 6 KOs) was made to work in winning a ten round unanimous decision over Aram Fanyan (23-2, 5 KOs). (photos by Lawrence Lustig) The scores were 98-92, 100-90 and 99-91. The fight began as a technical boxing match. They were feeling each other out and counter punches. In the second ...