By Ian Aldous: On May 20th, 2017, Liam Walsh (23-1) walked into the Copperbox Arena in London as one of the most respected World contenders in British boxing. The classy southpaw had long dominated the domestic 130lbs scene with reigns as British and Commonwealth champion; he’d paid his dues and earned his well overdue shot at a World title. He ...
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Artur Beterbiev, the light heavyweight world champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF), reveals that he was interested in a showdown with Oleksandr Usyk, when the Olympic gold medal winner was the unified WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC cruiserweight king. Usyk had his last bout at cruiserweight in the fall of 2018, when he knocked out Tony Bellew. He ...
By Tim Royner: Promoter Frank Warren doesn’t think much of Deontay Wilder’s comments in the aftermath of his crushing defeat at the hands of Tyson Fury last February. Wilder didn’t want to take the high road in a recent interview by giving Fury full credit for his seventh-round knockout victory on February 22. Instead of giving Fury credit, Wilder said ...
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The president of Eye of the Tiger Management (EOTTM), Camille Estephan, is already putting together a plan to present professional boxing as soon as possible. Estephan and Golden Boy Promotions are the co-promoters of former world champion David Lemieux among others. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Estephan was forced to cancel the two cards he had scheduled at Casino de Montréal. "We remain very productive. We ...
By Charles Brun: Barry Hearn of Matchroom Boxing believes there’s a 50-50 possibility that IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua could face WBC champ Tyson Fury in 2020. While it may seem unthinkable to a lot of fans, given the shutdown of the sport, Hearn sees a scenario in which the currently injured Deontay Wilder is unable to face Fury (30-0-1, ...
Steve Farhood was mesmerized by what was unfolding right in front of him the night of April 26, 2014. The veteran Showtime analyst watched in amazement as hard-hitting former junior welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse and ever-courageous underdog John Molina Jr. just absolutely brutalized each other. Molina knocked down the heavily favored Matthysse in the second and fifth rounds, but a ...
By Barry Holbrook: Former world champion Miguel Cotto says Gennadiy Golovkin will need to do a lot more in his third fight with Canelo Alvarez if he wants to win. Cotto wants to see more effort from Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs) in the trilogy against Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) to set himself apart from the Mexican superstar. Golovkin, 38, made ...
By Chris Williams: Bernard Hopkins wants Ryan Garcia to face Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis first, and then take on Vasiliy Lomachenko in a mini-tournament. Hopkins, who works for Golden Boy Promotions, is picking Ryan (20-0, 17 KOs) to defeat WBA ‘regular’ lightweight champion (23-0, 22 KOs) to move forward to take on WBA/WBC/WBO 135-pound champion. Hopkins is one of the few ...
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Heavyweight Dillian Whyte is confident that it won't take much to get back in the swing of things for a potential UFC debut. Whyte was a professional kickboxer and became a two-time British heavyweight champion by winning the BIKMA super heavyweight British title and the European K1 championship. He had a 20-1 record under K-1. He also had a professional MMA bout, when he made his mixed ...
By Tim Royner: Dillian Whyte is still slowly training in Portugal for his postponed fight against Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs). With Povetkin ahead of him, Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) is already looking at the other heavyweights in the division, to sum up his threats. IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) is one of the names that Whyte ...