Peter McGrail had this year all planned out. First qualify for the Olympics, then claim featherweight gold in Tokyo before a couple of professional fights before the year was out. Like everyone else, though, life is on hold. The Liverpudlian managed the first bit… just, booking his Olympic spot in the final session before the tournament was suspended due to ...
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Frank Warren, promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes his boxer will handle Anthony Joshua in the same manner as Deontay Wilder. Back in February at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Fury dropped and stopped Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC title. Joshua, who holds the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles, is very interested in reaching a ...
WBC lightweight champion in recess Devin Haney has issued a new statement on social media addressing his controversial statements that caused a firestorm in the boxing world over the last several days. “Over the last couple days I’ve had time to reflect on a lot. I sincerely regret using a term that I have now learned to be derogatory to ...
Former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin gave his take on the statements that were made by Deontay Wilder, who claimed that his 40-pound ring-walk outfit played a role in his February rematch with Tyson Fury. Wilder explained that his ring-walk outfit had weakened his legs and took away his energy, which led to two knockdowns and a seventh round stoppage loss to ...
By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. is receiving positive words from his perspective trainer Eddy Reynoso about him being willing to take on the job as his new trainer. Reynoso says he would be “proud” to be the 31-year-old Ruiz’s new trainer. It’s a positive for Reynoso to have Ruiz Jr. as one of his fighters ...
Fight Island. Given recent quarantine-centric sports headlines, the two-word phrase probably strikes a chord. Some hear it and conjure images of a megalomaniacal czar putting profits ahead of employee safety, expert healthcare counsel and plain, old common sense. Others, meanwhile, are instantly drawn to an outspoken combat sports maverick who’s being forced to dodge corporate snowflakes while trying to ...
By Chris Williams: Roy Jones Jr. at 51-years-old is looking faster than his student Chris Eubank Jr. in them training together. The 30-year-old Eubank Jr. (29-2, 22 KOs) posted a video clip on social media on Monday showing him and the former four-division world champion Jones (66-9, 47 KOs) working out on a bag. The difference hand speed between Jones ...
By Sean Jones: Canelo Alvarez is fortunate that he’s fighting in this era at 160 and 168 rather than the 1980s, which would have forced him to mix with incredibly talented opposition. In this era, Canelo’s only real threat is Gennadiy Golovkin, who he didn’t fight until he 35. Canelo could have fought GGG when he was in his early ...
WBO junior featherweight king Emanuel Navarrete is the world’s busiest world champion, a 25-year-old pressure fighter who is proud to represent his Mexican heritage at the sport’s highest level. From May 2019 to February 2020, when he knocked out Jeo Santisima on the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury II card, he defended his world title five times. The activity kept him sharp ...
Many human behavior analysts have always wondered why some people who conceive boxing as a brutal and primitive sport, leave such criteria aside when they go to the movies or watch it on TV. They have fun and even cheer excitedly when they watch a “fake” fight on the screen. However, they do not react in the same way if ...