By: Shane Willoughby Earlier this year Barry Hearn said at the press conference for Dillian Whyte vs Oscar Rivas “these fighters have to get paid and if you don’t like it, don’t watch.” Insinuating if you don’t want to pay for the fight, don’t buy it. Normally when the Hearn …
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Can Jaime Munguia Become a Star?
By: LV Boxing Becoming a great boxer isn’t easy but it also isn’t exactly hard. Let me explain. Fighters put in hours upon hours in the gym. It takes days, weeks, months and yes even years before a fighter can become a great one. There’s a reason why Vasiliy Lomachenko …
Read More »Is Otto Wallin An Easy Win For Tyson Fury?
By: LV Boxing Lineal champion Tyson Fury (28-0-1, 20 KOs) caught a lot of flak for his June 15th contest against Tom Schwarz. After coming off a highly disputed draw against WBC belt holder Deontay Wilder, Fury was expected to take on a stiff challenge. Schwarz proved that he was …
Read More »What’s Next for Povetkin?
By: Shane Willoughby After his recent win over Hughie Fury, Povetkin has found himself in a very tricky position. The Russian rolled back the years to outwork and defeat someone young enough to be his son. Povetkin proved that not only is he still a threat to many fighters in …
Read More »Boxing Insider Interview with Chris Bourke
By: Oliver McManus Streatham’s Chris Bourke is gearing up for his fifth professional fight, his fourth for the calendar year, on September 14th and the fighter, promoted by Frank Warren, is in no mood to slow his development day. After all his life has been dedicated to the sport since …
Read More »Is Anthony Joshua Headed Towards Another Loss To Andy Ruiz?
By: LV Boxing No matter how much we try to avoid it, defeat is inevitable. It’s a painful feeling. Whether it’s a game of ping pong, basketball, video games or in this case boxing, it is a feeling that no one wants to go through. As much as we hate …
Read More »UFC Lightweight Champion Nurmagomedov Submits Dustin Poirier
By: Jesse Donathan The lightweight unification bout between the champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champion Dustin Poirier went off without a hitch Saturday afternoon, with Nurmagomedov dominating Poirier in route to a third-round rear naked choke submission victory over the American Top Team representative from Coconut Creek, Florida. Nurmagomedov, who …
Read More »Does Anthony Joshua Really Believe Andy Ruiz is The Best Out There?
By: LV Boxing Before Anthony Joshua was defeated by Andy Ruiz on June 1st, at Madison Square Garden, he was the consensus best Heavyweight on the planet. With a gold medal around his neck and three titles around his waist, it wasn’t hard to see why. Joshua had the goods. …
Read More »Former Champions Collide in Isaac Dogboe and Carl Frampton
By: LV Boxing Isaac Dogboe (20-2, 14 KOs) might only be 24 years of age but he is already at a crossroads in his career. It was just one year ago that he was on top of the boxing world. He turned several heads when he stopped Jessie Magdaleno to …
Read More »Hunter vs. Kuzmin: Where Does It Put the Winner?
By: Shane Willoughby The heavyweight division by many is seen as the most stacked division. With Wilder, Ruiz, Fury and Joshua seen as the top dogs, it’s about time we find out who is the best of the rest, and there are many fighters that can upset the apple cart. …
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