By: Niki Ross The latest instalment of the faux heavyweight renaissance is almost upon us. The Anthony Joshua franchise will roll out again next weekend to face off against the unbeaten Joseph Parker and with this fight we should move closer to a unification fight between Joshua and Wilder. The …
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Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker: A Step Towards Unification
By: Ste Rowen Two years ago, Anthony Joshua was deep into camp, preparing for his first world title shot against the newly crowned IBF champion, Charles Martin. A shot at one of the most prestigious belts made available due to Tyson Fury being stripped of the IBF strap almost immediately …
Read More »A Look Ahead Into the World Boxing Super Series
By: Oliver McManus With the first incarnation of the World Boxing Super Series coming to a close in the near months, I thought it was only right to look back on the brain-child of Kalle Sauerland & Richard Schaefer but also to look forward at what could be for 2018/19. …
Read More »Manny Pacquiao and Bob Arum Continue to be at Odds Over Prospective Opponents
By: Bryant Romero Manny Pacquiao’s return to the ring sometime this year has been on been ongoing saga on whether the proposed bout with Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) will actually pull through for sometime this summer. Reports of strain relations between Pacquiao and Arum should come to no …
Read More »Can Joseph Parker Surpass David Tua?
By: Ste Rowen When you’re a promising, heavyweight boxer from New Zealand with Samoan heritage, you’re bound to be compared to David Tua. When you’re a heavyweight boxer from New Zealand, Samoan heritage and trained by Kevin Barry, the comparisons double. When you’re a heavyweight boxer from New Zealand, Samoan …
Read More »Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN Results: Jose Martinez and Alex Santiago Draw Again in Puerto Rico
by: Ken Hissner At Complejo Ferial, in Ponce, Puerto Rico on Saturday Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions over ESPN put on a special boxing event in order to show the damage to the island for all witnessing this event can see along with the …
Read More »HBO Boxing After Dark Results: Dillian Whyte Stops Lucas Browne
By: Ste Rowen Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte sent a cold message to the rest of the heavyweight scene with a savage one punch knockout of unbeaten Australian, Lucas Browne at London’s O2 Arena. It was a tentative start from the first bell even as Browne developed a cut late …
Read More »Breaking: Canelo Temporarily Suspended
The Nevada State Athletic Commission temporarily suspended Saul Canelo Alvarez on Friday for failing two drug tests in February. Both tests showed traces of the banned substance Clenbuterol. Canelo’s team had argued that the fighter had ingested the drug by eating tainted meat. At the moment, at least, the excuse …
Read More »LIKE A LAMB TO SLAUGHTER: Promoter Puts Special Olympian in Path of Danger
James Kindred had a dream, but promoter John Carden almost turned it into a nightmare By Charles Jay (AUTHOR’S NOTE: The story I am about to tell you represents perhaps the most egregious and despicable thing I have ever heard of in boxing, and not only have I been in …
Read More »Lennox Lewis and Showtime Wrangle Over the Definition of “Undisputed”
By: Eric Lunger Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has taken to Twitter in recent days, unleashing a barrage of criticism at the Showtime commentators for claiming that Lewis was not the “undisputed” champion of the world in 1999, since Vitali Klitschko held the WBO belt at that time. Lewis, 53, …
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