Boxing

Gennady Golovkin is set to get it on with Saul Alvarez for the third time in Las Vegas and there is no better time to look back on the five biggest fights of Triple G’s career. 1 Saul Alvarez (2017) There was a huge build up and the anticipation levels were at fever pitch ahead […]

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will soon be back in the ring as he prepares to face Gennady Golovkin for a third time. The Mexican boxer might be 32 years of age but he has still got plenty left in the tank as he tries to further rubber-stamp his legacy at the top of the world rankings. […]

Boxing has always been a sport for the big occasions, and clashes between the biggest names in the sweet science are huge money spinners.  With the amount of money involved in the game, we have picked out the five wealthiest boxers in the world today. Floyd Mayweather There is nowhere else that a list of […]

There are few things in sport that rank as highly as boxing when it comes to getting the biggest names to step into the ring to fight each other. Sugar Ray Robinson v Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier and Sugar Ray Leonard v Thomas Hearns are just three which lived up to the […]

British boxing has a long and storied history and down through the years there have been plenty major ‘all-British’ encounters that left lasting memories. Here are our top five from the last 50 years. Frank Bruno vs Lennox Lewis (1993) Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis clashed in the Battle of Britain at Cardiff Arms Park […]

British heavyweight boxing is in a good place at the moment, with WBC world champion Tyson Fury at the top of the tree.  Anthony Joshua will attempt to regain his WBA, WBO and IBF world titles against Oleksandr Usyk later this year, while Dillian Whyte will no doubt be looking to get back in contention […]

British boxing is buzzing at the moment and there is no shortage of world title contenders from these shores. However, it’s still an incredibly difficult task to become a world champion, even in the four-belt era, and here we take a look at the best British fighters never to have won a world title. Kevin […]

There have been some superb female fighters over the years and we are lucky to have some of them still in action today. Here we take a look at the five best of all time.  Christy Martin Christy Martin was also an inaugural inductee into the Boxing Hall of Fame and she led the way […]

Things are rarely straightforward in the world of boxing with controversy in and out of the ring a regular occurence. Here we take a look at some of the biggest boxing upsets inside the ropes. Muhammad Ali v George Foreman – 1974 Boxing history is littered with iconic moments but the Rumble In The Jungle, […]

Big fights make for major box-office events these days with the sport’s top stars earning eyewatering sums whenever they enter the ring. Here are some of the biggest purses ever fought for in the pro boxing ranks. £675m – Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao, May 2015 They billed it the Fight of the Century or […]

Nothing excites fight fans like a knockout victory and we have seen some stunning stoppage victories over the years. Here we take a look at some of the fastest finishes in recent times. Naseem Hamed v Said Lawal (1996) Naseem Hamed is one of the best boxer’s Britain has ever produced and he had the […]

The boxing world is still reeling after last month’s controversial bout between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall. Taylor, the undisputed super-lightweight world champion, defended all of his belts against mandatory challenger Catterall in Scotland. He was expected to cruise to victory due to his impressive CV, but the previously unbeaten Catterall defied the odds and […]

This weekend, Taylor will be backed by a partisan crowd at the Hydro Arena, while Catterall will try to extend his unbeaten run inside the lion’s den. The odds suggest Taylor will enjoy a routine night at the office at 1/22, while Catterall can be backed to pull off the upset at 29/4. Taylor’s CV […]

Tyson Fury is set to defend his WBC world heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte on April 23 and that’s just one of a plethora of potential blockbuster heavyweight bouts we could see in 2022.  Fury is the star attraction in the big-hitting division, but he only holds one of the four major titles. ‘The Gypsy […]

Fight fans have been made to wait but we are finally going to see the highly-anticipated clash between British rivals Amir Khan and Kell Brook. This fight has been spoken about for years, and while it comes when the powers of both boxers are on the wane, it should still be a terrific tussle in […]

Islington born super-middleweight John Ryder gets a homecoming show against American Daniel Jacobs at Alexandra Palace this Saturday, the bout will be Ryder’s first on British soil since he was beaten by Callum Smith in Liverpool in November 2019. Intercontinental Title fight on the Undercard A fellow Londoner, Ellie Scotney, will be competing against Jorgelina […]