Boxing

There’s no top-level domestic boxing action this weekend and fight fans are going to have to get used to staying up late on Saturday night to get their knockout fix. Sky Sports and Matchroom staged their last show together last weekend and Eddie Hearn has moved his stable of fighters to streaming service DAZN. It’s […]

There’s a hugely exciting weekend of boxing on the cards with action on both sides of the pond, as Lewis Ritson takes on Jeremias Ponce in Newcastle, while Shakur Stevenson meets Jeremiah Nakathila in Las Vegas. Saturday’s bout between Ritson and Ponce is an eliminator for the WBA super-lightweight title as both men set their […]

Ability and dedication are key factors in any fighter’s success, but showmanship also plays a major role in boxing and we take a look at the best nicknames in the sport’s history. However, we have steered clear of some of the more obvious names, so don’t expect to see Iron Mike, the Louisville Lip or […]

Floyd Mayweather returns to the ring to take on social media’s Logan Paul in an eight-round exhibition fight at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Florida State Boxing Commission has confirmed the rules for the bout and they are worth considering when placing a bet on the contest. The fight will have […]

After six months out of the ring, British heavyweight Daniel Dubois returns to the ring this weekend as he prepares to lock horns with Romania’s Bogdan Dinu. The 23-year-old is likely to show nerves on his first fight back since suffering a broken left orbital bone and nerve damage during his first career defeat to […]

A week is a long time in boxing and if you don’t believe us, then take a look through the news archives from beyond seven days ago. Just over a week ago, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury claimed he had signed to fight WBA ‘Super’, WBO and IBF world champion Anthony Joshua in a unification […]

Josh Taylor is bidding to become the first British fighter, male or female, to hold all four world titles in a single weight division when he faces Jose Ramirez on Sunday. Records on the Line Taylor puts his IBF and WBA super-lightweight belts on the line, while Ramirez is risking his WBC and WBO straps […]

Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Suanders put on a superb show last weekend and now Joshua Buatsi has a chance to shine on Saturday night. The WBA International light-heavyweight champion takes on Daniel Blenda Dos Santos in what looks like a stepping stone for bigger things later this year. Buatsi has seen off all challengers […]

Dereck Chisora and Joseph Parker clash in a heavyweight pay-per-view clash in Manchester on Saturday night and it could pay to side with the Kiwi.  Parker has been beaten just twice in a 30-fight professional career and those two defeats came against British pair Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte. The New Zealander was outpointed in […]

The popular and highly-rated Demetrius Andrade headlines the Matchroom card in Florida from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where he puts his WBO middleweight title and unbeaten record on the line against the in-form and hard-hitting Liam Williams. Time for Andrade to Shine Southpaw Andrade won the United States Amateur Boxing Championship twice […]

Conor Benn faces what looks a fair test when he takes on Samuel Vargas at Wembley Arena on Saturday night but it’s one the son of the legendary Nigel can pass as he looks to one day follow in the footsteps of his father. Odds of 1/16 about the Destroyer highlight what is expected to […]

Carl Frampton challenges Jamel Herring for the WBO super-featherweight title in Dubai on Saturday night and ‘The Jackal’ is a 5/7 shot to be crowned a three-weight world champion. Frampton has previously held the IBF and WBA super-bantamweight belts, as well as the WBA super-featherweight crown, and the Belfast hero would cement his legacy with […]

Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin step into the ring together for the second time when they rumble on the rock in Gibraltar on Saturday. Whyte had previously only lost to Anthony Joshua in a 28-fight career, but Povetkin landed a savage uppercut to win by TKO in round five. Going into the first fight, it […]

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua’s mega-fight is the heavyweight clash of 2021 but there are plenty of other big-hitting bouts scheduled for this year. Fury is the 8/15 favourite to add Joshua’s IBF, WBA and WBO world titles to his WBC belt, while ‘AJ’ is 7/5 to unify the division. The British fighters are pencilled […]

After a lengthy delay, Lawrence ‘The Sauce’ Okolie finally gets a crack at a world title when he faces Poland’s Krzysztof Glowacki at the SSE