Boxing

Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez will finally go toe-to-toe in the ring again on Saturday night, nine years after their first encounter. The WBA and WBC super-flyweight titles will be on the line in Dallas and it promises to be one of two cracking fights on the card. Also squaring off are Jessica McCaskill […]

Boxing fans have enjoyed a fabulous start to 2021, with big fights on the horizon and the first few cards delivering plenty of shocks. Oscar Valdez’s highlight-reel knockout of Miguel Berchelt last month may win an award by the end of the year, while Britain’s Josh Kelly and Josh Warrington are licking their wounds after […]

Josh Warrington’s defeat against Mauricio Lara shocked the boxing world last weekend, with Lara upsetting the odds in what was expected to be a straightforward win for the Leeds fighter. This Saturday, Josh Kelly’s clash against David Avanesyan is being touted as a close contest and that is reflected in the prices, with Kelly the […]

British boxing has endured a delayed start to the year, but it roars back into action on Saturday when Josh Warrington takes on Mauricio Lara.  Warrington is unbeaten in a 30-fight professional career, but the IBF world featherweight title that the Leeds Warrior won when defeating Lee Selby in 2018, won’t be on the line […]

Former super welterweight world title contender Austin ‘No doubt’ Trout is back in the ring for the first time in almost a year in Chihuahua this weekend to take on 32-year-old Mexican Juan Armando Garcia. Trout is the older man by three years and returns to the ring looking to enhance a professional record of […]

In the early hours of Sunday morning IBF super-middleweight champion Caleb Plant will defend his belt against former title holder Caleb Truax at the Shrine Exhibition Centre in Los Angeles. Undefeated Plant has been linked to a huge fight with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in recent months, but instead steps through the ropes in a bout […]

Boxing fans are in for a rare Thursday threat when Keita Kurihara puts his OPBF Bantamweight title on the line against Takuma Inoue in Tokyo. Kurihara has successfully defended his championship twice since capturing it in 2018 but is the 10/3 underdog to retain again as he comes up against a man destined for bigger […]

Campbell was last seen losing via unanimous decision to Ukrainian star Vasyl Lomachenko. There is no disgrace in losing out to the former three-weight world champion, who is widely regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound active fighters, but a defeat to Garcia would push him further back in the queue for a title fight […]

The biggest star in the world of boxing, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, returns to the ring this weekend for the first time in 13 months to face Liverpool’s Callum Smith in what promises to be one of the best fights of the year. Smith’s WBA super middleweight title, Ring Magazine belt and the vacant WBC world […]

It’s big fight after big fight at the moment and Anthony Joshua has his time in the spotlight on Saturday night. Joshua defends his WBA, IBF and WBO world titles against Kubrat Pulev and the Watford fighter is 1/14 to make a successful defence. Pulev is rated a 6/1 chance and when you look at […]

This weekend two superstars in the world of boxing return to the ring after lengthy absences and both will be looking to put on big performances to set up super fights in 2021. First up on Friday night at the SSE Arena in London, WBO world super-middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders headlines a Matchroom card […]

British heavyweight champion Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois is expected to have too much firepower for Olympian Joe Joyce in the domestic dust-up in Westminster on Saturday night. Following a number of postponements this year, the eagerly-awaited domestic clash between 23-year-old highly regarded heavyweight prospect Dubois and the vastly-experienced Joyce is finally on and headlines the BT […]

Mike Tyson returns to the ring for the first time in over 15 years on Saturday night to take on former four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr in an eight round exhibition bout. Tyson, 54, did enter the ring for ‘Mike Tyson’s World Tour’ after his professional career came to an end with defeat to […]

Usyk is making the move up to heavyweight, while Chisora has been seen as the gatekeeper to world level for some time. There’s no doubt that the Ukrainian has the superior skill set and the advantage in terms of boxing ability but the question is can Usyk bridge the gap when it comes to size […]

Vasyl Lomachenko is seen by many as the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet and in the early hours of Sunday morning, he gets another chance to prove that in the lightweight division as he faces the hard-hitting American Teofimo Lopez. Precision Versus Power With his sublime footwork and tremendous hand speed, Ukrainian fighter Lomachenko […]

Scotland’s Josh Taylor returns to the ring for the first time in 11 months on Saturday to defend his WBA and IBF super-lightweight world titles against 11/1 underdog Apinun Khongsong at the York Hall in London. Later in Connecticut, USA, twins Jermell and Jermall Charlo both have world title defences, with Jermell defending his super-welterweight […]

Following two cancellations, Jamel Herring will finally put his WBO junior lightweight title on the line against Jonathan Oquendo in the early hours of Sunday morning. Herring and Oquendo had been scheduled to meet on July 2 and July 14, but both bouts had to be postponed after the former twice tested positive for Covid-19. […]

Jose Ramirez should outlast the resilient Viktor Postol as we look ahead to Saturday’s bout in Las Vegas with our latest boxing betting preview. WBC and WBO super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez has a unification fight on his mind, but first he needs to get past Viktor Postol this weekend at the MGM Grand in […]

Natasha Jonas has been written off ahead of her world title clash with Terri Harper on Friday night, but the Liverpudlian will be hoping to use her vast experience when the pair meet at Fight Camp. Promoter Eddie Hearn continues to host fights from the gardens of Matchroom headquarters, and Friday’s battle will be the […]