Sports Journalist · 155 articles
Leigh Wood is eager to emulate fellow Nottingham fighter Carl Froch by becoming a regular headline attraction in his home city as he prepares to make the first defence of his Commonwealth featherweight crown against Ryan Doyle at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham this Friday, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. Wood, who went to the same […]
Kid Galahad enters his World title challenge against Josh Warrington knowing it will be his one and only shot at becoming one of boxing’s elite, according to trainer Dominic Ingle. The Sheffield slickster challenges for Yorkshire rival Warrington’s IBF featherweight championship at First Direct Arena Leeds on Saturday June 15. Warrington (28-0, 6 KOs) will […]
Joe Joyce will encounter a giant in the shape of former World title challenger Alexander Ustinov when he returns to the ring on May 18 at the Lamex Stadium live on BT Sport. Subject to VISA, the 6ft 7.5″ Russian will provide a tall order for the 8-0 Joyce, who is having his first fight […]
Andy Ruiz Jr. has landed a dream World title shot at Heavyweight king Anthony Joshua OBE on Saturday June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK. Ruiz (32-1 21 KOs) can become the first ever Mexican Heavyweight World champion […]
Dave Allen will face David Price in a huge domestic heavyweight showdown on the undercard of Dillian Whyte’s clash with unbeaten rival Oscar Rivas at The O2 in London on July 20, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Allen (17-4-2, 14KOs) stopped former WBA World champion Lucas Browne in three rounds at the Greenwich venue last weekend, flooring the […]
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai’s highly-anticipated rematch with seasoned campaigner and former flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada takes place this weekend at the famous Forum venue in Inglewood, California. The pair will once again contest for super-flyweight supremacy after their closely-fought encounter in the February of last year, where Rungvisai was the beneficiary of a narrow majority-decision […]
Matchroom Boxing USA and Eddie Hearn are delighted to announce the signing of Lightweight star Devin ‘The Dream’ Haney. Haney (21-0 13 KOs) has raced to the top of the Lightweight rankings and is on the cusp of fighting for his first World title ahead of turning 21 in November. ‘The Dream’ has rattled off […]
Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren is delighted to welcome unbeaten heavyweight and Olympic Silver medallist Joe Joyce to the Queensberry Promotions stable in a co-promotional agreement with Ringstar Sports. The 33-year-old, known as ‘Juggernaut’ is the mandatory challenger for the EBU European heavyweight title, the British heavyweight title and the current holder of the […]
Stephon Young (18-1-3, 7 KOs) of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, the WBA No. 5 contender and official WBSS super-lightweight reserve replaces Zolani Tete in the bantamweight semi-final against Nonito Donaire due to an injury in the right shoulder of the South African WBO champion. “I was walking in circles for ten minutes eyes full of […]
Croatian heavyweight star Filip Hrgović (7-0, 5 KOs) will make his American debut against Gregory Corbin on Saturday May 25 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. The Rio 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist joins a blockbuster bill in Maryland headlined […]
South Africa’s WBO World champion Zolani Tete (28-3, 21 KOs) is in a ‘good place’ and thanks Floyd Mayweather Sr. ahead of facing the WBC Diamond and WBA World champion, American-Philippine Nonito Donaire (39-5, 25 KOs), in the 118lb WBSS semi-final on April 27 at the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA, USA. “Preparations have been excellent […]
David Lemieux (40-4, 34 KOs) will make his 168-pound debut when he takes on John “The Gorilla” Ryder (27-4, 15 KOs) for the WBA Interim World super middleweight title in the scheduled 12-round co-main event of Canelo vs Jacobs on Saturday, May 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, shown live in the US on DAZN and Sky Sports in the UK. […]