Sports Journalist · 64 articles
Dillian Whyte could be one win away from a challenge for boxing’s biggest prize – the heavyweight championship of the world – if he can topple Joseph Parker this weekend. It’s a mouthwatering 50/50 pairing between two men with just one career loss apiece: both to IBF/WBO/WBA heavyweight kingpin Anthony Joshua. In a fight that […]
Dillian Whyte (23-1-0, 17 KO’s) will be looking to book himself a World heavyweight title fight this Saturday – provided he can get past Anthony Joshua’s latest victim, former WBO champion New Zealand’s Joseph Parker (24-0-0, 18 KO’s) at London’s O2 Arena. This excellent Heavyweight pairing looks to be a true 50-50 clash between two fighters with plenty […]
Warrington’s Rocky Fielding pulled off an excellent win this past weekend, travelling to Germany to tear the WBA ‘Regular’ World super middleweight title away from champion Tyron Zeuge, showing great determination to stop the undefeated German in five hard fought rounds. Zeuge made a confident start to the bout, looking sharp and was first to the punch […]
Windsor Park in Belfast is the venue for the next chapter in the professional boxing career of undefeated lineal heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury (26-0-0, 19 KO’s). He is continuing his high-profile comeback as a special attraction bout on the undercard of Belfast hero Carl Frampton’s return to Northern Ireland, where ‘The Jackal’ defends […]
Hackney cruiserweight Lawrence Okolie steps into the ring against another undefeated fighter when he takes on the Commonwealth champion Swindon’s Luke ‘The Duke’ Watkins in an excellent fight on Wednesday, June 6th at the small hall mecca of boxing, the York Hall in Bethnal Green. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjUtrIzlN-f/?taken-by=lawrence_tko This is an obvious reflection of the faith promoter […]
The sport of boxing lost a true legend with the passing of Brendan Ingle. A great trainer, manager, mentor, father, friend – he was so much to so many. It seemed he touched all he met. He changed the lives of everyone that walked into the shabby gym on the hill in Wincobank. He made the […]
There was a reason to question the sport we love while sitting in a chapel in Sheffield. A young man had finally been laid to rest three months after he passed away. Scott Westgarth died on the 25th February at the age of 31 after collapsing in the dressing room following a gruelling victory in his fight […]
The wait is finally over… After a two-and-a-half year exile, the former undisputed, undefeated heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury (25-0-0, 18 KO’s) returns to the ring at the Manchester arena on Saturday June 9th. The good news is that he appears to be in very good health mentally and physically, and has worked […]
We are enjoying an amazing time in our sport at present. Once more boxing provided us with a terrific fight and an epic occasion last Saturday, as local boy Josh Warrington tore the IBF World featherweight crown from Welshman Lee Selby. 20,000 Warrington fans in full voice – with a little help from local band The […]
When a fighter tops the bill at Madison Square Garden and is appearing between performances from Bon Jovi and Billy Joel in New Yorks entertainment landmark its fair to say they have arrived. The Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko is used to the big stage however, with a career that is beyond belief, an amateur record […]
The rematch lived up to the hype as Tony Bellew sent David Haye crashing to a dramatic defeat which will surely spell the final curtain of an excellent career for the Bermondsey man. There was the now normal party atmosphere at ringside at the packed out 02 Arena in London’s Docklands as Haye made his […]
This weekend May 5th was to be the rematch everybody was waiting for Gennady Golovkin’s highly anticipated fight with ‘Canelo’ Alvarez for middleweight supremacy and pound for pound status as boxing’s very best. Saul Alvarez has a lot to answer for, and the ridiculous six-month ban given to him for twice failing a drug test […]