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Caleb Truax felt offended that ‘Chunky’ James DeGale dismissed the challenge that he posed in the lead up to their first fight in late 2017. DeGale surrendered his IBF world middleweight title that night. DeGale has claimed since the fight that he felt an overwhelming sense of shame looking back at his performance. He also […]
Gennady Golovkin is on the lookout for a new opponent following the withdrawal of Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez from their heavily hyped May 5th rematch date. Many names have been floated around for Golovkin, who is adamant on fighting on the Mexican ‘Cinco De Mayo’ holiday weekend. Sergiy Derevyanchenko is the mandatory challenger for Golovkin’s IBF […]
Earlier this week, Golden Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya announced a deal had been struck for the legendary 8-weight world champion, Manny Pacquiao to take on Argentinian native Lucas Matthysse. That fight will be for the WBA world welterweight championship and will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 14th. Top Rank Mogul, Bob […]
Anthony Joshua has made it his aim, since defeating Charles Martin for the IBF strap in April 2016 to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion. He added the WBA and IBO titles to his collection when he overcame the challenge posed by the former longtime reigning unified world heavyweight kingpin for an entire era, Wladimir […]
Canelo is currently dealing with the fallout of his decision to withdraw from his highly anticipated May 5th rematch with Gennady Golovkin. The Mexican tested positive for Clenbuterol on tests taken February 17 and February 20. Canelo has been adamant ever since that information was revealed that the result of the failed test arose as […]
Venezuela’s Jorge Linares is just over a month away from the biggest fight of his career. ‘King Jorge’ will put his WBA world lightweight title on the line against who many consider the standout performer in the sport today in the form of 2 x Olympic Gold Medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko. Nobody doubts Linares’ credentials […]
So it finally became official yesterday that the heavily anticipated fight of the year, Canelo – Golovkin II fell through. Upsetting fans all over the world who were expecting a conclusive end to the most intriguing rivalry in the world of boxing. It was revealed that the Mexican 2-weight world champion tested positive for the […]
So it is finally official, the news many expected following the reveal that Mexican 2-weight world champion, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez tested positive for Clenbuterol on February 17 and February 20. Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has withdrawn from the most eagerly anticipated fight of 2018. The heavily hyped rematch with the undefeated unified world middleweight kingpin, Gennady Golovkin. Golden […]
James DeGale will get his chance to put right where he went wrong in his last fight this coming weekend. ‘Chunky’ will challenge the American native, Caleb Truax in a Las Vegas rematch this weekend following surrendering his world title to Truax at the CopperBox Arena in London late last year Reflecting on that performance, […]
It was recently revealed by Golden Boy promoter, Oscar De La Hoya that Lucas Matthysse and Manny Pacquiao was confirmed for Saturday, July 14. The event will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “Signed, sealed, and delivered: Proud to officially announce that WBA welterweight world champion Lucas Matthysse will put his title on the line against Manny Pacquiao in […]
Anthony Joshua earned the first decision verdict of his professional career to add the WBO world heavyweight title to his collection of IBF, IBO and WBA world heavyweight titles. Anthony Joshua moved to 21-0 in the sixth world championship bout of his career. The judges turned in scorecards of 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109 all in […]
Alexander Povetkin cemented his position as mandatory challenger to the winner of the Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker world heavyweight title unification bout. It was an enthralling heavyweight slug fest with both men looking to land the heavy artillery but Liverpool’s David Price ended up unstuck against a technically superior adversary who recorded a highlight […]