Sports Journalist · 32 articles
RON LEWIS, THE TIMES “The former featherweight and super-bantamweight world champion never seemed in too much danger of losing to Horacio Garcia . . . but it was hardly a display to strike terror into the rest of the featherweight division and it left plenty of questions unanswered. The Northern Irishman sets high standards. In […]
Carl Frampton came through a harder-than-expected comeback fight at the SSE Arena in Belfast which keeps him on course for matches against the featherweight elite next year. Frampton, with new trainer Jamie Moore in his corner and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez at ringside rooting against him, had a few sticky moments during this 10-round points win […]
Heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder are the targets Tyson Fury needs to get him back in the ring, according to a member of Fury’s team. One of the stories of the week was that Fury was in the gym and talking about fighting again next April. He turned up at Ricky Hatton’s gym […]
10. ‘You Let A Fat Man Beat You’ Fury rather flipped during a press conference in the build up to the, subsequently cancelled, rematch with Wladimir Klitschko. He pulled off his shirt and told Klitschko: “You let a fat man beat you . . . It’s an absolute disgrace to call me an athlete.”
Knock-out specialist Anthony Yarde admits he’s stolen a punch from Floyd Mayweather Jr. The muscular East End light-heavyweight has got rid of his last 11 opponents inside the distance to climb up to No 5 in the WBO rankings – and next to have their chin tested is Nikola Sjekloca. The 39 year old from […]
10. JOHNNY NELSON V CARL THOMPSON Nelson got under Thompson’s skin ahead of his challenge for the WBO cruiserweight title by interrupting his interviews and hinting he was having an affair with his wife. Quite what influence this had on the fight, who knows, but Nelson won in five and Thompson complained the stoppage was […]
Boxing faces a possible new challenge from its own history. The bosses behind bareknuckle boxing say they are “a threat to boxing” and it’s a threat that’s being taken seriously by the British Boxing Board of Control. “We are against it, obviously,” said Robert Smith, General Secretary of the Board. “I don’t know too […]
Hearn this weekend promotes Anthony Joshua’s defence of his WBA and IBF heavyweight titles against Carlos Takam in Cardiff. There will be around 80,000 fight fans at the Principality Stadium, confirming Hearn as one of the world’s top promoters. In his teens, Hearn says he had ambitions to fight. He had three amateur bouts with […]