Sports Journalist · 331 articles
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk does not believe WBC king Tyson Fury will retire from professional boxing. Fury, who stopped Dillian Whyte in six rounds at Wembley Stadium last month, stated that he had no intention of fighting on despite the potential lure of an undisputed bout. When asked of Fury’s retirement plans, Usyk simply […]
Brian Castaño says he will do everything he can to take his undisputed 154lbs rematch with Jermell Charlo out of the judges’ hands following their split draw back in July. Both Castaño and Charlo were vocal in feeling they had done enough to become undisputed champion during their first encounter, and ten days out from […]
Joe Cordina says he will stop at nothing in pursuit of his dream of being world champion ahead of his June 4 encounter with IBF super-featherweight king Kenichi Ogawa. Welshman Cordina (14-0, 8 KOs) will have home advantage against Ogawa, with the pair pencilled in to meet at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena live on DAZN. Ogawa […]
Paul Butler has been elevated to WBO bantamweight champion after the governing body voted unanimously to strip former title holder John Riel Casimero of his belt. The WBO executive committee voted in favour of ending Casimero’s title reign due to his failure to defend the belt on two separate occasions against Butler. “It is a […]
Pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez says the tough challenge of conquering WBA light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol makes him ‘feel alive’. Mexican star Canelo (57-1-2, 39 KOs) challenges Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs) for his WBA 175lbs title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas this weekend, live on DAZN. The undisputed super-middleweight champion previously held world honours […]
New unified super-featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson says he wants to collect all belts at 130lbs in order to secure superstardom. Stevenson added Oscar Valdez’s WBC super-featherweight title to his WBO belt with a masterful unanimous decision win at the weekend in Las Vegas. With talk of the Newark native moving up to lightweight, Stevenson clarified […]
Former WBA super-middleweight champion Callum Smith believes Dmitry Bivol could prove to be a frustrating proposition for Canelo Alvarez at times during their WBA light-heavyweight clash this weekend. Smith previously faced pound-for-pound king Canelo at the San Antonio Alamodome back in December 2020, with the Mexican claiming a unanimous decision victory. Smith is backing his […]
Shakur Stevenson added the WBC super-featherweight title to his WBO belt with a dominant unanimous decision win over Oscar Valdez in Las Vegas on Saturday night. New unified champion Stevenson, who oozed confidence pre-fight, utilised his superior skillset to outclass and dethrone the previously-undefeated WBC 130lbs title holder Valdez at The MGM Grand. Scorecards were […]
Undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor retained her titles with a thrilling split decision victory over Amanda Serrano in New York on Saturday evening. Judge Benoit Russell had Serrano ahead by score of 96-94, while judges Glenn Feldman (97-93) and Guido Cavalleri (96-93) ruled in favour of Taylor after ten electric rounds before a capacity crowd […]
WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman says former long-reigning heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is currently weighing up his options for a potential ring return. Wilder has been out of action since his October 2021 firefight with Tyson Fury in their Las Vegas trilogy bout. The ‘Bronze Bomber’ knocked his British counterpart down twice before being stopped in […]
One day after turning 40 years of age, Gennadiy Golovkin rallied after a slow start to halt Ryota Murata in nine rounds to add the WBA Super 160lbs title to his IBF belt. Murata enjoyed early success, but once ‘GGG’ found his rhythm, the courageous Japanese WBA title holder was pummelled and eventually saved from […]
The undercard for Tyson Fury’s WBC heavyweight title collision with challenger Dillian Whyte on April 23rd has now been confirmed. The supporting cast at Wembley Stadium is headed up by a return to the ring for the British super-featherweight champion Anthony “The Apache” Cacace (19-1, 7 KOs), who faces Colombia native Jonathan Romero (34-1, 19 […]