Saturday night will see two of the top four heavyweights in the world, Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz, do battle for the WBC’s green and gold belt. No ...
On March 2, 2018 / By Matt O'BrienNominees: Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez: Round 12. Dominic Breazeale vs Izuagbe Ugonoh: Round 3. James DeGale vs Badou Jack: Round 12. Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko: Round ...
On January 5, 2018 / By Matt O'Brien“My heart will explode before I leave him alone for one second,” Ricky Hatton had promised prior to his showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. As it turned out, ...
On December 8, 2017 / By Matt O'BrienLast month boxing fans were treated to the welcome news that WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, aka “The Bronze Bomber,” would defend his title against one of the ...
On October 5, 2017 / By Matt O'BrienThe other week saw one of the most compelling match-ups boxing has to offer finally happen: “Supremacy” — Gennady Golovkin vs Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The significance of this ...
On September 25, 2017 / By Matt O'BrienThe Event: The welterweight division is one of the most intriguing in the sport at the present time and Kell Brook vs Errol Spence Jr. is one of ...
On May 28, 2017 / By Matt O'BrienIt’s fair to say that Andre Ward is not every fight fan’s cup of tea. In fact, it would be more accurate to say the reaction his name ...
On May 11, 2017 / By Matt O'BrienSrisaket Sor Rungvisai may well have the most deceptive record of any current world champion in boxing. The story of where he came from in order to become ...
On March 24, 2017 / By Matt O'BrienSince being established by the major sanctioning bodies in the mid-80s, the super middleweight division has produced some classic contests. I was fortunate to grow into an avid ...
On February 13, 2017 / By Matt O'BrienIn the aftermath of the unanimous decision verdict for Andre Ward over Sergey Kovalev, heaps of attention and scrutiny have been focused on the scorecards turned in by ...
On December 22, 2016 / By Matt O'BrienAs former super middleweight ruler Andre Ward gets ready for Saturday’s challenge against WBA/WBO/IBF light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, a phoney war between his camp and that of another ...
On November 17, 2016 / By Matt O'BrienEzekiel Brook of Sheffield, England is something of an enigma. He became one of the very few British boxers to win a world title from an American champion ...
On September 9, 2016 / By Matt O'BrienFollowing two less-than-scintillating performances in his most recent bouts, Carl Frampton goes into his featherweight title fight against defending champion Leo Santa Cruz on Saturday night as a ...
On July 29, 2016 / By Matt O'BrienIn a tougher-than-expected defence of his WBA, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight titles, Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev unanimously out-pointed Malawi-born challenger Isaac Chilemba on his home-turf in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Although ...
On July 12, 2016 / By Matt O'BrienWhen Amir Khan’s bout with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was announced, the reaction among the world’s fight media was, almost universally, one of welcome surprise. Few had anticipated a ...
On May 5, 2016 / By Matt O'BrienThe MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas will host the third and final chapter of Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley’s welterweight trilogy tomorrow night, in what may well ...
On April 8, 2016 / By Matt O'Brien“Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect yourself for the ...
On April 1, 2016 / By Matt O'BrienBoxing is a cyclical sport. No matter how dominant, fearsome or skilled a reigning champion may seem at the height of his powers, sooner or later, the old ...
On February 5, 2016 / By Matt O'Brien“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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