Browsing Tag Tony Bellew

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  2018 Fighter Of The Year

  Nominations: Vasyl Lomachenko Tyson Fury Oleksandr Usyk Canelo Alvarez Josh Warrington Winner: Oleksandr Usyk  While all of our nominees had outstanding years and deserve consideration for top honors, ...

  On January 8, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  2018: The Nominations

  In many ways, 2018 picked up where 2017 left off with its share of excellent match-ups, unification fights, and a heaping helping of action-packed, crowd-pleasing battles. But perhaps ...

  On January 4, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight Report: Usyk vs Bellew

  The Event: The fallacy of the cruiserweight division lies in the fact that it has never quite broken free of its original intent. Cruiserweight was first formed in ...

  On November 11, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 4

  Time for the latest edition of The Fight City Podcast! As usual, Alden Chodash is at the helm, with site editor Michael Carbert joining him in some rousing ...

  On November 6, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  2017: The Nominees

  One thing we know for certain: 2017 was, in many ways, a very good year for professional boxing. Compared to recent years when significant matches were few and ...

  On January 3, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Wilder vs Miller: The Time Is Now!

  Try as I might, I just can’t keep a straight face when I read “world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.” Believe me, it’s been tough to give him the ...

  On August 14, 2017 / By Danny Howard
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 120

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! Congrats to Paulie Malignaggi on a great career! The former two-division champion may have lost his last fight, but he ...

  On March 8, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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  Another Mismatch Superfight?

  An unsettling trend which has emerged in the world of boxing in 2016 is the mismatch superfight, and with news that WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew will move up ...

  On December 1, 2016 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Bellew Bidding For Goodison Glory

  In boxing, football stadium fights have a certain dizzying appeal. Funnelling an army of 20 000 or more diehard fight fans into an open-air stadium creates an electrifying ...

  On May 27, 2016 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  For Legacy And Money (Mostly Money)

  Montreal’s Adonis Stevenson, the Kronk-schooled southpaw whose pulverizing power is, at times, offset by his patience, faces Sakio Bika tomorrow in Quebec City. It is the second major ...

  On April 3, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Callum Smith: Ahead of Schedule

  Two years ago Callum Smith made his professional boxing debut on the undercard of Carl Froch’s IBF super-middleweight title defence against Yusaf Mack in Nottingham. In the 24 ...

  On November 22, 2014 / By Shaun Brown
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  Cleverly-Bellew: Losing Not An Option

  “Losing is not an option.” It’s a well-worn cliché in boxing, and Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew have noisily banged that particular drum quite a bit ahead of ...

  On November 21, 2014 / By Shaun Brown
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  Kovalev And Stevenson Score Knockouts

  Boxing fans got a heavy dose of what they love from Quebec City last night with plenty of knockouts and some great action. While those who tuned in ...

  On December 1, 2013 / By Robert Portis