TO suggest that Oscar De La Hoya poked the bear would be an understatement. He grabbed his fur, climbed on top of his broad back and tried to humiliate the beast in front of a stunned selection of fight fans and assembled media. Watching on in close proximity, Stephen Espinoza was as intrigued as anyone…
THE wait is nearly over for Eimantas Stanionis. Having not fought since April 2022, the Lithuanian returns on one of the biggest cards of the year tonight (May 4) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In the main event, fans will watch on intrigued, wondering if the Tijuana tornado Jaime Munguia can end the…
SIX years ago, Boxing News ran a cover dominated by an image of a topless Saul “Canelo” Alvarez accompanied by the coverline “Lawless”, which essentially teased an in-depth investigation into the Mexican’s two failed performance-enhancing drug tests ahead of a planned fight against Gennady Golovkin on May 5, 2018. Fast-forward to today, meanwhile, and Alvarez…
SAUL ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is at the peak of his powers and has the pick of his opponents. Jaime Munguia (box ticked on Saturday night), Edgar Berlanga, Jermall Charlo and more. Yet one man’s name is inextricably linked to Canelo. David Benavidez remains the fight fans’ opponent of choice. The one they all want to see…
SAUL ‘CANELO’ ALVAREZ, one of boxing’s biggest stars, returns tonight (May 4) to defend his undisputed super-middleweight crown against fellow Mexican Jaime Munguia at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However, it’s not the fight most of us wanted to see Canelo involved in with many wishing he would have fought undefeated rival David Benavidez…
DANNY Dignum is considering retirement if he doesn’t defeat Denzel Bentley on Saturday evening. Those were the words of the man himself as the pair met earlier today to publicise their York Hall crossroads clash on Saturday, May 11. The former world title challenger is piling the pressure on himself to pull through against a…
What TV channel is Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos on? Sky Sports will televise the fight in the UK. ESPN+ will televise across the US. Where is Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos being held? Lomachenko vs. Kambosos takes place at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Lomachenko has never fought professionally in Australia, but he…
THEY often look fanciful, adding to the sense of occasion. Organised to create an element of pageantry and ceremony around a big event. The grand arrivals have long become a staple of fight week kick-off, cutting the invisible ribbon to announce to the world that it’s all getting real. As expected, a trim and ready…
By Declan Taylor OLEKSANDR USYK has warned Team Fury that no amount of fight week antics will ‘destabilise’ his quest to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Monday’s first fight week event was marred by violence as John Fury, father of Tyson, headbutted a smaller member of Usyk’s team, Stanislav Stepchuk, as the two…
TYSON FURY, they said, was unrecognisable. He was unrecognisable when looking up at Francis Ngannou having been knocked down by the debutant in round three, and he was equally unrecognisable when, in an effort to get serious for Oleksandr Usyk, he posed for selfies which highlighted a rather dramatic weight loss. Perhaps, in the end,…
