BOXING is a sport of fine margins. One minute, you’re fighting Devin Haney for all the marbles at lightweight, three judges’ scorecards away from realising a lifelong undisputed dream, and the next, you’re travelling halfway across the world to challenge for a vacant belt. That is the situation Vasiliy Lomachenko finds himself in as he…
CONOR Benn’s career prospects were dealt another blow last night after successful appeals by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) and UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) were upheld. A UKAD statement read: “UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) can today confirm that as of 7 May 2024, Mr Benn is once again subject to a Provisional Suspension in accordance…
JARON Ennis and Cody Crowley came face-to-face in Philadelphia earlier, ahead of Ennis’s first defence of the full IBF welterweight crown on July 13. It was a spicy affair that threatened to cross the line of decency on more than one occasion. Speaking at the Wells Fargo Center press conference, the man known colloquially as…
DENZEL BENTLEY admits he can find it difficult to get motivated for a fight that he is expected to win. Distractions, or as he describes it, “outside noise” can get inside his head and divert his attention from the task at hand. Against Nathan Heaney in November Bentley was widely expected to defend his British…
THE RESULT: Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez scored a seventh-round TKO over Daniel Lugo in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The bout was stopped at 2-17 of the seventh, scheduled for 12 rounds. Lugo lost for the first time since 2021. KEY MOMENTS: Boxing with his hands too low, Hernandez was hurt in round three. Lugo motored forward and the…
OFTEN when watching boxers try to beat, or in most cases survive, Naoya Inoue in Japan, you are spared feeling all the punches thrown yet can’t help but feel for the opponent on whom these punches inevitably land. There are bigger boxers out there, of course, and therefore heavier punches, only there is something about…
The undisputed light-heavyweight title bout between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol has been postponed due to an injury to Beterbiev. Originally slated for June 1 in Saudi Arabia, the match-up was set to determine the world’s number one 175lb fighter after years of respective dominance from the undefeated pair. However, boxing fans will now be…
By Elliot Worsell ON Friday (April 19), at 1.35 pm in Manhattan, New York, CNN Anchor and Chief Legal Analyst Laura Coates was presented with the unenviable task of describing to her audience the sight of a man self-immolating in front of Collect Pond Park. As flames roared just metres from where Coates stood, the…
What TV channel is Canelo Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia on? Canelo vs. Munguia will be shown live on DAZN pay-per-view priced at £19.99. Where is Canelo Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia being held? The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This will be Canelo’s ninth fight at the venue and has a record of six wins, one…
THE RESULT: Peter McGrail put the disaster of December in Arizona against Ja’Rico O’Quinn behind him by beating former British super-bantamweight champion Marc Leach with a largely dominant performance to earn a unanimous decision win. Judges Michael Alexander and Steve Gray delivered the same 99-91 verdict on their cards but Howard Foster saw it as…
