OUTRAGEOUS viral incidents have become commonplace in boxing. From flipping tables and lobbing water bottles to unsavoury slurs and downright acts of egregious violence. It’s hard to escape the glare of a camera when committing such atrocities. However, when it comes to gaining publicity, getting those misdemeanours in front of a screen is probably the…
THE way it works these days is like this: someone messes up, the world jumps on the mistake in order for the mistake to go viral, the person apologises, the person suffers, and then, once the person reveals the extent of this suffering, everybody backtracks and tries to achieve the same traction with their apology…
JOSH TAYLOR and Jack Catterall both weighed in without issue ahead of their 140-pound clash in Leeds tomorrow evening. A vibrant crowd yelled and jeered as the pair stepped on the scales. Both men looked in prime nick as they faced off, chatting with each other. The underlying threat that it might spill over always…
DAVID HAYE was less than impressed by referee Mark Nelson’s performance following the undisputed heavyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. The former unified cruiserweight champion and WBA heavyweight titlist was part of the 20,000 in attendance to watch the crowning of boxing’s first undisputed champion in 25 years. With the eyes of…
SKY SPORTS BOXING analyst Matthew Macklin agrees that Tyson Fury should have been allowed to continue after the drama of round nine on Saturday night. The monumental heavyweight clash for all the marbles in Riyadh between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk featured shifts in momentum between the two but a pivotal moment occurred in the ninth…
OF all the bizarre and shocking things Ryan Garcia did before, during and after his fight against Devin Haney last month, perhaps the least bizarre and shocking was the meetup he arranged with former American President Donald Trump during his post-fight victory lap. A natural meeting of minds, this union arrived before news broke that…
WHEN Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora were first linked it seemed a natural pairing and a sensible fight to make. It seemed a natural pairing and a sensible fight, one, because Joyce was on the way up and Chisora was on the way down, and two, because both men tended to absorb punishment in the…
JOSH TAYLOR and JACK CATTERALL kept themselves calm and composed at today’s final press conference ahead of their rematch on Saturday at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. The rematch, two years in the making, is just a couple of days away. And while there was no verbal mud thrown or attempts to get physical…
IF ever there was a fight fitting the term ‘crossroads,’ Joe Joyce vs. Derek Chisora would measure up perfectly. The two Londoners have a current combined age of 78, and there is a strong argument that Chisora, 34-13 (23 KOs), in particular, should no longer be competing. But all that will be forgotten when the…
Stricken by blindness, Sugar Ray Seales was recently discovered living in a homeless shelter. Here, Eric Armit delves into the story of a proud boxer with a gold-standard Olympic pedigree who fought Hagler, Palomino, Minter and more. Born: 9 April 1952 (other sources suggest 4 September 1952) Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Isles Record: 68 fights,…
