CONNER Kelsall stunned the Belfast crowd by defeating hometown fighter Conor Quinn via majority decision on Friday night in the SSE Arena. Kelsall judged the distance well for 12 rounds, choosing when to attack and when to stay out of range. His style meant Quinn could not plant his feet and pin him down. ‘King’…
By Shaun Brown THERE are fights worth setting a reminder to watch, and then there are fights worth counting down the days. When Juan Francisco Estrada vs Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez was officially announced on March 28, there were 93 days to go. Tonight, the waiting is over. The excitement for this super-flyweight clash – which…
PIERCE O’Leary features at the SSE Arena in Belfast tonight against Aussie-based Irishman Darragh Foley. Dubliner O’Leary is being groomed as one of the future stars of Irish boxing and this premium slot will push him to the next level if he can deliver a suitable performance. Despite the five losses on his record, Foley…
By Elliot Worsell THERE is a moment in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction where Jules Winnfield, played by Samuel L. Jackson, attempts to explain his reluctance to eat pork – or “dig on swine” – by describing pigs as “filthy animals” in conversation with John Travolta’s Vincent Vega. This then leads to Vincent Vega asking…
By Elliot Worsell Arguably, the only activity more futile than creating a pound-for-pound top 10 list is debating about one. After all, it won’t declare a champion, offer any benefit, and ultimately only emphasizes a lack of understanding about what a pound-for-pound list really signifies. Regarding what it is believed to symbolize, it varies in…
By Declan Taylor IT IS five years since Boxing News sat down with Teofimo Lopez for the first in-depth interview with the prodigious New Yorker. That April day, in Manhattan, as Lopez prepared to face Edis Tatli at Madison Square Garden, the youngster had spoken about his plans to dominate across a number of divisions…
By Oscar Pick THE element of surprise was somewhat lost with the announcement that Anthony Joshua will face Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium on September 21. In a sense, Wednesday’s press conference merely confirmed what everyone had already suspected – that the pair will headline a Riyadh Season event for Dubois’ IBF world heavyweight title…
ANTHONY Joshua and Daniel Dubois will fight in Wembley Stadium on September 21 in a giant all-British heavyweight dust-up. Dubois enters as the full IBF champion after his interim status was upgraded. Early forecasts suggest that over 90,000 spectators will pack into the venue to witness the spectacle as Matchroom and Queensberry once again combine…
LAMONT Roach Jr stopped Feargal McCrory in round eight to successfully defend his WBA World super-featherweight title. Boxing in front of his hometown fans, Lamont moved through the gears at all the right times to break down a brave but overmatched opponent. Roach was looking sharp from the first bell, timing all-action McCrory with counter…
Recently, I had the great pleasure of returning two scrapbooks, detailing the boxing career of a fighter from the 1930s, to his family. I came into possession of these books around 20 years ago and since then, they’ve been sitting in my study. The family of Tommy Marren reached out to me for information about…
