Boxing

View image | gettyimages.com A great bill of boxing took place in Manchester last night and also in El Paso, Texas, where Carl Frampton took his show on the road to raise his profile to the American boxing fans. “The Jackal” defended his IBF Super Bantamweight title, against Alejandro Gonzalez ...

View image | gettyimages.com For the past few years, the question is asked amongst UFC fans, would Ronda Rousey beat Floyd Mayweather in a fight? Many people have weighed in on this debate, and after Rousey’s threw some jabs at Mayweather by saying ‘I wonder how Floyd feels being beaten ...

View image | gettyimages.com Today it has been officially announced the Carl “The Cobra” Froch has retired from boxing and will take up a role on Sky Sports as a boxing pundit on their regular boxing events. The news has come as no surprise to boxing fans, with Froch, after ...

View image | gettyimages.com In the last couple of days, a deal has been struck between Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury’s camps, and the fight is now set for the 24th October in Dusseldorf, Germany where Klitschko is based. Fury is the mandatory challenger for Klitschko’s IBF, WBO and WBA ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather has been stripped of the WBO welterweight belt he won against Manny Pacquiao just two months ago. The 38 year old, who reportedly earned well over £100 million from the May fight in Las Vegas, failed to pay the WBO a $200,000 ...

View image | gettyimages.com Since the early days the Heavyweight division in boxing has always been the blue riband event, like the mens 100 metres in athletics, it is the one everyone wanted to see, the biggest men battling it out, the likes of Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, ...

View image | gettyimages.com In my previous article about how healthy British boxing is right now with so much ability in so many weight divisions, I said I would pick a potential British fight in the not too distant future, at world level and then give my prediction if/when it ...

  View image | gettyimages.com We have had many fighters over the years who have reigned at their respective weights, but I do not think the British fighting scene has looked as healthy as it is right now, and the reason I am so positive about British boxing is the ...

View image | gettyimages.com Boxing, one of the most brutal sport’s know to man and yet for those that experience life inside the four corners of the ring, once they no longer are able to compete, the urge remains and sometimes the lure for one more adrenaline rush is enough ...

View image | gettyimages.com Boxer Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather has topped the list of the highest paid sportsman in the world at $300 million dollars according to Forbes for the second year in a row with his most recent opponent Manny Pacquiao ($160 million) at number two in the list. Mayweather ...