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View image | gettyimages.com Though World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is arguably in a lull at the moment, there are still some of the world’s best wrestlers gracing Raw or Smackdown each week and these stars continue to thrill the crowd at live events or on the TV. The attitude era ...

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 It goes without saying that with any sport, it’s competitors evolve and move on and the world of wrestling is no different. It goes without saying that the WWE is currently entering another stage of its cycle as new superstars replace the old crop of out-dated ...

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 ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Boxer Kell Brook has successfully defended his IBF Welterweight title after defeating Frankie Gavin at the O2 Arena. Gavin gave Brook a few early problems, but Brook managed to contain his English rival, eventually winning in the sixth round following a heavy fifth where Gavin ...