Conor Benn made weight, then put on 32lbs in 12 hours
Why Conor Benn’s weight was the story all week Conor Benn comfortably made the welterweight limit for Saturday’s WBC title fight against Ryan Garcia, and then revealed on social media that he had put 32lbs back on within 12 hours. The 29 year-old weighed in at 10st 6lb (66kg) at the closed-doors official weigh-in at […]
1 week ago
Oleksandr Usyk’s cold rejection exposes Tyson Fury’s growing desperation
Oleksandr Usyk holds absolute psychological leverage over top British rivals The Ukrainian boxer is reportedly unhappy following Fury’s latest social media callout, to which his camp lashed out on the British boxer. Despite reassurances that a fight between Fury and Joshua was meant to happen in November, Fury has recently said that the bout was […]
1 week ago
Wardley says he has ‘zero excuses’ as the Dubois rematch is set for the O2
There was a tense moment at the news conference As he’s looking to write a new chapter in his story, Fabio Wardley says there are “zero excuses” heading into his rematch with WBO heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois on 17 October. The 31-year-old dropped fellow Briton Dubois twice when the pair met in May but was […]
2 weeks ago
Itauma shoves Hrgovic off stage and gets slapped at chaotic weigh-in
Things got pretty heated Friday’s weigh-in for their vacant IBF heavyweight title fight descended into chaos as Moses Itauma pushed Filip Hrgovic off the stage and was slapped in the face by the Croat. On Saturday, the pair meet at London’s O2 Arena, with the 21-year-old bidding to become the second-youngest heavyweight champion in history. […]
3 weeks ago
Moses Itauma is 21, unbeaten and one night from a world title
Itauma on the edge of an IBF title Fourteen fights. Twelve knockouts. Not one defeat. Moses Itauma has spent three years being talked about as the most exciting thing to happen to British boxing in a generation. On Saturday night at London’s O2 Arena he finally gets asked the only question that matters: can he […]
3 weeks ago
Tyson Fury throws Joshua fight into doubt as he rips into opponent and Eddie Hearn in scathing rant
Would be hard to say we’re surprised… Tyson Fury has thrown his highly-anticipated fight against Anthony Joshua into doubt as he posted a video ripping into his oppenent and promoter Eddie Hearn. Sharing a one-minute-long video to social media, Fury slammed Hearn for “wanting more money”. In the video, Fury says: “Quick update for you. It […]
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