Boxing

By Eric Armit HIGHLIGHTS from the past week of action Oscar Collazo retains his WBO minimumweight belt with a unanimous verdict over Gerardo Zapata. Blair Cobbs floors and outpoints Adrien Broner and there are wins for Michael Hunter and Yuniel Dorticos. Xander...

There was talk of heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, who was afraid to fight Harry Wills. Dempsey wrote in his autobiography, “There was one man I wouldn’t fight because I knew he would flatten me. I was afraid of...

PERHAPS over the years, even in the toughest of sports and most brutal of industries, you mellow a little with age. Glaring at adversaries across the trenches becomes a thing of the past. You understand them, admire them,...

Bridgerweight champion Lawrence Okolie feels that Anthony Joshua must get to IBF interim champ Daniel Dubois early to knock him out or else he will have big problems on September 21st in their potential headliner at Wembley Stadium...

HAMZAH SHEERAZ believes he has three or maybe four fights left at middleweight before moving up in weight. The 6ft 3ins world title contender began his career at super-welterweight (154lbs) before adding the six pounds required to campaign at...

Adrien Broner confirmed today that he’s decided not to retire after his ten-round unanimous decision loss last Friday night against Blair Cobbs in Hollywood, Florida. Broner turns 35 on July 28th and has lost three out of his last...

AT first, it seemed like a pipe dream. Sounding ridiculous on the surface and still only slightly less ridiculous when inspected in greater detail. That’s usually the case until Turki Alalshikh gets involved by disclosing his interest in a...

Adrien Broner posted a photo on social media today, showing off his missing teeth from his loss to Blair Cobbs last Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. Broner lost his teeth when he was...

THE RESULT: Xander Zayas delivered a shut-out win against former 154lbs world champion Patrick Teixeira at the Madison Square Garden Theatre in New York. A Puerto Rican carnival atmosphere played its part in ensuring Zayas’s dream of headlining...

Devin Haney’s father/trainer, Bill Haney, is still worked-up over Ryan Garcia’s positive tests for the PED, Ostarine, for his victory last April in Brooklyn. Bill wants everyone to know about Ryan’s positive tests because he feels his actions hurt...