My Favourite Fighter: Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone By Daniel Gibbon Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone (36-11-0-1NC) is one of the greatest, if not the greatest UFC fighter to never win a title. There may still be time for him to win UFC gold before he retires, but unfortunately, at this stage of his career, I fear that Cowboy … Continue reading My Favourite Fighter: Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone
Chantelle Cameron Assesses Taylor's Narrow Unification Win in New York Chantelle Cameron has issued an honest assessment of Katie Taylor’s world title unification victory over Delfine Persoon. Ireland’s Taylor secured a narrow and controversial majority decision over valiant Belgian Persoon at Madison Square Garden at the weekend to add the WBC crown to the IBF, … Continue reading Chantelle Cameron Assesses Taylor’s Narrow Unification Win in New York
Inside Sunshine or in Shadow By Donald McRae A little taster from the brilliant new book from renowned author Donald McRae. In Sunshine or in Shadow opens in Derry in January 1972. Charlie Nash, the best amateur boxer in Ireland, hears that his close friend, Martin ‘Mousey’ Harken, a fellow fighter, has just died after … Continue reading In Sunshine or in Shadow
Nathan Heaney Prepared For Shoot Out Nathan Heaney is prepared to get into a shoot-out with Ryan Aston to decide who becomes the Midlands middleweight champion. The hometown hero will co-challenge with Aston for the vacant area crown, which is up for grabs after being vacated by Tyler Denny. Unbeaten Heaney will also defend his … Continue reading Nathan Heaney Prepared For Shoot Out
In Sunshine or in Shadow How Boxing Brought Hope in the Troubles By Donald McRae About The Book 'One of the most captivating boxing writers on the planet' Barry McGuigan '[An] outstanding and important book, Don McRae's powerful storytelling shows the courage of the people of the North' Andy Lee Multi-award-winning author Donald McRae's stunning … Continue reading In Sunshine or in Shadow: How Boxing Brought Hope in the Troubles
Anthony Joshua: Brand vs Legacy By Simon Graham If like me, you witnessed the events at Madison Square Garden the shock of Anthony Joshua’s defeat is a bitter pill to swallow, I’m certain that when this fight was announced you were amongst the majority of fight fans that wrote off the chances of Andy Ruiz … Continue reading Anthony Joshua: Brand vs Legacy
Andy Ruiz Jr Wins The Lottery on a Night of High Drama The fights last night at the hallowed Madison Square Garden didn't promise much in all honesty. Little drama was anticipated, the undercard was heavily criticised, Andy Ruiz Jr was completely written off, but we got something that will live long in the memory. … Continue reading Andy Ruiz Jr Wins The Lottery on a Night of High Drama
What's Next For The Winners at UFC Stockholm By Ben Jessop The UFC returned once again to Stockholm, Sweden last night and treated us all in the UK to a mid-afternoon start to the action. Despite a cancellation between Ilir Latifi and Volkan Oezdemir due to a back injury for Latifi, the main card still … Continue reading What’s Next For The Winners at UFC Stockholm
IVAN REDKACH STUNS FORMER WORLD CHAMPION DEVON ALEXANDER Middleweight Ivan Redkach (23-4-1,18 KO) made a statement as he knocked down former world champion Devon Alexander not one, not two, but three times in the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round bout, forcing referee Thomas Taylor to wave off the fight at 1:10 of the sixth … Continue reading IVAN REDKACH STUNS FORMER WORLD CHAMPION DEVON ALEXANDER
ANDY RUIZ, JR. SPRINGS THE UPSET OF THE YEAR AGAINST ANTHONY JOSHUA In front of a sold out crowd of 20,201 at Madison Square Garden and live on DAZN, Andy Ruiz, Jr. (33-1, 22 KOs) made boxing history by defeating heavyweight king Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) in his United States debut. Ruiz, Jr. captured … Continue reading ANDY RUIZ, JR. SPRINGS THE UPSET OF THE YEAR AGAINST ANTHONY JOSHUA
