ONE OF OUR OWN: HEANEY JOINS THE QUEENSBERRY SQUAD Hugely popular Stoke middleweight Nathan Heaney has signed a promotional agreement with Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions. Known as 'Hitman', the 10-0 Heaney fought on a Queensberry show - and delivered an impressive performance - back in November at Arena, Birmingham where he overcame Nelson Altamirano … Continue reading ONE OF OUR OWN: HEANEY JOINS THE QUEENSBERRY SQUAD
Oscar Valdez Targeting Miguel Berchelt for Super Featherweight Supremacy Former featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez has one name on the brain when boxing resumes following the COVID-19 pandemic: WBC super featherweight world champion Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt. Valdez moved up in weight last November, rising from a second-round knockdown to knock out last-minute replacement Adam … Continue reading Oscar Valdez Targeting Miguel Berchelt for Super Featherweight Supremacy
CORDINA: I’M CLOSE TO WORLD TITLE ACTION ‘Welsh Wizard’ believes World glory is in his sights when boxing returns Joe Cordina has plotted his route to becoming a World champion and revealed on Matchroom Boxing’s podcast ‘The Lockdown Tapes’ that he thinks he could be just three fights from ruling the world. THE LOCKDOWN TAPES … Continue reading CORDINA: I’M CLOSE TO WORLD TITLE ACTION
REYNOSO: MARTINEZ WILL UNIFY AT FLYWEIGHT – AND THEN MEET ESTRADA AND CHOCOLATITO Manager and co-trainer targets IBF champ Mthalane next for rising Mexican talent Eddy Reynoso says Julio Cesar Martinez will aim to unify the Flyweight division before moving to Super-Flyweight for blockbuster bouts against the likes of Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ … Continue reading REYNOSO: MARTINEZ WILL UNIFY AT FLYWEIGHT – AND THEN MEET ESTRADA AND CHOCOLATITO
A Boxing Memory: Holmes vs. Ali Muhammad Ali had a career of pulling off miracles inside a boxing ring. Not only wasn’t he expected to beat Sonny Liston and George Foreman, but there were also genuine fears for his health in those historic fights. Ali had shocked the world before, but even he couldn’t defy … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Holmes vs. Ali
On This Day: Roy Jones Defeats Virgil Hill With Body Shot By Sina Latif On this day on 25 April 1998, Roy Jones Jr, an in-prime and pound-for-pound great of the 1990’s, met Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill in a scheduled 12 rounder at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. Jones, the current WBC light-heavyweight champion, was … Continue reading On This Day: Roy Jones Defeats Virgil Hill With Body Shot
HEARN & BELLEW LAUNCH WEEKLY SHOW Talk The Talk begins Monday at 6pm (BST) Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew have teamed up once again - this time for a digital series, Talk The Talk. The duo enjoyed success in the ring, cumulating with Bellew’s WBC World Cruiserweight title triumph and followed by two memorable victories … Continue reading HEARN & BELLEW LAUNCH WEEKLY SHOW
Jennifer Charlton: "I absolutely loved it from the first second.” By Chris Akers Listening to her as she talks to me on the phone from her home in Duns in Scotland, it is immediately clear how much enthusiasm Jennifer Charlton has for photography. This is mixed in with a sense of surrealness. As though she … Continue reading Jennifer Charlton: “I absolutely loved it from the first second.”
Savannah Marshall: Looking To Repeat Over Claressa Shields By Cameron Temple Claressa Shields has enjoyed an almost untainted boxing career up untill now. Described by the self-proclaimed ‘best ever’ Floyd Mayweather, as ‘the best ever female boxer.’ She has two World Championship gold medals and two Olympic gold medals to her name from her amateur … Continue reading Savannah Marshall: Looking To Repeat Over Claressa Shields
‘SEXY BEAST’ RAY WINSTONE WAS WORRIED ABOUT “STIFF” ANTHONY JOSHUA BUT NOW EXCITED BY PROSPECT OF FURY/AJ National Treasure Ray Winstone admits he was worried about “stiff” Anthony Joshua after watching him lose his world titles but is now excited by the prospect of Fury vs AJ. The ‘Sexy Beast’ star made clear who he … Continue reading ‘SEXY BEAST’ RAY WINSTONE WAS WORRIED ABOUT “STIFF” ANTHONY JOSHUA BUT NOW EXCITED BY PROSPECT OF FURY/AJ
