Buatsi vs. Azeez: A Night of the Present & the Future for Boxxer Boxxer had a difficult year in 2023. But not as some will try to convince you, a disastrous one. A year of injuries and the subsequent inevitable delays and postponements of major fights stalled the development and progress that Boxxer had made … Continue reading Buatsi vs. Azeez: A Night of the Present & the Future for Boxxer
Mikaela Mayer: "Plan A is the rematch with Tasha. Plan B is the winner of Sandy Ryan and Terri Harper. But I am open to other offers. If there is a title available at 154, then I would go there."There was much trepidation before the connection was mutual over Zoom. Thoughts of what version of … Continue reading Mikaela Mayer: “Plan A is the rematch with Tasha. Plan B is the winner of Sandy Ryan and Terri Harper. But I am open to other offers. If there is a title available at 154, then I would go there.”
A Boxing Memory: Howard Rainey By Garry White Jonathan Rendall may have intended his much-admired ‘This Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own’ to be a missive on getting out of boxing, but for me, it was quite the opposite. Rather than get me out, instead his artful narrative, revisited after a long estrangement … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Howard Rainey
Nicola Hopewell: "I can make flyweight, so any championship fights I have need to be at flyweight."The road back begins in Bradford on Saturday night for Nicola Hopewell. The main event of her last fight in October is replaced by a comeback fight lower down the card, but in many ways, it will serve its … Continue reading Nicola Hopewell: “I can make flyweight, so any championship fights I have need to be at flyweight.”
Georgia O'Connor: A fighter who just wants to fight. Why is that so difficult? Five days a week, Georgia O'Connor trains. Seven days a week, she hopes the call comes that she has a fight incoming. But that call or the first bell that she craves so much doesn't come. She now doubts it ever … Continue reading Georgia O’Connor: A fighter who just wants to fight. Why is that so difficult?
Linn Sandström: "I’m giving boxing everything, and it is starting to pay off. My team and I are travelling worldwide to improve in this sport." "It's no secret, just hard work. I’m giving boxing everything, and it is starting to pay off. My team and I are travelling worldwide to improve in this sport." Linn … Continue reading Linn Sandström: “I’m giving boxing everything, and it is starting to pay off. My team and I are travelling worldwide to improve in this sport.”
DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT INKS PROMOTIONAL AGREEMENT WITH WBA WORLD CHAMPION, AND INSPIRATIONAL FIGHTING MOM, NINA HUGHES Dibella Entertainment has expanded its impressive stable of female bantamweights with the signing of undefeated WBA Bantamweight World Champion Nina Hughes. Hughes, who hails from Billericay, Essex, England, was the fastest ever British professional boxer to win a world title when she captured … Continue reading DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT INKS PROMOTIONAL AGREEMENT WITH WBA WORLD CHAMPION, AND INSPIRATIONAL FIGHTING MOM, NINA HUGHES
Mikaela Mayer: Leverage & Redemption Mikaela Mayer was a fighter on edge as the chaos and the rigours of Fight Week had finally wound down. While her opponent Natasha Jonas was about as relaxed as I've ever seen a fighter with the first bell so close in a major fight, Mayer had a different look. … Continue reading Mikaela Mayer: Leverage & Redemption
Chantelle Cameron: "The trilogy fight with Katie Taylor would be incredible for women's boxing." There was blood, guts, and another fight for the ages in Dublin late last year. Chantelle Cameron may well have ended 2023 without her undisputed world super-lightweight titles, but the Northampton fighter has set her sights on the trilogy fight with … Continue reading Chantelle Cameron: “The trilogy fight with Katie Taylor would be incredible for women’s boxing.”
Rhiannon Dixon: "There was no hesitation in accepting the fight. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It is what you are in the sport for." It was once an unlikely scenario. The former white-collar fighter with no amateur experience to her name, who only started boxing when she was in her early twenties, wasn't expected to … Continue reading Rhiannon Dixon: “There was no hesitation in accepting the fight. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It is what you are in the sport for.”
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