Flawless Spice: Mikaela Mayer Dominates Mary Spencer To Become A Three-Division World Champion

Flawless Spice: Mikaela Mayer Dominates Mary Spencer To Become A Three-Division World Champion The Spice Girl fan produced an almost flawless performance to comprehensively outpoint Mary Spencer in Montreal to win a world title in a third weight division. Mikaela Mayer, the reigning WBO world welterweight champion, added Spencer's WBA super-welterweight title, and the vacant … Continue reading Flawless Spice: Mikaela Mayer Dominates Mary Spencer To Become A Three-Division World Champion →

Big Fight Preview: Shannon Ryan vs. Chloe Watson

Big Fight Preview: Shannon Ryan vs. Chloe Watson There is much to like about Friday night's super-flyweight showdown between Shannon Ryan and Chloe Watson at the iconic York Hall. A domestic dust-up that has real and significant world title implications. The winner will move to within touching distance of that elusive opportunity on the world … Continue reading Big Fight Preview: Shannon Ryan vs. Chloe Watson →

Tysie Gallagher: “I just want to test myself. I want to be in with the best fighters in the world.”

Tysie Gallagher: "I just want to test myself. I want to be in with the best fighters in the world." Time hasn't been kind to Tysie Gallagher of late. Family tragedy. Beyond dark times. A career put on hold. Fights falling through. A year of inactivity has stalled all the momentum of a fighter who … Continue reading Tysie Gallagher: “I just want to test myself. I want to be in with the best fighters in the world.” →

Harli Whitwell: “I want it more now than I ever did before.”

Harli Whitwell: "I want it more now than I ever did before." The professional career of Harli Whitwell was rolling along quite nicely. A few niggling injuries aside, not unusual for any fighter, the unbeaten super-featherweight prospect had gone 5-0 and earned a multitude of plaudits along the way. A victory over Karina Szmalenberg last … Continue reading Harli Whitwell: “I want it more now than I ever did before.” →

Disputed Draw: Kaye Scott vs. Olivia Curry Can’t Be Split In World Middleweight Title Fight

Disputed Draw: Kaye Scott vs. Olivia Curry Can't Be Split In World Middleweight Title Fight It might be a fight that goes under the radar, but the ten-round war that Olivia Curry and Kaye Scott served up on Friday night in Detroit for the vacant WBC and WBA world middleweight titles deserves a far wider … Continue reading Disputed Draw: Kaye Scott vs. Olivia Curry Can’t Be Split In World Middleweight Title Fight →

The FightPost Top Ten British Female Fighters

The FightPost Top Ten British Female Fighters There is now real depth and competition at the top of the list. But the top four fighters are pulling away quite significantly from the rest of the chasing pack, with little prospect of anyone else gatecrashing that particular party anytime soon, certainly if the expected career trajectory … Continue reading The FightPost Top Ten British Female Fighters →

Behind The Ropes: Jasmina Zapotoczna

Behind The Ropes: Jasmina Zapotoczna “I feel like I was born to perform," Jasmina Zapotoczna told me in March. "I like showing my skills to an audience." But the European flyweight champion hasn't had the opportunity to showcase her immense skills since she recorded the biggest win of her career at the Royal Albert Hall … Continue reading Behind The Ropes: Jasmina Zapotoczna →

Beyond The Ropes: Martin Hillman

Beyond The Ropes: Martin Hillman By Garry White Gizza job,” Yosser Hughes uttered more than once in the seminal 80s TV series Boys from the Blackstuff. Trudging wearily around his Toxteth neighbourhood, he was desperate to work—pleading for a chance, only to be met with blank expressions and empty apologies. Thirty-four-year-old Sidcup-born, Orpington-based bantamweight Martin Hillman may … Continue reading Beyond The Ropes: Martin Hillman →

Who Should Nicola Hopewell Fight Next?

Who Should Nicola Hopewell Fight Next? It was a night that Nicola Hopewell came of age. Against her toughest opponent to date at flyweight, Hopewell rose to the occasion on Saturday night in Sheffield. That hard-earned split decision victory over Marie Connan earned the Worksop fighter the IBO world flyweight title, and Hopewell can now … Continue reading Who Should Nicola Hopewell Fight Next? →

Nicola Hopewell: The Moment of Truth

Nicola Hopewell: The Moment of Truth It is, in many ways, the moment of truth for Nicola Hopewell on Saturday night. The Commonwealth flyweight champion will look to add another belt to her collection when she challenges Marie Connan for her IBO 'world' flyweight title in Sheffield live on Fightzone. Hopewell has recovered incredibly well … Continue reading Nicola Hopewell: The Moment of Truth →