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Canelo Alvarez returns to the ring this weekend against Christian Mbilli, and Johnny Nelson has given his thoughts on how the Mexican will get on. Canelo is still one of the biggest draws in world boxing, even though he is coming off a loss. Last time out in September 2025, he lost his undisputed super […]
Tony Bellew has given his view on Dalton Smith stepping up to take on Shakur Stevenson. Smith took his record to 20 wins from 20 fights last weekend as he beat Alberto Puello to retain the WBC light-welterweight belt. The Sheffield man was due to make the defence back in June, but an elbow injury […]
Roy Jones Jr is often regarded as being one of the greatest fighters to have ever graced the sport. Jones began his professional career back in 1989, shortly after he walked away from the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul with a light-middleweight silver medal, though it was widely accepted that he should have received the […]
Tony Bellew has been looking ahead to Canelo’ Alvarez’s ring return against Christian Mbilli this weekend. Multi-weight champion Canelo has taken more than a year out of the sport following his loss to Terence Crawford last September, when he had the undisputed super middleweight titles ripped away from him. That was only the third loss […]
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum has outlined what he thinks might happen when Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua finally come to blows in December. Arum has worked closely with Fury for six years, starting in February 2019 once he had already drawn with Deontay Wilder in the first of their three fights. The pair stayed […]
is looking to line up the second defence of his WBO world title. ‘DDD’ won the belt after beating Fabio Wardley in early 2026 in what was called the fight of the year. The two British heavyweights went hard at each other for 11 rounds, with Wardley knocking Dubois down twice early on. The former […]
Mike Tyson shared the ring with many elite heavyweights during his career and made no mistake when naming the strongest of them all. ‘Iron Mike’ burst onto the heavyweight scene as an 18-year-old back in 1985, producing stoppage wins in his first 19 professional contests. His crowning moment came in November 1986 when he produced a […]
Adam Azim questioned the scorecards in Dalton Smith’s recent victory over Alberto Puello. Puello is a two-time world champion who put up a great fight this past weekend against Smith, who was defending his WBC light-welterweight title at home in the Sheffield Arena for the first time since winning the belt from Subriel Matías with […]
is starting to think about opponents for when he returns to action in 2027. Benn is taking time out following his second round KO loss to Ryan Garcia back in September. It was his first fight down at welterweight for four years and the cut, having been as high as 160lbs to twice fight Chris […]
Evander Holyfield is often credited with being one of the greatest heavyweights to have ever laced up a pair of gloves. ‘The Real Deal’ achieved great things during his professional career which culminated in him becoming the first fighter in boxing history to win the undisputed championship at cruiserweight and heavyweight. The Alabama-native had an […]
Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao believes he faced one man who was more skilled than Floyd Mayweather during his glittering career. ‘PacMan’ remains the most decorated fighter in boxing history, winning multiple world titles across eight separate weight divisions during his tenure. Pacquiao proved to be a dominant force throughout the 2000s and 2010s, defeating the […]
Chris Eubank Jr could find himself without the fight many expected when he eventually returns to the ring following a year out of action. Eubank Jr last fought back in November when he lost his rematch to long-time British rival Conor Benn. He won the first fight by a wide points margin but in the […]
is remembered as a great heavyweight champion but there is one man he always avoided. Until Oleksandr Usyk came along and repeated the feat in 2024, Lewis was the last undisputed heavyweight ruler when he beat Evander Holyfield to add the WBA and IBF titles to the WBC belt he won and defended since 1997. […]
Panamanian great Roberto Duran is widely considered to be one of the best fighters to have ever laced up a pair of gloves. Known as ‘Hands of Stone’, Duran’s career spanned across five decades, beginning back in February of 1968 when he was just 16 years and 252 days old. He would go on to […]
Former world welterweight champion Shawn Porter made no mistake in naming the hardest hitting opponent he ever shared a ring with. ‘Showtime’ is often credited with being one of the best welterweights of his generation, winning a version of the world championship on two separate occasions along the way. Porter captured world honours for the […]
