Like the rest of us during this strange and unsettling time, Alfonzo Ratliff, the former WBC cruiserweight champion, is obeying the lockdown conditions the coronavirus has forced us to live under.… Read more
At a time when live boxing is something we can only dream of, what with the world’s entire fistic schedule scrapped due to the ongoing coronavirus, a fight fan is finding it tough to keep from being bored in a major way.… Read more
Former world welterweight title challenger Hedgemon Lewis passed away yesterday, March 31, at the age of 74. A fine fighter who became an accomplished trainer in his later years, Lewis of Alabama was one of the toughest 147 pound fighters during the 1970s.… Read more
Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko lost just two fights in his entire pro career, both of them due to injury. Klitschko, he of the “Iron Fist” and the steel chin, was famously stopped on cuts in his thrilling war with Lennox Lewis, and the elder of the two Klitschko brothers remained on his stool after nine rounds with a bad shoulder in his fight with Chris Byrd.… Read more
Arum has promoted 2,079 shows starting with the March 29, 1966 heavyweight world title showdown between Muhammad Ali and George Chuvalo
Bob Arum started at the top, and he’s still here.… Read more
Fight fans may have heard about Billy Joe Saunders’ latest crude stunt. A man who courts controversy, Saunders is in hot water over the disgusting video he uploaded, with the fighter giving male viewers tips on how to deal with their partner should she “give you a little bit of mouth” during this time of lock down living.… Read more
It was supposed to be John Tate’s night.
Fighting before his hometown fans in Knoxville, Tennessee, recently crowned WBA heavyweight champion “Big John” Tate was making his first defense.… Read more
FRANK WARRENS HEAVYWEIGHT PODCAST: “Wilder v Fury should have been in the UK!” claims Dana White
IN THE LATEST EPISODE of Frank Warren’s Heavyweight Podcast, UFC President Dana White has launched into an epic tirade about the state of boxing and declared: “The sport is a sh*tshow!”… Read more
To the great surprise of nobody, the two big heavyweight fights that were set for May in the UK – Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin and Dereck Chisora-Oleksandr Usyk – have been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus situation.… Read more
Foul Play Or Not Foul Play?
A man who has fought for years in the ring, who has risked his very life in doing so, is fully deserving of living a long and happy life after retiring from the toughest of all sports.… Read more
