Dillian Whyte has to see Red as he chases the Gold

04/13/2019 G.E. Simons

Beneath the obvious top table championship triumvirate of Tyson Fury (lineal), Anthony Joshua (WBA, WBO, IBF) and Deontay Wilder (WBC), Dillian Whyte clearly occupies the fourth berth, in a heavyweight division that is as fascinating as it has been for some years.

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Overviewing the MayMac Undercard

08/25/201708/24/2017 G.E. Simons

On the American night of the 26^th and the UK Dawn of 27^th August, boxing will be released from its intriguing kidnap by Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, as theyfinally meet in a ring at the centre of the T-mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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The ascension of the Saint

06/05/201706/04/2017 G.E. Simons

In his fourth attempt to capture a world title, Saint George Groves claimed the vacant WBA Super-middleweight belt following a bruising encounter with Fedor Chudinov, in the chief support to Kell Brook’s similarly bruising liaison with Errol Spence Jnr.

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The answer to the Joshua Klitschko question is Fury

04/29/201704/28/2017 G.E. Simons

Soon after 10pm in London on Saturday night, Anthony Joshua will meet Wladimir Klitschko in an incredibly interesting heavyweight match up to contest the IBF world title that is held by the former and the WBA and IBO belts which are vacant.

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Will Chris Eubank Junior’s path to glory be corrupted by a lack of power?

02/14/2017 G.E. Simons

When Chris Eubank Jnr. claimed the IBO Super-middleweight title by overwhelming the underwhelming defending champion Renold Quinlan a couple of weekends ago, it was all pretty super familiar.

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Floyd Mayweather boxing Conor McGregor moves from crazy possibility to tentative exploration

01/14/201701/14/2017 G.E. Simons

As 2017 really gets underway, the vapour trail of 2016’s machismo-driven content provision, the lighting up of black mirrors, and heaving cogs of speculation that the world’s best boxer might do battle with the world’s best mixed martial artist has picked up pace.

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I saw your Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and raised you a Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin

12/28/201612/28/2016 G.E. Simons

Rather than fight each other, Amir Khan and Kell Brook have been fighting over who can face the most outrageous opponents instead, but signs are that a meeting between the two is at least on the radar for 2017.

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