Junto Nakatani-Ryosuke Nishida Bantamweight Unification Showdown On For June 8 In Tokyo
A fight, a unification fight that could prove to be something special, has been officially announced for Tokyo on June 8th.
A fight, a unification fight that could prove to be something special, has been officially announced for Tokyo on June 8th.
He’s currently the talk of the sport, or certainly of the welterweight division, in which he holds two world titles and aims for more.
Heavyweight giant Martin Bakole needs an emphatic ‘I’m back!’ performance against Efe Ajagba, whom he will meet in a very interesting heavyweight collision on the Canelo-Scull card a few weeks from now.
Fans are still buzzing due to the star-arrival performance Jaron “Boots” Ennis put on this past Saturday, as he totally dominated and then stopped a tough fighter who, going in, was expected to give the Philly boxer problems.
Lawrence Okolie says he is back training, now injury-free. As fans may recall, Okolie, who is 1-0 as a heavyweight, this after having won belts at cruiserweight and bridgerweight, was to have fought fellow Londoner Richard Riakporhe earlier this month – only for his “undisclosed injury” to force him out of the fight.
British hero Michael Watson – who was a fine fighter in the ring before he suffered near-fatal injuries in his September 1991 fight with Chris Eubank – became a hero due to the way he defied the odds by reclaiming his life after almost dying from the brain injuries he suffered in the return fight with Eubank.
There is absolutely no doubt about it: Fabio Wardley, a fighter who had a white collar intro into the sport, not a legit amateur career, has come so far as a pro.
As we head, we think, anyway, into a rematch between heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and IBF belt-holder Daniel Dubois, Dubois’ trainer Don Charles was asked some questions about the first fight the two had, this in Poland in August of 2023.
The British heavyweight scene is pretty lively right now, with a number of fighters, all of whom seem to be so evenly matched, circling one another.
Today, as no doubt plenty of fight fans are aware, marks the 40th anniversary of the epic, the savage, indeed the unforgettable three-round war between primed and peaking duo, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas “Hitman” Hearns.