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.
Oftentimes in the heavyweight division, it takes just one explosive KO, or perhaps a nice run of solid wins, and a guy is right back, closing in on something big.
Texan Robin Blake lit up the lightweight division in the 1980s, his thrilling, all-action style seeing him to memorable wins in memorable fights.
If Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller cut an angry figure going into his June 7 fight with unbeaten, 18-0-1(17) Brit Fabio Wardley, the New Yorker with the known propensity for trash-talk is even angrier right now.
Shannon Briggs, at the age of 53, has announced his return to the ring. Briggs has announced that he will be fighting on July 1, this at the Troubadour Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Larry Holmes, almost certainly the greatest living heavyweight now that his closest rival in this department, George Foreman, is sadly no longer with us, came up in the sport at a time when the game was arguably at its toughest.
Talk about an emphatic, silence any and all doubters performance. Last night, in what some felt would be a tough, close fight, Jaron “Boots” Ennis destroyed a very good, unbeaten fighter in Eimantas Stanionis.
There is absolutely no doubt about it, unbeaten 20 year old British heavyweight prospect/contender Moses Itauma is a fighter to get excited about (even if this is not the case as far as Itauma’s next fight goes, this an expected easy night’s work against former linebacker Mike Balogun).