Heavyweight Shannon Briggs is saying he’ll be Tyson Fury’s next opponent in April when the overweight former heavyweight champion makes his return to the ring following a 2-year layoff. Briggs says he’s already been in talks for the fight with the 6’9” Fury (25-0, 18 KOs), and he’s ready to knock him out.
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Vasyl Lomachenko likes the idea of fighting in a WBSS tourney: It would make it possible to win all of the belts in one big swoop
As he waits for his next fight, a big one he hopes, pound-for-pound NO.1 Vasyl Lomachenko is open to quite a few possibilities. While the southpaw sensation has posted a fan poll on his official twitter page, asking who he should fight next in fan opinion, “Hi-Tech” is also thinking about other options.
Happy Birthday Tim Witherspoon – “Terrible Tim” hits 60 today
One of the so-called “lost generation” of heavyweights, 1980s big name, and two-time titlist Tim Witherspoon hits the big 60 today. Looking far younger and having gotten out of the game in far better shape than a number of his fellow “lost generation” heavyweights – guys like Greg Page (RIP), Trevor Berbick (RIP), Tony Tucker and others who went down in depressing fashion – Witherspoon looks good, he talks well and he has his health and, if not as much as he should have, then at least some of his money.
47 years on: Sonny Liston’s death is still one big mystery
What was going on in the life of the great Sonny Liston 47 years ago this week? Was the former heavyweight king, soon to be found dead, busy taking drugs in a fit of self pity in his Las Vegas apartment, or was the (officially) 38 year old being set up for a mob hit, with dark forces rapidly closing in? Or was Liston, by Boxing Day in 1970, in fact already dead?
Naoya Inoue looking to end the year with another bang against Yoan Boyeaux – “The Monster” in action on December 30
The year is almost over and with it all boxing action of 2017. There is, though, one last big fight to be fought. Well, it’s a fight that will feature a big puncher. Japan’s reigning WBO junior-bantamweight king Naoya Inoue may be no big guy, height and weight-wise; nor is the unbeaten “Monster,” as in monster puncher, the big star he should be, but he is one huge talent.
Vasyl Lomachenko asks his fans to vote on who he should fight next – then the P-4-P king goes duck hunting!
Vasyl Lomachenko is eager to fight again soon and he is asking his fans to tell him just who his next opponent (challenger is perhaps too strong a word, as in can anyone at 130 to 140 actually “challenge” Lomachenko?) should be. The reigning WBO 130 pound champ who is widely expected to move up to 135 soon, put out an online poll via his twitter page, asking fans to vote on who he should fight next.
Team Derevyanchenko targeting Jermall Charlo & Caleb Truax
Trainer Andre Rozier would like to match his fighter #1 IBF middleweight contender Sergey Derevyanchenko (11-0, 9 KOs) against either unbeaten Jermall Charlo (26-0, 20 KOs) or IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Truax (29-3-2, 18 KOs) in his next fight.
Who would you vote for as Fighter of The Year: Lomachenko, Ward, Joshua, Crawford or Sor Rungvisai?
So who was 2017’s Fighter of The Year?
It’s that time again and fans are voting, not just on the website of ‘The Bible of Boxing,’ Ring Magazine, but it seems this particular poll is the yearly one most fans get into (and of course, you don’t argue with the Bible!)
Daniel Dubois: THE heavyweight prospect to watch in 2018…..and beyond
Just 6-0, with all six wins coming by KO inside a couple of rounds, towering London heavyweight Daniel Dubois is right now THE young heavyweight prospect to watch – in 2018 and beyond. Having caused some buzz already, the 6’5,” 20 year old has some huge, huge expectations on his broad shoulders.
Canelo-Golovkin: Which one will adapt better in rematch?
Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin both were slow in adapting during their previous fight on September 16. Canelo was stuck moving along the ropes, failing to take the fight to Golovkin in center ring.