James DeGale on George Groves: “It’s Funny How Things Work Out”

As rumours abounded on social media that George Groves may announce retirement following last Saturday’s world title challenge loss to Badou Jack, bitter rival James DeGale seems to believe it karma, saying openly it’s “funny how things work out.”

As Groves deleted his social media accounts in the wake of his Las Vegas disappointment, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist spoke to Sky’s Ringside Reaction online show, to reflect on how when his own career ‘hit the skids’ under promoter Mick Hennessy, leaving ‘Chunky’ boxing in shopping malls against less than stellar opposition, Groves was one of the first to openly mock him.

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‘Man vs Machine’: I Will Rip Into Buglioni Like a Shark says Fedor Chudinov

WBA (reg) super middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov (13-0, 10ko) has promised he is going to finish Frank Buglioni when he comes to London on September 26th to defend his title, and when he’s through with that, he wants to dethrone the other key British 168 lb fighters – chief among them, IBF champion James DeGale.

Chudinov, who postponed the fight once already, has one eye on German puncher Vincent Feigenbutz, the Interim WBA champ, and thus, mandatory challenger to his title, and the fight between the two young punchers is already agreed in principle, provided the Russian gets past Buglioni – something he is extremely confident of doing.

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Ruslan Provodinkov Talking to Team Khan About Potential November Showdown

Big punching Siberian Rocky, Ruslan Provodnikov (24-4, 17ko), has confirmed that his team are talking to Amir Khan’s about a potential clash for later this year.

Rumours about a mooted bout surfaced early last week, with Khan initially appearing to scotch the speculation, although on Boxnation’s UK broadcast of Mayweather/Berto, he acknowledged the possibility, all the while continuing to insist it is Manny Pacquiao he now really wants to fight – seemingly for the size of the pay-day involved, given that his “Money Shot” at the newly retired Floyd Mayweather is dead in the water.

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Eddie Hearn on Anthony Joshua: ‘You’re Not Gonna Stand Up to His Power, I Don’t Care Who You Are’

After his 14th one sided victory in a row on Saturday night, which saw him pick up the Commonwealth heavyweight title, destroying Gary Cornish in 90 seconds, Anthony Joshua’s December 12th fight with fellow Londoner Dillian Whyte is well and truly on.

While many are predicting that the old rivals will put on a competitive dust-up for the fans, another element, including AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn, believe it doesn’t matter who is in front of the Olympic gold medalist, such is his raw ability and heaviness of hand, that Whyte will go the same, brutal way as those who have come before him.

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Donovan “Razor” Ruddock: he dared to comeback!

Though most people, when they read, or saw, how Canada’s Donovan Ruddock was stopped, his comeback derailed, in three-rounds by Dillon Carman on Friday night, claimed that Razor was foolish in the first place for trying to attain new glory at the advanced age of 51, the fact is the gutsy warrior showed plenty of guts and courage in trying to push the boundaries all athletes are restrained by.

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Dillian Whyte: Looking Forward to December Anthony Joshua Clash

After both men came through their respective fights in style last night in London, new Commonwealth heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and bitter rival Dillian Whyte, are all set to square off on December 12th at the O2 Arena.

Despite nursing a shoulder injury in his 3rd round stoppage of overmatched late notice opponent Brian Minto, the unbeaten Whyte confirmed that he will be fit for AJ, and the injury will not put the brakes on the big domestic showdown that will also be for the vacant British title.

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Keith Thurman: Floyd Will Be Missed to a Degree / Plenty of Talent to Fill the Void

WBA (reg) welterweight champion Keith Thurman has joined the chorus of those who were pleasantly surprised by last night’s Mayweather/Berto PPV, which actually turned out to be one of the more entertaining Floyd fights of recent times.

Following the fight, which Floyd continued to insist will be his last, Thurman stated he now senses a changing of the guard in the welterweight division should “Money” stick to his word and retire.

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Roy Jones Jr Granted Russian Citizenship / Serious About Learning the Language and Integrating

Long faded former P4P star Roy Jones Jr has been spending a lot of time glad-handing and hob-nobbing in Russia lately, ostensibly on a ‘building bridges’ mission to promote better sporting ties with the US, the culmination of which has seen him granted citizenship at the hand of President, Vladimir Putin.

The news was revealed, in Russian, on the official Kremlin website this weekend, and has been independently confirmed by Jones himself, who said the following to Russian news agency, R-Sport.

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Ring Legends v Modern Greats – Ranked by Number of Victories Over Top 3 Opponents

How do you compare the records of modern day boxers with those of past pugilists?

In the days of “Homicide Hank” – Henry Armstrong, and the “Brown Bomber” – Joe Louis, there were only eight divisions, with just one world champion in each division. During the last few decades the professional boxing world has metamorphosed: there are now dozens of world titles littered throughout seventeen weight divisions.

Assessing and comparing the quality of opposition boxers from different eras have defeated is therefore a tricky task.

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Badou Jack Outpoints George Groves

Badou Jack “The Ripper” (20-1-1, 12 KOs) successfully defended his WBC Super Middleweight World title with a hard-fought, crowd-pleasing 12-round majority decision over mandatory challenger “Saint” George Groves (21-3, 16 KOs). Jack, who dropped Groves late in the first round, triumphed by the scores of 116-111, 115-112 and 113-114. The hard-luck Groves, who abruptly fled the ring in disbelief after the announcement, fell to 0-3 in world title fights. Jack was impressive in what may have been his toughest fight to date.

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