Tyson Fury (23-0, 17koes) gave probably the most controlled performance of his career tonight at the Excel Arena in Docklands, London, to stop Dereck Chisora (20-5, 13koes) in 10 one-sided rounds. The victory gave Fury the vacant British Heavyweight championship, plus Chisora’s European Heavyweight title and placed him in line for a world title shot at Wladimir … [Read more...]
Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora: Calm Before The Storm
With the year about to enter its final month, this weekend sees the promise of some real fistic fireworks when Britain’s main heavyweight rivals Tyson Fury (22-0, 16 koes) and Derek Chisora, (20-4. 13koes) finally meet for their long awaited rematch, at Excel Arena, Docklands, London. This is a grudge match that was originally due to take place in July, but was cancelled at … [Read more...]
Heavyweight Landscaping: The Sunday Brunch
Hola familia y amigos, welcome to a tarragon, thyme and full-fat butter flavored edition of Central America's highest rated weekly pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We are the single spear of asparagus that your waiter arrogantly informs you is the "salad of asparagus" you ordered. This week we are hitting on a few of the more pressing issues from around the sport, we'll be … [Read more...]
Key Remaining Fights of 2014: Heavyweight
2014 is three-quarters finished and, in many ways, it has been every bit as disappointing as 2013 was exhilarating. However, even though there are just about three months left in the year, hope is not lost for a year-saving finish. Beginning with the heavyweights, here's a look at the key remaining fights of 2014 within each weight class. (All of this, of course, is … [Read more...]
Boxing’s Biggest Villains (A Personal List)
by Eric "Sugar Foot" Duran In all sports, in eras both present and past, there always seems to be those individuals whose popularity isn't based solely on their respected stats alone. Baseball had Pete Rose and Barry Bonds, now Alex Rodriguez Basketball had the Detroit Bad Boyz and Rasheed Wallace, now Demarcus Cousins Football had Lawrence Taylor and Michael Irvin, … [Read more...]