by Johnny Walker He's got a bronze medal from the Olympics, and he's got 30 knockouts in his 30 professional boxing matches to date. What he doesn't have a lot of, so far, is respect. "Caddies, cabbies, ex-basketball players and bartenders" are often some of the terms used to describe the quality of rising, 6' 7" American heavyweight Deontay Wilder's opposition (and … [Read more...]
Tyson Fury: Intentional Villain or Just A Bit Thick?
by Johnny Walker There's always been a part of me that likes rising Anglo-Irish heavyweight Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KOs). I interviewed him via telephone once from his home in the UK and found him to be knowledgeable about boxing and a generally fun guy to talk to. He didn't seem to take himself too seriously even when he was bragging up a storm. He seemed to … [Read more...]
Tyson Fury Finds Opponent For February 15: Takes On Gonzalo Omar Basile
by Johnny Walker Rising Anglo-Irish heavyweight Tyson Fury has been left fuming of late, as a proposed mega-fight with UK veteran David Haye fell through twice, with Haye suffering somewhat mysterious injuries just as two dates for the fight grew near. Fury has seen his rankings fall as a result, and now hopes to get his career back in motion after a wasted 2013 on … [Read more...]
Boxing at the Copper Box: Saunders, Chisora headline 12 bout card in London
This Saturday, Frank Warren Promotions brings a huge 12 bout show to the Copper Box Arena in London, England. This will be the first boxing event held at the former 2012 Olympic arena and features five scheduled 12 round contests with multiple BBBofC and Commonwealth title holders appearing on the card. Headlining the show is undefeated Billy Joe Saunders (18-0, 10 KO’s) … [Read more...]
Dereck Chisora Interview (Video)
Dereck Chisora On: His upcoming fight with Edmund Gerber, being a 'slave' to the Klitschkos, predicting a riot at Fury-Haye, and more... [embedplusvideo height="430" width="510" editlink="http://bit.ly/165sFdn" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/BhsyZFSS2sU?fs=1" vars="ytid=BhsyZFSS2sU&width=510&height=430&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" … [Read more...]