By Johnny Walker It was a successful enough, if not particularly exciting, afternoon for top UK heavyweights today as both Hughie Fury and his cousin Tyson emerged with fairly easy wins, while Dereck "Del Boy" Chisora dominated a laconic, disinterested Kevin Johnson for twelve rounds to chalk up another victory for the UK side of the division. In a card held at the Copper … [Read more...]
Tyson Fury At Career High Weight, 274 Pounds, For Fit Challenger Joey Abell, 241
By Johnny Walker Perhaps the paranoia Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) has been voicing the last few days about his Saturday meeting with hard-hitting American veteran Joey Abell (29-7, 28 KO’s) is based in reality after all. The scales seldom lie, and Fury has weighed in at a career high of 274 pounds for his fight with the fit-looking Abell, who came in at 241. Notably, … [Read more...]
Dereck Chisora, Tyson Fury and . . . David Haye? It’s Heavyweight Fight Weekend in the UK!
By Johnny Walker Let's face it, without the UK heavyweights over the last couple of years, there often wouldn't have been much for fans of heavyweight boxing to talk about. With WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko mostly out of action both due to injury and his new career in politics, and brother Wlad, who owns the rest of the major belts, not producing the … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – December 13th – 18th, 2013
12/13 – Lucas Browne (19-0, 17 KO’s) vs. Clarence Tillman (11-15-2, 6 KO’s) II – Victoria, Australia Aussie heavyweight Browne has gained quite a following recently. After a one sided decision over James Toney in April, he stopped Travis Walker and Richard Towers in just over a three month period. He’s been lobbying for a bout with U.K. fighter David Price, who’s coming off … [Read more...]
Apathy and Afterthoughts: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette With one single exception (Pacquiao-Bradley on the 9th of next month), the entire sports universe is focused on the NBA and NHL playoffs and will be through about Father's Day. Huge media markets in hockey (LA in the west, NY/NJ in the east), big storylines in hoops (the Zombie Sonics looking to forcibly seize the torch from Tim Duncan, who is trying to make … [Read more...]