Joshua – Klitschko: Biggest betting fight in history?

04/29/201704/28/2017 ESB

William Hill, sponsor of Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko, is predicting the global betting industry turnover could reach £100 million (£20 million in the UK alone) for Saturday’s eagerly awaited world heavyweight showdown.

British sporting icon and current IBF world champion Joshua is the 4/9 favourite to win the fight – and in the process add the vacant WBA and IBO titles to his collection. AJ, who won Olympic gold at London 2012, has enjoyed a perfect start to his professional career with 18 wins from 18 fight – all coming by way of knockout. Unsurprisingly, William Hill are offering short odds of 8/13 for the Londoner to knockout Kitschko at Wembley Stadium.

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Mihai Nistor: “My life was like a Rocky movie!”

03/29/201703/29/2017 ESB

He defeated Anthony Joshua, he was the only Romanian boxer who represented the country at the Olympics and aims for the supreme title in Tokyo in 2020. He is Mihai Nistor – A Moldovan strong as iron, hot as steel, and funny as Seinfeld with box gloves.

Mihai Nistor’s career could have been taken from Tupac Shakur album. When “Me Against the World” came out in March 1995, the Romanian boxer was no more than five years old and had no idea he would become, two decades later, AIBA heavyweight (+ 91 kg) world champion and only a year later, the sole representative of Romania at the Olympics in Rio.“Since I can remember, I was alone against the world. If one thing is fashionable, you’ll not see me pursue it. If everyone goes to the club, I’d rather stay home. In 26 years, I never went once in the club. Not once. “

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Andy Lee vs KeAndrae Leatherwood at the Garden

03/17/201703/16/2017 ESB

Andy Lee (34 W, 3L, 1 D), Irish middleweight fighter arrived in New York City earlier this week in advance of his fight against KeAndrae Leatherwood (19W, 3L, 1D) this Saturday night at the mecca of boxing Madison Square Garden.

The Irishman returns to the ring after a 15 month layoff on the under-card of the highly anticipated Gennady Golovkin v Danny Jacobs world middleweight championship clash. Lee has kept himself fit and sharp during his time out of the ring and is looking forward to lacing up his gloves and getting back in action.

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Floyd Mayweather BT Sport Interview

03/10/201703/10/2017 ESB

Mayweather, speaking in an exclusive interview with BT Sport’s Rio Ferdinand…

Mayweather on England:
“I love England, I always loved England. At one particular time I wanted to fight in England – that didn’t happen, but a lot of people are asking me about number 50 so we just don’t know at this particular time, but we don’t know what the future holds.”

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Haye vs. Bellew live on TalkTalk TV

02/24/201702/24/2017 ESB

Watch David Haye take on fellow Brit Tony Bellew in a heavyweight blockbuster for just £14.95 – Britain’s lowest price

On Saturday 4th March, TalkTalk TV customers will be able to watch bitter British heavyweight rivals David Haye and Tony Bellew battle it out at Britain’s lowest price of only £14.95.

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Gunn To Jones Jr.: ‘Do You Fancy Winner Take All February 17”

01/20/201701/19/2017 ESB

As their showdown nears to determine the WBF cruiserweight title, Bobby Gunn boldly offered Roy Jones Jr. via twitter the opportunity to make their fight a winner take all bout.

Gunn wrote yesterday, “Happy Birthday Roy. Fair play to you. God bless you, look forward to seeing you on February 17. Do you fancy winner take all?”

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Don King To WBC: Declare Stiverne Champion

12/17/201612/17/2016 ESB

In the aftermath of Saturday’s news that the WBC Interim heavyweight title fight in Russia between former heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne and top-ranked Alexander Povetkin had been cancelled because Povetkin tested positive for drugs again, Hall of Fame promoter Don “Only In America” King offered a simple solution:

Declare his fighter, Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs), of Las Vegas, the interim champion.

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Muhammad Ali Retroactively Named Ring Magazine Fighter Of The Year For 1966

12/08/2016 ESB

Muhammad Ali was the best fighter of 1966, as he went 5-0 (with four knockouts) in defense of his heavyweight title. That included a third-round KO of Cleveland Williams, when Ali might’ve been at his very best.

The editors of THE RING Magazine at the time acknowledged Ali’s preeminence that year, stating clearly that no one could touch him.

However, they made an unusual decision when it came time to name the magazine’s annual Fighter of the Year: They announced that Ali would be denied the award because of his refusal to be inducted into the U.S. Army and his association with the Nation of Islam.

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Rough Excerpt From “Angels In My Corner,” The Ron Lipton Story

12/20/202211/21/2016 ESB

Results: Adrian Granat KOs Franz Rill; Hammer outpoints Teper

10/19/201610/17/2016 ESB

Last weekend, Swedish heavyweight prospect Adrian Granat (now 14-0, 13 KOs) landed a stunning victory over German boxer Franz Rill – KO in round 6. A win that will have impact for Granat and furthermore a win that has been widely noticed among boxing experts around the world.

The win places Granat as nr 29 on Boxrec after only 14 fights. He is now the IBF intercontinental champion – a title that has been held earlier by world boxers like Robert Helenius and Kubrat Pulev.

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