“Mayweather knew Manny’s shoulder was f****d up, he targeted it”

07/02/201707/01/2017 James Slater

Justin Fortune, Manny Pacquiao’s famed strength and conditioning coach, has been talking to Fox Sports out in Australia, both on tonight’s big (in Australia it’s very big) Pac Man vs. Jeff Horn clash and on the one boxing subject that seems never to go away: Pacquiao -Floyd Mayweather.

As fans probably know, both Pac Man and his trainer Freddie Roach refuse to accept that a rematch is so out of the realms of possibility that it has seemingly zero chance of taking place (Mayweather himself has said many times, the book is “closed” on the matter ). And Fortune himself believes that if there is a second “Fight Of The Century” there is only one winner: Pacquiao.

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Does Alexander Povetkin deserve a shot at Anthony Joshua?

07/02/201707/01/2017 James Slater

Russian star and former heavyweight belt holder Alexander Povetkin is back in action tonight, in his first fight of this year; his second fight since failing two pre-fight drugs tests.

The 37 year old faces durable Andriy Rodenko and Povetkin has told Russian media how he hopes for a shot at Anthony Joshua, the current WBA/IBF heavyweight ruler. Povetkin says he is in no way looking past Rodenko, but that he has his eyes firmly on the unbeaten AJ.

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ESPN: The new showcase for the pound-for-pound best

07/01/201707/01/2017 James Slater

You’ve got to hand it to Top Rank boss Bob Arum. After decades spent in the sport, the octogenarian refuses to play it safe. While Arum’s outfit could have made money, quite a bit of it, with the upcoming fights of: Manny Pacquiao – a bona fide superstar, Terence Crawford – a superstar of the future, and Vasyl Lomachenko – for many, the best boxer on the planet today, pound-for-pound – Top Rank instead makes a deal to showcase the three champs on ESPN.

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Tim Bradley to call Pacquiao-Horn on ESPN: “Manny is still overwhelmingly fast, can still beat A-Grade fighters even on a bad day

07/01/201706/30/2017 James Slater

True warrior Timothy Bradley knows perhaps more about Manny Pacquiao than any of Pac Man’s other ring opposition with the exception of Juan Manuel Marquez. Bradley, as fans know, thrice fought Pacquiao, winning the first encounter via hugely controversial decision, losing the other two bouts on the score cards.

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Who was the greater fighter: Tyson or Holyfield?

07/01/201706/30/2017 James Slater

Here on the celebration of Mike Tyson’s 51st birthday – and just two days and 20 years on from the former heavyweight champ’s infamous “Bite Fight” with Evander Holyfield – it might be interesting to ask: who was the greater fighter, Tyson or Holyfield?

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Canelo Alvarez very doubtful September clash with GGG goes the full 12 rounds

06/29/2017 James Slater

He’s said it before, and Mexican superstar Saul Canelo Alvarez has repeated how he sees himself stopping middleweight king Gennady Golovkin in their fast-approaching super fight. Talking with TMZ Sports, Canelo said he cannot agree with Bernard Hopkins’ prediction of him beating Triple-G via 12 round decision, because he is “almost certain” the fight will end inside the 12 rounds.

“It’s very difficult for me to agree with Bernard Hopkins’ prediction, because this fight, I don’t see it going 12 rounds,” Canelo said. “ I can almost guarantee, it will not go the 12 rounds. It will end by knockout – yes, without a doubt.”

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Bare-Knuckle Boxing show to be held at London’s O2 this weekend; promoter says “It will be as big as MMA in 18 months”

06/29/2017 James Slater

Back in the summer of 1988, “Bible of Boxing” Ring Magazine ran a feature entitled, “Back to bare-knuckles – Maybe it’s worth a try?” The article put forward the notion of bare-knuckle boxing, outlawed since the sport’s change to gloved boxing in 1892, being brought back.

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Glenn McCrory on Holyfield-Tyson II

06/28/2017 James Slater

Dubbed, for obvious reasons, “The Bite Fight,” the return meeting between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson shocked the entire world like no other boxing match in history. Or rather it was the events in the third round, and the subsequent events that followed, that caused the enormous shock.

Twenty years have passed since that incredible night at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and no-one who was there has forgotten what happened – even if plenty of them, such as Sky Sports commentator Glenn McCrory, would like to forget.

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Jarrell Miller to face Gerald Washington on Garcia-Broner card

06/28/201706/28/2017 James Slater

The July 29 fight between Mikey Garcia and Adrien Broner is an excellent match-up, but the card just got even better with the addition of the heavyweight match-up that is unbeaten contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller against recent WBC title challenger Gerald Washington.

The vocal, entertaining and powerful Miller, 18-0-1(16) has fans talking, wondering just how good the New Yorker really is, and a fight with the once-beaten Washington, 18-1-1(12) might give us a little bit more of an idea. Washington gave WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder a decent enough test back in February, doing well until getting caught by something big in round five. Can Miller also stop the 35 year old who came to boxing quite late in life?

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Lennox Lewis looks back on the infamous “Bite Fight” – At the time I thought I will never fight him now

06/28/2017 James Slater

Like the rest of the planet, retired heavyweight great Lennox Lewis is simply unable to forget the shocking, sickening scenes the boxing world was unfortunate enough to have endured twenty full years ago today. It was two decades ago today when, as every fight fan, casual observer and even non-sports fans knows, Mike Tyson twice plunged his bared teeth into the ears of Evander Holyfield.

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