Defeat is a dark place to be, especially when you believed you were ordained to win. In the build-up to his first fight with Liam Smith, Chris Eubank Jr did not ever envisage losing. He claimed he only needed to be at half-strength to win. He certainly did not countenance being dropped for the first …
Rising heavyweight star Jared Anderson stopped Andriy Rudenko, but the grandson of Muhammad Ali, Nico Ali Walsh, suffered a shock defeat on Saturday night. Anderson took the 16th victory of his unbeaten professional career and his 15th inside-the-distance win. Anderson, still just 23 years old, halted Andriy Rudenko in their fifth round at the Hard …
Liam Smith confronted Chris Eubank Jr when they went head-to-head on The Gloves Are Off. Ahead of their rematch, live on Sky Sports Box Office, Liverpool’s Smith scoffed at Eubank’s claim that an elbow landed within the salvo of punches that dropped and stopped the Brighton man to end their first fight in January. “Do …
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Daniel Dubois on Saturday night at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw, Poland with a knockout victory in nine rounds. He retained the unified WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight belts, the titles that Usyk had won from, and defended against, Anthony Joshua. But Usyk had to weather immense pressure to win, and pick …
Anthony Joshua’s opponent Robert Helenius has returned an ‘adverse analytical finding’ in a drug test. Helenius was a late notice replacement opponent for Joshua after it was revealed that Dillian Whyte had returned ‘adverse analytical findings’ on the weekend before their scheduled fight at The O2 on August 12. But Joshua’s promotional team Matchroom Boxing …
Mikaela Mayer will return to the ring against Silvia Bortot as she continues to step up in weight. Mayer, a former WBO and IBF super-featherweight world champion, is set to showcase her skills on the undercard of the rematch between Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr at the AO Arena in Manchester on September 2, …
“I never would have believed this could happen.” Chris Eubank Jr’s words came back to haunt him in his first fight with Liam Smith. The first episode of Behind The Ropes gives an inside view of Eubank’s stunned reaction to being stopped by Smith in their January contest. Please use Chrome browser for a more …
Chris Eubank Jr came into his first fight with Liam Smith armed with a variety of quips designed to goad his opponent. He suggested he didn’t need to be at full capacity to win, he argued that there was nothing exciting about the Liverpudlian. To Smith he exhibited a pride bordering on arrogance. Their contest …
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua agree on little. They certainly don’t seem to be about to reach an agreement on fighting each other any time soon. But Fury believes they have both forged a path that other British heavyweights can follow. “I think we’ve given them a lot to aim for, with me and AJ,” …
Liam Smith should know exactly how to beat Chris Eubank Jr. After all he’s done it before and in some style too. Smith stunned Eubank when he handed him a four-round stoppage defeat in January. But Smith won’t allow himself to take their September 2 rematch lightly. After that knockout Smith believes Eubank Jr is …