Month: April 2024

Fabio Wardley has warned Frazer Clarke and Boxxer that by waiting to fight him they have guaranteed an even more difficult night. The British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion defends his titles against his long-term rival at London’s O2 Arena on Sunday evening. Clarke’s promoter Boxxer are also promoting the fight, and doing so in the year after refusing

Rarely can an eight-round undercard contest have created such a buzz. Highlights of Ben Whittaker’s exploits during his stoppage victory over Khalid Graidia last month generated tens of millions of views and attracted attention from outside of the boxing bubble. Whittaker took the attention in his stride, insisting that the performance was just routine.  The Olympic silver

Last week, Kurt Walker told BoxingScene that he was feeling the weight of expectation as he prepared to headline last night’s Conlan Boxing show at Belfast’s famous Ulster Hall. The featherweight thrived under the spotlight and showed a bit of everything during his seventh round stoppage of James Beech Jnr. Aware that he wouldn’t be

“It was a good war,” said a disconsolate Tim Tszyu, having lost his undefeated record and his WBO super welterweight title to Sebastian Fundora at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.“It started off well. We knew he was awkward, tall, rangy, flicks that jab.” What we did not know if that the fight would turn

Oscar Valdez revived his career Friday by scoring a ferocious seventh-round stoppage against Liam Wilson.  The competitive fight immediately turned for Valdez after he connected with a combination of unanswered punches on the Australian, forcing referee Mark Nelson to step in and stop the action.  The former 126 and 130 titlist (32-2, 24 KOs) became

Leon Willings recovered from a first-round knockdown to take the exciting Ben Whittaker the eight-round distance at London’s O2 Arena. On the occasion of the 26-year-old Whittaker’s seventh professional contest, Willings, 23, showed admirable resilience to perhaps even give him his toughest fight.  That Whittaker, fighting for the first time since his separation from the

Chris Kongo secured the finest victory of his career with perhaps his finest performance when he was awarded a unanimous decision at the conclusion of 10 entertaining rounds with Florian Marku at The O2 Arena in London. The welterweight, 31, was cut by his right eye in the second round but, for all of Marku’s aggression,

Fabio Wardley retained his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles after battling to a draw over 12 bruising rounds with Frazer Clarke at The O2 Arena in London. After knocking his rival down at the conclusion of the fifth round and watching him deducted a point for a low blow in the seventh, Wardley appeared on

No Limit Boxing promoter George Rose spoke of his pride in watching Tim Tszyu, his star fighter, battle the odds against Sebastian Fundora. Tszyu lost a narrow split decision Saturday in Las Vegas after being cut terribly on the top of his head at the end of the second round – and then boxing the

Frazer Clarke targeted a rematch with Fabio Wardley after blaming himself for the fact his rival retained the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles at the conclusion of their entertaining draw. The finest British heavyweight title fight since that between Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte in 2015 was scored 114-113 for Wardley, 115-112 for Clarke and