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Lauren Price and Karriss Artingstall both believe they can be in contention for world titles within 18 months after the Olympic golden couple announcing they will be turning professional with BOXXER and Sky Sports.
Josh Warrington admits that a summer fight with Leigh Wood looks unlikely now as he recovers from a broken jaw. Warrington suffered the injury moments before his seventh-round stoppage of Kiko Martinez to regain his IBF featherweight title last weekend.
Eddie Hearn has insisted that no deal has been agreed to stage the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua rematch in Saudi Arabia despite reports claiming a $120 million offer had been made by the country.
Considering he gave the IBF featherweight title away 14 months ago. Josh Warrington looked a mighty relieved man to get his hands back on it last night as he stopped Kiko Martinez in seven rounds at the First Direct Arena, in Leeds.
Ebanie Bridges claimed the IBF bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over Maria Cecilia Roman on the Martinez-Warrington card in Leeds.
Dalton Smith extended his unbeaten record to ten fights as he stopped Ireland’s Ray Moylette in the tenth and final round, but Smith survived a fright after flattening Moylette after landing a low blow.
Lewis Ritson showed he is far from finished as he comfortably beat former WBC lightweight champion Dejan Zlaticanin on Probellum’s show in Newcastle.
After outlasting Ted Cheeseman in a brutal fight last October, Troy Williamson would have hoped for an easier night in his first defence of the British super-welterweight title he won that night.
This weekend is “all or nothing” for Josh Warrington, who will have nowhere to go if he doesn’t regain his IBF featherweight title from Kiko Martinez at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, according to Eddie Hearn, who believes a stadium fight against Leigh Wood can happen if Warrington wins.
There was a time, not that long ago, that Manchester did not have much of a boxing heritage. That might seem unbelievable now for, after all – Ricky Hatton, Tyson Fury, Anthony Crolla, Anthony Farnell, Carl Thompson, Pat Barrett, Terry Flanagan, Scott Quigg, Maurice Core, Lyndon Arthur, even Amir Khan and Jamie Moore – it doesn’t take long to reel off a list of top boxers from Greater Manchester.