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Lawrence Okolie has not had much experience as a professional or an amateur, but Eddie Hearn believes he can clean up the world cruiserweight division in 18 months before moving up to heavyweight if he beats Krzysztof Glowacki in a “life-changing” fight in Saturday night.
When your training partner is Josh Taylor, it takes some effort to stand out. Lee McGregor, though, is on the cusp of his own piece of history. On Friday night, in Bolton, McGregor challenges Karim Guerfi for the European bantamweight title. If he wins, he will have won the British, Commonwealth and European titles in only ten fights as a professional.
The dream of representing Somalia at this summer’s Olympics is still alive for Ramla Ali, although she still faces an anxious wait to see if she will get the chance to box in Tokyo. Ali has her second professional fight when she takes on Bec Connelly at Wembley on Saturday, but the Vogue cover model is ready to put her professional career on hold is she is handed an Olympic spot.
Tyson Fury says he has stopped training and won’t go back into camp until he is given a date for his fight with Anthony Joshua. Speaking at ringside at Friday night’s MTK Global show, where he was supporting his close friend Isaac Lowe, Fury claimed that he didn’t have any confirmation that the fight was going ahead and that he had stopped training and was drinking ten pints of beer a night.
Lewis Crocker never stopped punching for ten rounds, but try as he might, he couldn’t get rid of the incredibly tough Deniz Ilbay, who took just about every punch the Northern Irishman threw in their welterweight top of the bill in Bolton.
Isaac Lowe, the former Commonwealth featherweight champion, is now unbeaten in 24 fights (three draws) but he had to overcome a bad cut over his left eye before claiming victory over gallant late substitute Ed Harrison at the University of Bolton Stadium
Eddie Hearn says that an announcement over a fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is “days away” and has suggested it might be possible for the fight to take place in Las Vegas. Fury gave an interview this week appearing quite downcast about the prospects of the undisputed world heavyweight title fight happening this summer, but Hearn says things are still on track and discussions over a site have already begun.
As the first Irishman to hold the British heavyweight title, Danny McAlinden holds a place in boxing history. And while no one will ever mistake McAlinden for a boxing great, he was British heavyweight champion at a time when that meant his name was known in a vast number of households in the country.
Josh Taylor says he will be fulfilling a dream by fighting in Las Vegas, but says he hopes that travel restrictions will be lifted to allow Scottish fans to watch the fight in person. Taylor will face Jose Ramirez for the undisputed world super-lightweight title in Las Vegas on May 22. It is a fight that has been on the cards for some time, but the WBA and IBF champion, who will have boxed less than one round in 18 months by the time he steps into the ring, is glad to finally have a date.
Promoted to the top of the bill on his first television appearance, Kaisy Khademi’s big night was ruined by Ijaz Ahmed who claimed a narrow majority decision in their super-flyweight ten-rounder at the Copper Box in East London.