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Posted on 01/15/2021 By: Sean Crose Former light heavyweight kingpin Sergey Kovalev’s fall from on high continues. Once one of the most rightfully feared fighters in the sport, the 37 year old has dealt with crushing defeats, and legal problems over the past several years. Now the fighter known as “Krusher” is seeing his January 30th battle with Bektemir Melikuziev being cancelled. The reason? Kovalev tested positive for synthetic testosterone in a sample provided to the Voluntary Anti Do...

Association rowing on despite challenges Article by January 11, 2021 The one major issue facing the Rowing Association of Barbados (RAB)right now is finding a permanent home, says president Dr Anthony Yarde. “The boats need to be stored in a space where they can get air. Right now we are storing them in a container and putting back more heat. We need to retrofit the container as a temporary space for the boats. “Then we don’t have anywhere to put the gear or equipment....

Craig 'Spider' Richards discusses why he feels there is no one better than him in the Light Heavyweight division in Britain.

Bunce Diaries: Visions for 2021 Steve Bunce has got his crystal ball at the ready to look ahead to what is already a fascinating year THERE was once a truly sad run of clairvoyant shop fronts on the Atlantic City boardwalk, each with dirty windows, bad lights and a woman hovering by the door offering to tell you your future. In the days before Lennox Lewis and Andrew Golota fought in 1997, I paid a Russian woman 10 dollars in one of those fortune-telling palaces for the result of the fight. “...

Joe Smith Jr faces Maxim Vlasov for the vacant WBO Light Heavyweight world title on February 13 in Las Vegas Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank Joe Smith Jr says he will target a unification clash with Artur Beterbiev, should he successfully claim the vacant WBO Light Heavyweight crown against Maxim Vlasov on February 13. Smith Jr and Vlasov contest the belt vacated by four-weight world champion, Canelo Alvarez inside the Top Rank Bubble in Las Vegas next month. Smith Jr looks to secure a ma...

Jamie Jewitt Backs Ryan Garcia to Defeat Devin Haney Jamie Jewitt Backs Ryan Garcia to Defeat Devin Haney Jamie Jewitt reacts to Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell, discusses the Lightweight division, his 2021 plans and more. Love Island star, boxing fan and possibly soon to be professional prizefighter, Jamie Jewitt joins proboxing-fans.com. Jewitt reflects on Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell after witnessing ‘KingRy’ show his heart to bounce back from the canvas to stop the Briton in the seventh r...

The fight for boxing continues BACK in March, as the mysterious Coronavirus sank its teeth into the world, we at Boxing News were ordered from our desks and out of our old London office. None of us have been back since. The following week we put an issue to press from our respective homes. The coverline – SHUT DOWN – was stark. Days before, the Olympic qualifiers in London were pulled midway through. Huge events in the professional code were indefinitely postponed. Plans to stage fights be...

The Pro Boxing Fans Top Five Fighters of the Year 2020 proboxing-fans.com revisit the 2020 boxing calendar and determine our top five fighters of the past 12 months. Lopez celebrates with father Teofimo Lopez Sr post-fight Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank The year 2020 has been a turbulent one, a global pandemic put the whole world at a standstill. Slowly but surely the global cogs are turning once more and boxing is back in full swing. This year it has been the year of who stays ready in...

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fights in Mike Costellos boxing review of 2020 By Mike CostelloBBC boxing correspondent Last updated on Tyson Fury took the WBC title from Deontay Wilder a month before lockdown began The text message came just after 4pm on Monday, 16 March. "Theyre scrapping qualifier after tonight. Teams just been told" I was eating at the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London, in between sessions of the Olympic boxing qualifying tournament for the European regio...

Canelo Alvarez vs Callum Smith: The question of time Both Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez and super-middleweight champion Callum Smith will believe their fight is coming at the right time for very different reasons, writes Elliot Worsell WHEN Floyd Mayweather outboxed Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for every one of the 12 rounds they shared back in 2013, the lesson in timing he taught the Mexican was about more than just punches landed. In beating into Canelo a part of him, Mayweather revealed to t...