Callum Smith has admitted he is not a fan fellow British light heavyweight Ben Whittaker’s polarising antics. Alongside his undoubted capability in the ring, Whittaker has become known for his incessant showboating and goading of opponents – which Smith described as “disrespectful.” Known as ‘The Surgeon’, the 2020 Olympic silver medalist has won all seven of his professional bouts to date, with five victories coming by way of stoppage. He achieved international attention in February this year, after clips of him simultaneously dancing and countering Khalid Graidia went viral online. But despi ..read more

Ryan Garcia scored a superb win at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, as he dropped Devin Haney three times on the way to an impressive majority decision win in their meeting. The build-up to the fight had been bizarre to say the least, with Garcia showing several strange behaviours, and that culminated to him missing weight by three pounds, meaning that he would be unable to win Haney’s WBC super lightweight title on the night. Haney had reigned as undisputed lightweight champion, and moved up in weight for his most recent outing, a landslide points win against Regis Prograis last December. Gar ..read more

Sam Noakes took the vacant European lightweight title, going the distance for the first time in a dominant points win against Yvan Mendy on a Frank Warren-promoted card at York Hall on Saturday. Noakes (14-0, 13 KOs) had never previously been past nine rounds as a professional, acquiring the British, Commonwealth titles and WBC International Silver belts on the way to building a perfect record. Mendy (48-7-1, 22 KOs) had previously served as European champion, and had only previously lost in good company. Noakes was well on top through the first half of the fight, and then cranked up the press ..read more

A real grudge match heads a card at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn this Saturday night, as Devin Haney puts his WBC super lightweight title on the line against Ryan Garcia. Matchroom promote Haney vs Garcia, and the bill is live world-wide on DAZN pay per view. Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) has been flawless as a professional thus far, and after a run as WBC lightweight champion from 2019 to 2021, Haney then won all four major sanctioning body belts in Australia in June 2022, taking a clear points win against George Kambosos Jr. Although Kambosos Jr exercised his right to a rematch, the sequel saw an ..read more

Sam Noakes attempts to keep his perfect record in tact at York Hall this Saturday evening, as he looks to add the vacant European lightweight title to his collection with a win over the tough veteran, Yvan Mendy. Queensberry promote Noakes vs Mendy, and TNT Sports televise the bill in the UK. Noakes (13-0, 13 KOs) has passed every test to date as a pro with flying colours, and the furthest distance he has been is into the ninth round, when he halted Shaun Cooper in December 2021. Since then, he has added the Commonwealth crown to his WBC International Silver strap, stopping Calvin McCord in fo ..read more

As the undisputed heavyweight world title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleskandr Usyk draws ever nearer, boxing fans will be crossing their fingers in the hope that there are no further delays. The historic clash between Fury and Usyk was due to take place in February, however was pushed back after the Brit sustained a deep cut above the eye less than two weeks out. So severe was the wound that many feared the rescheduled date of May 18th could prove to be too soon for ‘The Gypsy King’, though it appears to have healed exceptionally well. However, his promoter Frank Warren has stated the delay ..read more

At the head of a Top Rank promoted show at American Bank Centre in Corpus Christi, Jared Anderson remained unbeaten, and defended his WBC USA and WBO International heavyweight titles with a drab ten round decision win against the unambitious Ryad Merhy. Anderson (17-0, 15 KOs) came into the bout with Merhy with all but one of his previous bouts not making the final bell, his last a fifth round stoppage of Andrii Rudenko last August. Merhy (32-3, 26 KOS) was coming off a career-best win against Tony Yoka in Paris last December, and was expected to test Anderson, but in truth he was more content ..read more

Zelfa Barrett took the vacant WBA International super featherweight title at the Manchester Arena, and moved closer to another world title shot as he wore Jordan Gill down to record a tenth round stoppage win. Barrett (31-2, 17 KOs) had come into this one looking to get back to world level, having been stopped in nine by Shavjatdzhon Rakhimov in November 2022 in a bid for the IBF world title, but the Manchester man had win three on the spin since that setback. Gill (28-3-1, 9 KOs) had breathed new life into his career after a shattering stoppage loss to Kiko Martinez in October 2022, stopping ..read more

At the top of a Wasserman-promoted card at York Hall, Charlie Edwards took the vacant WBC International Silver bantamweight title with a clear points win over ten rounds against Georges Ory. Edwards had seen his career stall after vacating his WBC flyweight title in 2019, fighting only twice after, due to injury and promotional issues. France’s Ory had previously served as a European and IBO champion and was looking to climb back up the rankings himself. Edwards (19-1, 7 KOs), who had brother Sunny in his corner with head trainer Stephen Smith, used his height to his advantage almost from the ..read more

Tommy Fury has labelled Jake Paul’s clash with Mike Tyson as “disgraceful” and claimed that he would never entertain a fight with the former undisputed heavyweight champion. Paul is set to have his fourth bout since defeat to Fury last February when he faces Tyson on July 20 at the AT&T Stadium in Texas, live on Netflix. The YouTuber-turned-boxer insists both him and Tyson, who will be 58-years-old by the time the pair step into the ring, want their clash to be sanctioned as a professional bout rather than as an exhibition. Fury, who is the only man to ever beat the 27-year-old in his 10-f ..read more