Former super middleweight world champion, Anthony Mundine, is the current WBC Silver light middleweight champion and is the mandatory challenger for Floyd Mayweather Jr’s WBC light middleweight strap. Recently Anthony Mundine was due to fight Austin Trout, however sadly for the Australian Mundine, the fight fell through. Last week Anthony Mundine wrote an open letter…
Detroit native Johnathon Banks must have one of the most interesting roles currently in Heavyweight boxing. Not only is he a ranked heavyweight himself with a record of 29-3-1, he is also the trainer of RING/IBO/WBO/IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko. Banks had been recommended to Wladimir Klitschko by the late great Emanuel Steward for one…
Abel Sanchez has quietly gone about his career as a trainer, gradually becoming recognized as one of the best trainers in world boxing. Sanchez, who trains his fighters at The Summit gym in California has many previous world champions including; Terry Norris, Carlos Manuel Baldomir, Miguel Angel Gonzalez and Samuel Peter. Abel’s extensive stable includes…
Former light heavyweight world champion, Jean Pascal, is back on the hunt for a world title after a defeat to Sergey Kovalev in March. Jean is fighting on the undercard of Sergey Kovalev vs Nadjib Mohammedi on the 25th of July against unbeaten Yunieski Gonzalez. I had the good fortune to catch up with the…
Kathy Duva, promoter and CEO of Main Events has the likes of Light Heavyweight World Champion, Sergey Kovalev and undefeated heavyweight Vyacheslav Glazkov. I was lucky enough to grab some time with Kathy, where we talked about why they pulled out of the purse bid for Adonis Stevenson, possible mega fight with Andre Ward and…
Irish middleweight Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan is fast becoming a force in the industrious middleweight division. Four stoppages in his last four fights, “Spike’s” career seems to be gaining steam since a unanimous decision loss to Billy Joe Saunders nearly two years ago. O’Sullivan’s most recent success came in Boston, with a 2nd round KO over…
Chris Sanigar is the manager and trainer of recently crowned IBF Featherweight World Champion, Lee Selby. Chris is also preparing another of his fighters for a World title, the fighter in question is Bristol Bantamweight, Lee Haskins, who fights Ryosuke Iwasa for the vacant IBF belt in Bristol on June the 13th. Chris being a…
Peter Sims is one of the UK’s most respected trainers and corner man in British boxing, working with the likes of Kevin Mitchell and Anthony Joshua. Having recently gained his managers license, he is sighting up some of the most exciting talent in the UK including; Ben hall, Lucien Reid, Craig Richards and Jimmy Cooper….
