Matt Bozeat

4 days ago | boxingnewsonline.net | Matt Bozeat

THE undercard of Deontay Wilder’s comeback fight on Friday night features another knockout specialist who is targeting heavyweight history. Only John L Sullivan has won heavyweight titles in both gloved and bareknuckle boxing and ‘The Cuban Assassin’ wants to put his name alongside the ‘Boston Strong Boy’ in the history books.

1 week ago | boxingnewsonline.net | Matt Bozeat

PAULIE Malignaggi, the former two-weight world champion who fought Ricky Hatton, Amir Khan and Miguel Cotto, is going to fight again – in bareknuckle boxing’s trigon. Malignaggi has signed a three-fight deal with BYB Extreme and is expected to fight in the UK in September. His last gloved boxing match was in London, an eight-round KO loss to Sam Eggington at the O2 Arena on the undercard of Tony Bellew-David Haye in March, 2017. That left his record 36-8 (7).

2 weeks ago | boxingnewsonline.net | Matt Bozeat

FLOYD Mayweather inspired him to fight – and Brian Muwenge says he plans to be a heavyweight version of ‘Pretty Boy.’ The 2019 and 2021 Development super-heavyweight champion launches his pro career this month. Manager Costas Evangelou has put the 28-year-old from Stonebridge on his show at Harrow Leisure Centre on Saturday, June 28. Muwenge turns over after a 16-8 amateur career with All Stars ABC after deciding to become a fighter a decade ago.

2 weeks ago | boxingnewsonline.net | Matt Bozeat

THERE’S another clash between heavyweights from England and Ukraine before Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk decide the undisputed championship at Wembley Stadium next month. Neilson Boxing and TM 14 have matched unbeatens Gideon Antwi and Dorin Krasmaru against each other over six rounds on their show at the York Hall on Saturday, June 28. Antwi, a North Londoner with Ghanaian heritage, is 2-0, Krasmaru is 4-0 (2 KOs) and both have solid amateur pedigrees.

2 weeks ago | boxingnewsonline.net | Matt Bozeat

DANNY ‘Hurricane’ Quartermaine has banked the rounds he needed ahead of the biggest night of his career. The WBO and IBF European super-featherweight champion took a short-notice job against Jayro Fernando Duran (15-39-1) in Birmingham on Saturday and won all six rounds. That was his first outing since his fight with Jack Bateson was ruled a technical draw last December, after heads clashed, and sets up his title defence against unbeaten Royston Barney-Smith in Bournemouth on July 26.