Ed Warner: Seb Coe, Gary Glitter and the most powerful job in sport September 19, 2024 Seb Coe, newly confirmed as one of seven candidates for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is regarded as a serial vote winner. It wasn’t always thus. Witness his single term in office as the MP for Falmouth and Camborne in Cornwall, ousted by Candy Atherton as Labour swept to power in 1997. [...]
Watch: Guy Ritchie’s short film for Joshua-Dubois fight night September 5, 2024 Guy Ritchie has made a short film to promote this month’s bumper boxing card at Wembley headlined by Anthony Joshua’s fight with Daniel Dubois. Joshua, Dubois, Hamzah Sheeraz, Josh Kelly, Liam Smith and other British boxers set to feature on the 21 September card appear in the film, titled Touching Hands. The short draws on [...]
Joshua v Dubois promoter aims to surpass record Wembley crowd of 94,000 August 27, 2024 The show on 21 September has sold out of its initial allocation of 90,000 tickets but an application has now been made to local authorities to increase capacity.
Matchroom gets the Drive to Survive treatment in Netflix series August 21, 2024 Barry Hearn, Eddie Hearn and the Matchroom sports promotions empire are to feature in a new Netflix documentary series from the makers of Drive To Survive. The fly-on-the-wall show has a working title of Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen and is being produced by Box to Box, whose success has made them the go-to sports docs [...]
Who is Cindy Ngamba, the Cameroon-born British-based gay boxer? August 8, 2024 It is fair to say that Team GB’s boxing record at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has not been up to scratch. But one athlete who has trained with the Brits, Cindy Ngamba, has guaranteed herself at least a bronze medal. But Ngamba is not fighting for Great Britain. Instead she’ll box for the Refugee [...]
Mayor Sadiq Khan targets another London Olympics and in talks over NBA return July 26, 2024 Sadiq Khan has reiterated that he wants to bring the Olympics back to London as he embarks on a charm offensive to show that the city is “the undisputed sporting capital of the world”. The Mayor of London spoke to City A.M. on Friday while travelling to Paris, where he will use the current Games [...]
Usyk gives up IBF belt as Joshua and Dubois agree Wembley bout June 26, 2024 Undisputed boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has voluntarily given up his IBF heavyweight belt to ensure Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois have a prize to fight for in September. The clash between the two brits was confirmed on Wednesday in Wembley ahead of the fight on 21 September. “Anthony and Daniel, listen. I know the IBF [...]
Daniel Dubois 22-2 career boxing record IN FULL June 25, 2024 Daniel Dubois battered Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium last year, knocking the Brit out in a dominant performance. And his 22-2 record is impressive. He takes on Joseph Parker in the latest edition of Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia this weekend. He has won 21 fights by knockout and one by decision while the Londoner’s [...]
Anthony Joshua 28-4 career boxing record IN FULL June 25, 2024 With Anthony Joshua losing to Daniel Dubois in front of a British record 96,000 crowd at Wembley Stadium at the weekend, what does his professional record look like? Joshua has 28 wins in his career, 25 by knockout and three by decision. He has lost two fights by knockout and two by decision. Joshua full [...]
Tyson Fury 34-1-1 career boxing record IN FULL ahead of Usyk Riyadh Season bout June 25, 2024 The Gypsy King Tyson Fury will be eager to get back to winning ways after his loss to Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia. He takes on the Ukrainian this weekend in the Kingdom Riyadh Season’s biggest fight to date. He has won 34 of his 36 fights; 24 of those have come by knockout and [...]