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728: MMA REVIEW: THE FUTURE IS HERE

Ian Garry is everything he told us he was. The Irishman stole the the show in North Carolina, setting himself up for a top 15 showdown with welterweight gatekeeper Neil Magny next. Jailton Almeida also put the heavyweight division on…

727: BOXING REVIEW: WEEK STOPPAGE

Referee Tony Weeks gift wrapped a world title to a fighter that was not only losing, but should never have been challenging in the first place.   We discuss the cloud over Rolly Romero becoming world champion at the weekend…

726: MMA PREVIEW: BACK TO THE FUTURE

Ian Garry is back this weekend in a fabulous piece of UFC matchmaking where we hope to see just how smart this incredible young fighter is. We preview the whole card from Charlotte, North Carolina, as well as taking a…

725: BOXING PREVIEW: PROGRESS FOR PROGRAIS

Matchroom Boxing landed two knockout blows on their rivals this week with the signing of super-lightweight world champion Regis Prograis and Cuba’s current Olympic gold medallist Andy Cruz. We discuss both those signatures, as well as this weekend’s upcoming boxing…

724: MMA REVIEW: A STERLING PERFORMANCE

As elite MMA contests go, the main event at UFC288 had a little bit of everything without truly catching fire. Henry Cejudo came up short in his attempt to regain the bantamweight crown as Aljamain Sterling came up with all…

723: BOXING REVIEW: TAKEN FOR A RYDE

Canelo made his long awaited return to Mexico and cruised to a unanimous points victory over John Ryder at the weekend in a high production value showcase. In the end, as predicted, it was pretty easy but that wasn’t for…

721: BOXING PREVIEW: ENJOY THE RYDE

As tasks for British fighters abroad go in history, what faces John Ryder at the weekend is right up there with the most monumental. We discuss whether he can pull off a major upset against a modern great in Canelo…

719: BOXING NEWS: BIN THE BELTS

The WBC made public that they would not sanction a fight between their light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dimitry Bivol because the later is from Russia (despite the former also being a Russian native). We give our opinion on…