Mike Pickston

Mike Pickston

566: RAK EM UP FOR RAKHMONOV

Two years ago we told you he was going to be a problem and now the whole world seems to have joined us on the Shavkat train. 15 wins. 15 finishes. We review the weekends action as well as looking…

565: A FIGHT OF TWO HALVES

What an odd fight. For 4 rounds Chris Eubank Jr. looked absolute mustard but then things got weird.  He leaves us with maybe more questions than answers after a unanimous points victory over Liam Williams in Cardiff but there’s still…

563: FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

What a circus the Heavyweight division is turning out to be with a weeks worth of step aside dominating the conversation to us punctuating the week with a world record purse bid victory by Frank Warren.  It was something out…

562: POINT PROVEN

“Francis Ngannou can’t win a points decision over Ciryl Gane” Famous last words!   The heavyweight champion showed a few new strings to his bow at UFC270 in order to get the job done against his competitor and now stokes…

561: STEP ASIDE

The big talking point in boxing this week is whether Anthony Joshua will agree to step aside in order to allow Tyson Fury to fight Oleksandr Usyk.. That is the fight we all want so we explore the ins and…

560: COMEBACK KID KATTAR

12 months ago, Calvin Kattar took one hell of a beating at the hands of Max Holloway.  He bounced back at the weekend in emphatic style dishing out a such a beating on Gika Chikadze.  He is back at the…

559: AVERAGE JOE

After a sensational end to 2021 boxing limped back into action at the weekend with a Joe Smith Jr. title defence. The fighter himself, did what he was supposed to do, and that was to beat up the 107th ranked…

558: CAN HENRY HOOVER UP?

Max Holloway is out of his trilogy world title fight with the champion Alex Volkanovski leaving us with one obvious replacement.  Send up the signal for Triple C! Can Henry Cejedo do what no other has done in the UFC…

557: SPLITTING HEADACHE

With there being no in ring boxing action this week the majority of our communities conversations have revolved around the percentages of a purse split in the heavyweight division. Is 80/20 fair? We discuss what we think is happening between…