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495: TORNADO TIME

This week we have a right treat on our hands in Josh Taylor vs Jose Ramirez. The best against the best, champion vs champion, for everything in the super lightweight division.   We give you an extended preview to the…

494: HOUSTON ROCKET

Houston, Texas, is the destination for UFC 262 and one man has the opportunity to etch his name in history if he becomes the new lightweight world champion. In only his second UFC fight Michael Chandler has hit the franchise…

493: NO EASY WAY OUT

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez reminded the world there are levels to the game. From the way he conducted himself with the media to the brutal face smashing finish, he is without doubt the very best in the world. The discussion points…

492: CZECH THE SPINNING HELLBOW

If Jiri Prochazka is not your new favourite UFC fighter then what the hell are you doing here?! The man from the Czech Republic put on a sensational performance against former title challenger Dominick Reyes to announce himself as the…

491: SUNNY DELIGHT

As the manner in which to win a world title go, Sunny Edwards putting on a masterclass against Moruti Mthalane is a fine example.   From start to finish the young Brit put on a masterclass and introduced himself to…

490: FANS AND FINISHES

The greatest card of all time? Recency bias? Whatever. UFC261 lived up to and then exceeded all our expectations at the weekend delivering stellar moment after stellar moment. Is Kamaru Usman the P4P number 1?  Is Can anybody beat Valentina…

489: JUDGE DREAD

There’s plenty of fantastic things to talk about from the weekends boxing and we most certainly do but for us enough is enough when it comes to shocking score cards from British judges. Once again at the weekend we saw…

488: BOBBY DAZZLER

The fans are back this weekend in Florida for UFC 261 and there’s three world title fights to preview. Ahead of all that though we have to wax lyrical about Robert Whittaker’s flawless performance against Kelvin Gastelum and how a…

487: HIT THE JAKE POT

What a mad weekend for boxing. Jake Paul made more money fighting Ben Askren than an actual world champion defending his belt on Saturday night??!! With robots on ring walks and intoxicated legends stealing the headlines it may have passed…

486: NOT SO MARVELLOUS MARVIN

It was supposed to be the moment that the middleweight division got themselves a new contender for Israel Adesanya but Marvin Vettori didn’t read the script. Yes, he won.  Is anybody high on the fact he should be next for…