Live in the present
[ad_1] A viral video of British heavyweight boxer Derek Chisora has seen the upcoming fight between YouTuber Jake Paul and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson the target of even more ridicule. On Friday, it was reported the pair would fight an exhibition bout screened on Netflix, despite the 57-year-old Tyson being 30 years older than … Read more
[ad_1] Mark Schleibs is vowing to score one of Australian boxing’s greatest ever upsets via left hook after working closely with the Filipino legend famed for them. While he may be a heavy underdog in Wednesday night’s showdown against undefeated Australian star Sam Goodman, Schleibs insists he will KO the world’s No.1 ranked super bantamweight … Read more
[ad_1] Curtis Scott has no problem conceding up to 20kg against Joey Leilua in Wednesday night’s hyped footy brawl, cackling: “I don’t know which chin I’m supposed to hit”. The 2017 Melbourne premiership winner has also hit back at Leilua claiming he can’t remember the pair ever crossing paths on a footy field — “he … Read more
[ad_1] Sam Goodman and the big-talking Mark Schleibs are set to deliver plenty of fireworks at the press conference as the two prepare to come to blows on Wednesday. Goodman and Schleibs headline a bumper double header card in Wollongong alongside popular Aussie knockout artist Issac Hardman, who takes on Endry Saavedra. Goodman v Schleibs … Read more
[ad_1] American superstar Keith Thurman was more than halfway through an online press event with Tim Tszyu on Friday morning when, having drunk several times from a drink bottle filled with green juice, and then eaten from a bowl of food which sat somewhere off-screen, he finally noted the obvious. “Tim, I see the shiner,” … Read more
[ad_1] Sam Goodman and Mark Schleibs have almost come to blows during an open workout to promote next Wednesday’s Pay-Per-View headliner, with the latter accused of butchering “thousands” and what should be the biggest payday of his career. Only five days out from their Wollongong Entertainment Centre headliner, Schleibs and Goodman have traded almost 20 … Read more
[ad_1] AFL legend Barry Hall is ready to make a comeback to Australian heavyweight boxing, and has challenged either Paul Gallen or Sonny Bill Williams to take a hyped footy fight with him “tomorrow”. On a night where Sydneysider Anton Markovic may have punched his way into a headliner against breakout Australian star Nikita Tszyu, … Read more
[ad_1] He may never have fought on television before, but rising New Zealand prospect Viliami Liavaa will tonight have an audience stretching all the way across to Las Vegas – and a home just off the strip, playing host to Team Tszyu. As first revealed by Fox Sports Australia, 22-year-old Liavaa will almost certainly earn … Read more
[ad_1] Initially, Viliami Liavaa was going to be a rugby star. But that dream? Well, it was over by age eight. “I was just too much of a hothead,” cackles the now promising New Zealand super welterweight. A fighter who, still only 22, has in the past 24 hours been catapulted from hopeful undercard fighter … Read more
[ad_1] Australia’s first major boxing show of 2024 has descended into chaos — and the main event cancelled — after headliner Renold Quinlan hit the scales almost five kilos heavy for his bout against Sydney ‘KO King’ Bilal Akkawy. The two camps almost got physical at the official weigh-ins inside Fox Sports’ Sydney studios, with … Read more