Anthony Joshua v Oleksandr Usyk

Anthony Joshua loses all his belts to Oleksandr Usyk

Yet again we will have to wait for a rematch to see if AJ can reclaim all his belts after losing them to a much better boxer in Oleksandr Usyk

• Anthony Joshua's second reign as heavyweight champion has come to an end after defeat by Oleksandr Usyk .
• The British star came unstuck against former unified cruiserweight champion Usyk in Tottenham, London .
• Joshua, 31, was unable to find his range with Usyk's surgical precision bamboozling the heavyweight king. 
• The three ringside judges scored the fight 117-112, 116-112, 115-113 in the Ukrainian star's favour.
• Joshua's defeat in London has served a devastating blow to his £200million mega-fight with Tyson Fury.

This is the 2nd time a run of the mill fight on his path to a re-unification of ALL the Heavyweight belts has been stopped by a loss. The first being to Andy Ruiz Jr. Anthony Joshua lost all three of his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles after being stopped in the seventh round by huge outsider Andy Ruiz Jr at Madison Square Gardens in New York. You can watch the re-match here on my site > AJ reclaims his belts from Ruiz Jr.

With Anthony Johnson just losing all his belts yet again to Oleksandr Usyk by unanimous decision after being outfoxed and out boxed by the speedy Ukrainian over 12 rounds in Tottenham just a week before the Trilogy of fights between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder were about to fight, it looked like their bout would not be happening, and an all English Heavyweight Unification fight would not occur at all.

Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk - Full Fight From Sky Sports

You can watch Anthony Joshua getting demolished here if you want. It was a real shock to UK fans and probably AJ himself to find he was on the losing side yet again and will have to hope to reclaim his title belts in a re-match yet again!

Whether AJ has the skill to train and then beat Usyk before Tyson retires I don't know, but the plan was for Tyson to have one more fight to re-unify all the belts and had it been two Englishmen boxing for that event which we haven't seen in a long time.

It would have been amazing for English Boxing especially if they had fought in the UK. Maybe at Wembley or the O2 arena, can you imagine it, a UK fight, fought at a time fit for English people not American's so that we don't have to stay up until 5am to watch a scrap in Las Vegas. The queues for tickets would have stretched for miles and miles.

What did you think of the fight? 

Has AJ lost it after this 2nd defeat in 3 fights?

Will he be able to re-claim his belts in a re-match with Usyk? Or will h never hold a title belt again?

Could AJ beat Fury if they did fight?

Would you prefer to see AJ fighting Fury, or a rematch with Usyk?

Do you want AJ to reclaim all his belts before an all UK fight to re-unify ALL the heavyweight belts fought somewhere in the UK?

Personally I want to see a re-unification fight for ALL the belts, whoever holds them, and then for all the heavyweight belts to be scrapped and just one heavyweight belt made that the winner gets. Let's join up the WBA, WBO, WBC, IBF, IBO titles and any others like the Lineal title and Ring Magazine belts. So that there is only ever one Heavyweight champion which would mean boxers had no excuse to ignore fights and keep one belt and all would be fighting to get that single no 1 spot in the world. 

Having too many heavyweight belts (also any division), makes it seem watered down to me. When AJ had a set of belts but no-one would fight him, and he had trouble getting the fights he wanted, with one belt this would not happen. Tell me what you think?

Amir Khan Talks About Whether He Quitted During The Terence Crawford Fight

Did Amir Khan Quit During The Terence Crawford Fight

Amir Khan talks here about the constant low blows he received from Terence Crawford during the fight he had to quit during a low blow punch to the groin.

What do you think?

Did he quit or did the low blows from a cheat (if true), stop the fight?

Let us know in the comment box.

One of my favourite UFC fights as Israel Adesanya fights Anderson Silva

Israel Adesanya v Anderson Silva

Some people said after this fight that the respect shown between fighters and to the Dojo meant that UFC could become one of the most respected martial arts. 

People say that MMA is a Mixed Martial Art as it takes parts of Kick Boxing, BJJ, Wrestling, and other martial arts, and fighters have to use all of them. However as it's becoming more and more usual for a UFC fighter to have to know both key components of MMA (Stand Up Fighting - the best parts of Kick Boxing/Muay Thai/Taekwondo) and (Floor Fighting - the best parts of BJJ, Wrestling, Jujitsu) to succeed in the octagon, then one day it will become a martial art on its own.

Just watch at the end the respect shown between Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva, as they both kneel and pray on the cage floor, and hug each other for ages. I sure would love to know what Anderson was saying to Izzy for about 3 minutes in his ear after the fight. I wonder if Izzy will ever let us know?

I love this fight because Spiderman, Anderson Silva was my favourite MMA fighter before Israel Adesanya came along. Israel is undefeated at the Middleweight so far and faces his toughest fight yet tonight at UFC 248 against Yoel Romero for the middleweight belt. That fight is yet to happen as I write this but will be posted on the site for sure whatever the outcome.

Will Israel Adesanya become the next UFC's Spiderman or will someone else take that special title.

It just goes to show you don't have to be a ripped triangle chicken chest on steroids to fight. Skinny black dudes can do just as well, and Israel has all the right attributes being skinny, so there is less of a target to hit, and having long spindly arms and legs, which gives him reach advantage, and means anyone wanting to get close to him for a takedown attempt is likely to be spotted and struck before being able to. 

Izzy is very good at spotting and defending against takedowns, and if you don't get him on the floor in the centre of the Octagon. You will just waste your time against the cage as he can spread his long legs so wide that the attacker has a big problem trying to trip him up and get him to the floor.

For me, the best moment of watching a Spiderman fight, was when he was trying to put his opponent off by moving his hands about in front of him, not blocking but just trying to make the other fighter not know his next move. 

It always seemed like brilliant skill, when kicks or punches came his way but he just avoided them by inches as if they were nothing, putting the attacker off, that was until he got too cocky against Chris Weidman, and got sparked right out. Lesson learned.

However unless Izzy reigns for a long time, Anderson Silva will certainly go down in history as maybe the best Middleweight UFC fighter ever.

So here is the full fight between Anderson Silva and Israel Adesanya and you could see at the end of the fight the respect both fighters had for each other.

The original English Version video got taken down so I have had to replace it with a good video but with Spanish Commentary. I have also put up an official fight highlights video as well in case that gets removed as well.

Israel Adesanya v Anderson Silva - Full Fight

 Israel Adesanya fights Anderson Silva - Official Fight Highlights

Let me know in the comments about your best Anderson Silva moments during his career. He is a GOAT, still fighting at 42!

Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz

Anthony Joshua Opponents are all Ducking Fights and Big Pay Days

Anthony Joshua is fighting Andy Ruiz, an almost unknown, on Saturday in New York at Madison Square Garden putting his titles, the WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion belt on the line to fight what is a bit of a disappointing opponent

There were loads of offers made to other fighters of millions, more than they had ever made to fight Joshua but for one or another reason they all turned him down. He was supposed to be fighting Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller on the card but he failed multiple drug tests that brought Miller's chance to an end.

Tyson Fury and Detony Wilder who put Fury on his ass twice, don't even seem concerned about unifying the belts and fighting AJ, even for their biggest pay day. I can only think it is due to their knowing that they will lose and probably by a KO.

Better to stay out of his way as long as possible their idea seems.

Therefore we have a British Champion with 4 belts ready to put them on the line yet no other top contender in the division will fight him. No money is enough it seems.

I always hate the fact that no matter how good our boxers are and how many title belts they have and willing to put on the line they must always cross the Atlantic to fight in either Las Vegas or New York to prove themselves to the US public who from FB chats I've seen are all Detonay Wilder fans and think hes the dogs bollox, yet their hero won't cross the Atlantic for what should be an explosive unifying belt fight OR  they complain about the money their offered to fight despite not having as many belts as AJ. Excuses, excuses.

It annoys me for 3 reasons.

1.  I have to stay up til 5am sometimes for the title fight and the last time I did that I was so disappointed to see Amir Khan throw in the towel after not waiting his full 5 minutes due to a low blow from his opponent Terence Crawford.
2. It's not worth the PPV money to watch all those preliminary fights and then see the main attraction become a low blowout. This is why I use the tips and apps you can get here on free Pay Per View Boxing. Watch the Football between Liverpool and Spurs first and then switch over to watch the boxing which won't get to the main event til about 4-5am.
3. Why is all brilliant British Boxers have to go to the US to prove themselves by winning a fight. No top US boxer comes to the O2 or Wembley to fight Anthony Joshua do they. No every top boxer from Nigel Benn to Joe Calzaghe and Ricky hit man Hatton have had to traipse across the Atlantic to prove their worth, no matter how many belts they have in front of a US crowd.

So if you are willing stay up and hopefully watch a KO before the 4th round then you can pay or you can pay the man at the free Pay Per View Boxing page to set up your TV and Phone to watch for free. I am not wasting any money if there is a chance of a cheating low blow fighter making the opponent throw in the towel.

If you want to watch the live press conference which was held just a few hours ago across the pond then here you go.

And if you want to watch the variety of sports and techniques AJ puts into his practise and warm ups then check this out.

Full fight will hopefully be up and not taken down ASAP within a couple of days unless you are prepared for foreign commentary. Keep looking and carry on your AJ v Wilder / Fury debate in the comments below..

UFC 235: Jon Jones and Anthony Smith Octagon

UFC 235: Jon Jones and Anthony Smith Octagon

UFC 235 was last weekend and it was a great night for MMA fans, women who were celebrating International Women's Day can be proud that I turned over for the undercard and saw two women, Marion Reneau and Yana Kunitskaya kicking, punching, and beating the hell out of each other.... or maybe was that supposed to be ironic?

Anyway, the 2nd top fight of the night for me personally was the heavyweight slugfest between Blagoy Ivanov and Ben Rothwell which really was a fight to the death, and to be honest either man could have won that fight as it was fought with balls of steel and no-one wanted to taste defeat.

You can see this fight below, I won't spoil the result if you don't already know it but you may be shocked!

Balgoi Ivanov v Ben Rothwell - Full Fight

Please excuse the Russian commentary but YouTube is YouCensor nowadays so you get what you can!

The main fight was between Derick Lewis v Don Santos and it was a major upset as the in shape Don Santos seemed to pick apart the less fit Derrick Lewis and he hit him with some heavy gut shots that obviously took the wind out of his sails and put him on the back foot.

It was only a matter of time before Don Santos got his TKO when he moved in with a punch, stunned Lewis, and then started hammer fisting him before the referee stepped in.

You can watch the fight highlights between Derick Lewis v Don Santos below.

Derick Lewis V Don Santos - Full Fight

However, the best fight on that night I thought was between Jon Jones and Anthony Smith.

Jones kept his belt and his record as one of the best fighters about and during the match he used all his weaponry from head kicks, spinning back kicks, elbows, grappling and even an axe kick was thrown at one point.

He really was no match for his opponent Anthony Lionheart Smith who could not fight in the way his corner team kept instructing him to.

He was constantly trying to move away, never attacking, and only survived to a points decision by absorbing Jones's attacks somehow and not submitting or being knocked out.

For me, it was the fight of the night, and the post-fight interview showed how much respect Jones had for Smith when he congratulated him for taking so many hard blows from head to toe.

Jon "Bones" Jones v Anthony Smith - Full Fight  

You can watch the post-fight interview can be seen below between Jon Jones and Joe Rogan below.

 

Tell me what you thought of UFC 235?

Who was your best fight between and why did you stay up all night to watch it?

DeGale versus Chris Eubank Jnr

DeGale versus Chris Eubank Jnr

Will we finally get to see an explosive knockout finish to one of the first top UK fights of 2019 between James DeGale and Chris Eubank Jnr? 

The end of last year was pretty disappointing as we didn't get any KO finishes to our top fights.

I was hoping to see a KO finish between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder but it didn't happen and if it had it looked like it would have been the Gypsy King getting knocked out in the US.

Again there was no explosive finish between Frampton and Warrington in their recent clash, again it was decided on points.

So this time I am hoping Chris Eubank Jnr can finally supply us with a KO finish to this fight and we don't have to wait 12 rounds for another points decision.

You can watch the full press conference below and then some chat from the fighters and a workout from DeGale.

 

Here is a recent interview with Eubank Jnr taken after the main conference where he discusses fighting DeGale and his reply to comments that the loser should have to retire and not carry on boxing if they lose.

He also discusses the recent loss by Groves and also comments on the recent Tyson Fury draw in America.

He clearly thinks he can beat DeGale and reckons he will take him out in "Spectacular Fashion".

Watch the full interview here.



So Eubank Jnr thinks he will destroy DeGale but James DeGale's trainer Jim McDonnell thinks Chris Eubank is a "pretty basic fighter" and that DeGale has the upper edge in this upcoming fight.


Here is a taste of what Chris Eubank will face in the ring.

Watch a recent heavy bag workout from James DeGale now.



Let me know what you think and who will win in the comments section!

Full Fight Between Carl Frampton and Josh Warrington

Full Fight Between Carl Frampton and Josh Warrington

This is a video of the full fight between Carl Frampton and Josh Warrington, just in case you missed it at the weekend. It was a great fight with Josh Warrington coming out on top.

They were brave fighters, with no trash talk beforehand, showing each other lots of respect and putting boxing back where it belongs.

Without the hype, the face offs, the stupid press conferences and so on as we have seen in so many previous boxing matches where the hype was just too much.

They did their talking in the ring. 

Watch the full Josh Warrington v Carl Framptom Full Fight Below


 

MMA Fighter almost KO's himself with spinning kick then gets knocked out by one

MMA Fighter almost KO's himself with spinning kick then gets knocked out by one

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Clovis Hancock fought Nikolay Veretennikov in an MMA contest LFA 7 on Friday and it didn't go too well.

He came out in the first round and tried to finish it early with a fancy capoeira kick, totally missed, and nearly knocked himself out on the floor.

You don't and shouldn't start a fight like that in almost every book written about the sport.



Clovis Hancock could have been jumped on by Nikolay and finished there and then, but his opponent actually said this about not doing exactly that.

Hancock’s opponent, Veretennikov (4-2) was so stunned by how terrible that looked that he didn’t know how to react, except to raise his hand in the air like, “Nah.”

Well at least Nikolay came for a fight and not an easy bloody blob on the floor in round one.

However worst of all the fight was ended by a kick to the head of Clovis Hancock in round 3. 


Golden Rule, don't try fancy kicks if you are not going to pull them off accurately.

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Tony Bellew vs David Haye full fight

Tony Bellew vs David Haye full fight

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Well I am glad I put David Haye v Tony Bellew in a TKO/KO before 12th round as the price for a win was pathetic plus I was going to chose David Haye to win! 

They threw in the towel in the 11th round saying he could no longer continue. So I got the first leg right and whoever wins in the Joshua fight as long as it doesn't go the full length I get some money.

Anthony Joshua was the other double and he is due to fight Wladimir Klitschko soon. I put them both in won't go the distance bets as there is no telling who will really win only that they are all good fighters and someone will get a punch on the chin during the fight sometime.

This is a post fight interview with Tony Bellew

David Haye basically got battered from round one and how he held on to round 11 I don't know. 

The number of missed punches was in the thousands I think and at the end Hayes hands were at his hips and he looked no different from a mental patient as he fell through the ropes for the 2nd time that round just before the towel was thrown in. 

I give it to him though he's got some courage and even with his calf injury he was still willing to stand and fight. Even if that meant him just swaying about in the ring trying to duck and weave the bombs thrown at him by Bellew. 

Even as he was getting back through the ropes the 2nd time to fight and the towel had been thrown in he was still up for a fight.

The problem with David is his arms are too short so he can't just stand and jab his opponent away and Klitschko showed that to great effect when they fought earlier. David Haymaker Haye I call him as he has to throw them bombs to get his hands near an opponent so much further away.

In the 11th round he was no different from a patient on a mental ward. Head dozing downwards, both arms at his waist but still Bellew didn't finish him off as he could and should have done.

Haye was put through the ropes twice in the 11th round and on the 2nd occasion as he was trying to get back through them his team through the towel in.

David has to find spots were he can get in and jab and get away without being blown away. He needs to find gaps in the other fighters tiredness and then blow him away with a volley of accurate shots.

The thing is that didn't happen and Bellew was lucky they threw in the towel as he seemingly wasn't going to finish it off.

The full fight was taken down by YouTube / Sky etc, you have to be quick if you don't have the sports on your TV and want to watch from YouTube videos. We had 4 full fights up here the day after and now they are all gone - their channels banned too probably.

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Anthony Joshua - 2017 Highlights & Knockouts

Anthony Joshua - 2017 Highlights & Knockouts

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We have some boxing legends from the TV here taking a look at the big punching heavyweight machine, 'AJ' Anthony Joshua's best Highlights and Knockouts from his career 2013-2017 so far in full ultra HD 60fps.

Remember he is soon to fight Wladimir Klitschko so get ready and your betting strategy to make some money as 1.14 to win isn't exactly a lot so you will need to add some horses from Cheltenham and football from the Euro Championship and Premiership to make some decent money.



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David Haye vs Tony Bellew The Final Face to Face

David Haye vs Tony Bellew Face to Face before this fight.

Who will win?

Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko Winner Betting Odds

Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko Winner Betting Odds

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These are the latest odds for the fight between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko at the end of the month.

All prices to win and it looks like Anthony Joshua is well backed in this fight with 2/5 being the best you will probably get unless one of them pulls out with a broken hand. A mixed accumulator with some horses from Cheltenham starting tomorrow might be the way to make money.

Pick your best horses, boxers, football teams from the Euros and Cheltenham and then instead of one acca, or put a pound on for luck.

Instead you do 200 quads or trebles at 50p or £1.

Pick quality teams and people and you can just cash out if you need the money. I had a 12 team acca and two teams Barcelona (can you believe it) and Roma, lost which really pi$$ed me off. I still made 8 times my stake at least though. Worth looking into.

View up to date prices here: oddschecker.com/boxing.

Conor McGregor's Boxing Skills

Conor McGregor's Boxing Skills

This is a collation of the two belt, UFC superstar and current champion Conor McGregor's


Showing off his Boxing Skills

Conor McGregor and his sparring wars

Conor McGregor and his sparring wars

2 belt weight UFC champion, Conor McGregor, is here at work showing off his highlights and skills in sparring.

UFC RETURNS TO ENGLAND!

UFC RETURNS TO ENGLAND

The UFC returns to the 02 arena on March 18th

UFC Fight Night London tickets are now on general sale.

FIND TICKETS FROM TICKETMASTER

FIND TICKETS FROM THE O2

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UFC Trash Talk

UFC - Trash Talk

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Here is some of the latest trash talk from the mad crazy world of UFC fighting.

UFC 208: ‘You quit much earlier than me, p*ssy’

Holly Holm doesn’t want her career defined by Ronda Rousey win

Daniel Cormier confident Anthony Johnson will quit at UFC 210

ABC rules committee passes limited use of instant replay in MMA

Yoel Romero wants to make Michael Bisping pay for trash talk

New Nevada athletic commissioner works for Fertitta-owned Station Casinos

Read the whole article here > mmafighting.com

The Best Of Trash Talk - Conor McGregor with Nate Diaz

The Best Of Trash Talk - Conor McGregor

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The trash talk before and during Connor's matches are some of the most enjoyable things to watch in pre-match fights.

Notorious BIG and Conor McGregor take on Nate Diaz

There are some great lines from the last few years and I'm sure we will get to enjoy some new ones in next year!

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Some of the craziest WWE fights on board - Reigns lets Lana eat cake

Some of the craziest WWE fights on board - Reigns lets Lana eat cake

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Stephanie McMahon - WWE and Paul "Triple H" Levesque have come a long way since then and this blog helps to show you some of the highlights over the year from the Hulk to the Undertaker.

So sit back and enjoy your prime cooked American steak as you watch some old clips.