Analysis, features, news plus more – on European football and sports galore!
Ahead of the heavily-anticipated lightweight bout between Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell tonight, now felt like an opportune time to reflect on boxing’s KO of 2021. For me, Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) made his PPV debut a memorable one, winning the WBA super-featherweight title while retaining his WBA lightweight strap vs. Leo Santa Cruz on October 31. Continue reading “2020’s Knockout of the Year: Gervonta Davis’ R6 stunning uppercut vs Leo Santa Cruz”
Highly-rated unbeaten lightweight contender Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) is expecting to knock out Britain’s Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) in their title bout this weekend before moving on to bigger things – hoping to clear out a stacked division that features unbeaten champions: Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs), Devin Haney (25-0, 15 KOs) and Teofimo Lopez (17-0, 12 KOs). Continue reading “Ryan Garcia: I’m not worried about Luke Campbell, here to conquer the lightweight division”
It wasn’t a blistering knockout finish like many predicted. It didn’t need to be. Teofimo Lopez dethroned Vasiliy Lomachenko to become the youngest four-belt world champion ever, aged 23, with a disciplined points (116-112, 119-109, 117-111) victory in the biggest fight of his career. Continue reading “Teofimo Lopez beats Vasiliy Lomachenko on points, new undisputed lightweight champion”
IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez has ramped up bold pre-fight talk ahead of Saturday’s title clash against three-weight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko. Despite making the first defence of his belt in the biggest fight of the 23-year-old’s career to date, Lopez believes he’ll win emphatically and discussed his outspoken nature, itching to stun critics this weekend. Continue reading “Teofimo Lopez refuses to mince words ahead of Vasiliy Lomachenko title bout”
Mo and Sports 