by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Nov 17, 2015 | Boxing News & Opinions
OK, it won’t come as riveting news per se this Tuesday evening, but it does say a great deal about the healthy business relationship between Anthony Joshua and Matchroom Boxing. Joshua, whose 14 short-lived fights have ended in brutal knockouts, is arguably Hearn’s...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Nov 17, 2015 | TV Boxing Schedule
This weekend is set to be cram-packed full of boxing. And with three high-brow world title showdowns ready to unfold, fight fans must be pinching themselves (or did I get a little carried away there?). If you’re out and about, worry not as Boxing Base will be...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Nov 17, 2015 | Press Conferences
With their highly anticipated showdown finally inked in for January, Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton went head-to-head at their first press conference in London. The boxers couldn’t resist exchanging some verbal barbs on stage, suggesting there is already bad blood...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Nov 16, 2015 | Boxing News & Opinions
With the hotly anticipated Cotto vs Canelo now clearly on the horizon, Boxing Base asked readers who they saw coming out on top after the showdown is all done and dusted. It’s billed as a neck-and-neck war of two nations, and on paper it certainly looks that way. The...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Nov 16, 2015 | Boxing Results, Post Fight Analysis
First off, why is Boxing Base reporting on a UFC fight? Partly because Ronda Rousey recently appeared on the cover of The RING magazine, and also because Holly Holm is a former boxing champ. And just because…well, this was one of the biggest combat sport upsets...