Fight Of The Year (M) Joe Cordina SD 12 Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov Joe Cordina controversially lost his title at the end of 2022 when he pulled out of his mandatory defence against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov due to injury. It was a hasty decision and met with plenty of criticism but the IBF are known to be strict…
Katie Taylor became a two-weight undisputed world champion when she defeated Chantelle Cameron in their thrilling Dublin rematch. After losing for the first time in May, Taylor managed to win a majority decision (scorecards: 98-92, 96-94, 95-95) when the pair battled in front of 9k of Taylor’s home fans. Taylor started the fight strong, using…
AEW Worlds End 2023 is set to take place on Saturday, December 30 live from the Nassau Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Here are the live results for the event.
Joe Cordina controversially lost his title at the end of 2022 when he pulled out of his mandatory defence against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov due to injury. It was a hasty decision and met with plenty of criticism but the IBF are known to be strict and we saw the most recent example of that with Jai…
Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford are each other’s biggest challenges, not inside the ring but outside of it. The pair will battle for the P4P #1 spot, Fighter of the Year (2023) and Performance of the Year (2023). But for NoSmokeSport, it is the Japanese Monster who takes the first two of those positions. Inoue…
The consensus over the past few years has been that Katie Taylor is ageing, slowing down and that her best years are past her. Taylor’s historic bout with Amanda Serrano was the fight that people thought we’d see as the beginning of the end but the P4P #1 managed to do just enough to nick…
On the undercard of Devin Haney vs Vasily Lomachenko, Junto Nakatani faced Andrew Moloney for the vacant WBO Super Flyweight title. What on paper could have been somewhat competitive, absolutely wasn’t. Nakatani pummeled Moloney, won every single round, and was landing heavy uppercuts and straight-back hands throughout. The Japanese pugilist floored the Australian in the…
WWE SmackDown New Year’s Revolution takes place on Friday, January 5, 2024 live from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. Here is the card for the show.
Wrestle Kingdom 18 takes place on Thursday, January 4, 2024 live from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Here is the updated card for the event.
Davison Eclipses BoMac For Trainer Of The Year The two clear frontrunners for trainer of the year are Brian McIntyre (BoMac) and Ben Davison. BoMac coached Terence Crawford to his 9th-round TKO win over Errol Spence in the most important fight in 2023 and helped Chris Eubank Jr avenge his only stoppage defeat to Liam…
Peter McGrail was set for his US debut on a Brit-heavy card against the once-beaten Ja’Rico O’Quinn. A strong favourite, the 2020 Olympian was proving just why he was dubbed the ‘Scouse Lomachenko’. McGrail scored his first knockdown in the second, stopping the jab of O’Quinn, moving to his left and catching the American square…
Hours after an event which left fans shocked as Tyson Fury was dropped by MMA fighter Francis Ngannou and edged a razor-thin split decision in their Saudi Arabia non-title fight, which was less than exemplary for boxing, O’Shaquie Foster and Rocky Hernandez provided the polar opposite in Cancun as two lesser-known fighters fought their hearts…
Terence Crawford produced a masterful performance in one of the most important fights in the sport, not only in 2023 but in the last few years in boxing. The timing is crucial. Naoya Inoue just four days earlier had lept to P4P #1 for a lot of fans after dominating and stopping Stephen Fulton in…
AEW Worlds End 2023 is set to take place on Saturday, December 30 live from the Nassau Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Here is the updated card for the event.
