By Erhan Bora: On Saturday 24th July, Frank Buglioni takes on newly crowned WBA super middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov at the SSE arena in London. Like myself the fighter hails from a North London town called Enfield, and shares a lot of local support, but it largely unknown to the national and global audiences, especially the casuals.
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Anthony Crolla: From chasing robbers to being robbed in the ring
By Erhan Bora: Going into his WBA lightweight world title shot, many has Manchester’s Anthony Crolla as a massive underdog but on the night he pulled out all the tricks. After having his original title shot against Richar Abril cancelled due to a fractured skull and snapped ankle injury sustained while chasing burglars who attempted to break into his neighbor’s house, things looked bleak for Crolla.
Tyson Fury “If I can’t beat Wladimir who is old in boxing terms at 39, I wont carry on”
By Erhan Bora: Anyone who is familiar with Tyson Fury’s (24-0, 18 KOs) social media knows to take what he says with a pinch of salt. Although he claims to be a man of his word in most of his interviews and has tweeted that he will quit the boxing game if he fails to overcome IBF, WBO, WBA world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53 KOs). Tyson has many critics within the sport, even some of the most popular YouTubers frequently criticize him, and has many doubters among the fans. What chance does Tyson Fury have in beating the favorite who himself is aiming to beat Joe Louis’ title defense record.
In reviewing his track record, Fury has yet to face a real top contender although the same could be said for Wladimir. In his lost track record he has arguably fought the best around but the division had been going through an awful dry spell, and the only real good heavyweight I picked out was Alexander Povetkin, who Wladimir dealt with in some style.
Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder, the future heavyweight of the world?
By Erhan Bora: In a hypothetical match up, the question posed here is who will reign supreme for years to come in the heavyweight division? Without discrediting the attributes of Tyson Fury, Vyacheslav Glazkov, Joseph Parker and the other contenders who may wish to crash the party, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder have to be the top two prospects within the weight category.
What the two have in common are that they are many doubters over their real talent due to the weak opponents that they have faced. Deontay has faced a real strong former champ in the shape of Bermane Stiverne, and did a real number on him, but apart from that neither fighter has faced a strong opponent.
Reasons for why British boxing can dominate the global scene
By Erhan Bora: Many editors and commentators within the sport doubt the credentials of many British stars, but the evidence would suggest that fighters from a smaller land mass than an American state can dominate for years to come. Albeit the cruiserweights and light heavyweight divisions, British has talent holding or challenging for top honors.
Starting with the heavyweight division by the end of the year unbeaten talent Tyson Fury will be challenging Wladimir Klitschko for three world titles, which if he wins could see an all British clash against WBC #2, WBA #13, IBF #14 and WBO #3 ranked Anthony Joshua.
To address the doubts, Fury has the artillery that Jennings & company have lacked with his height advantage, orthodox/southpaw versatility and boxing skills.