By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Joe Joyce (1-0, 1 KOs) will be back inside the ring next month on December 17 for his second pro fight against Tom Little (10-4, 3 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round fight on the undercard of the heavyweight rematch between David Haye and Tony Bellew at the O2 Arena in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated #1 WBC Callum Smith 23-0, 17 KOs) easily defeated Erik Skoglund (26-1, 12 KOs by lackluster a 12 round unanimous on Saturday night in the quarter finals fight for the two of them in the World Boxing Super Series at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 117-110, and 117-111. Boxing News 24 scored it 116-112 for Smith. He got the win, but he was less than spectacular in beating the Swedish fighter Skoglund. Smith is lucky he wasn’t fighting Chris Eubank Jr. or George Groves tonight.
By Ajuan Isaac – George: In Some ways, three fourths of Liverpool’s favorite fighting family, the Smith’s – Paul, Liam and Stephen- perfectly embody the characteristics that have been the crucible of British sport for the best part of the last few decades ; hardworking, resilient and tough, but ultimately not quite skilled enough to cut it among the elite.
By Scott Gilfoid: The Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady “GGG” Golovkin fight will have a lot of competition for viewers on September 16 due to a couple of important fights taking place on the same evening with Erik Skoglund facing Callum Smith and Billy Joe Saunders defending against Willie Monroe Jr.
Erik Skoglund (23-0, 11 KOs) and Derek Edwards (27-5-1, 14 KOs) came face-to-face today at the final pre-fight press conference ahead of their light heavyweight contest on Saturday night at the Rosvalla Arena in Nyköping, Sweden.
Edwards has come to Sweden full of confidence as he looks to claim his second his second Swedish scalp following a first-round knockout victory over the current WBC World Champion Badou Jack in February 2014.