By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten super bantamweight Kid Galahad says he cannot see Kell brook getting beaten by IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin this Saturday night in their fight at the O2 arena in London, England. the 26-year-old Galahad trains with Brook, and he knows of how skillful he is and how much punching he’s got in his arsenal.
According to Galahad, Brook is a better version of the 34-year-old Golovkin, and he feels there’s no way that he’ll lose to the Kazakhstani fighter on September 10.
By Olly Campbell: British boxing rocked the world super bantamweight division last night in Belfast after Carl Frampton’s sensational home town defense of his IBF 122lb strap against brash American challenger, Chris Avalos.
After what can only be described as a ruthless and unforgiving clinic in which Frampton stopped his completely outclassed opponent, arguably the biggest domestic fight out there besides Kell Brook V Amir Khan inched ever closer to reality when WBA (reg) champion Scott Quigg entered the ring to be interviewed alongside Frampton and promoter Barry McGuigan.
By Matt H: 2014 was a great year for British boxing. Regular cards televised on Skysports, Channel 5 and Boxnation have certainly helped bring boxing towards the forefront of British sports.
Newly crowned champions, fight of the year contenders, rematches, some incredible performances and the return of boxing to Wembley Stadium marked an upward curve for boxing in Britain, below are my top 5 highlights.
By Daniel Hughes: The super bantamweight division has of course four stand out names Guillermo Rigondeaux, Leo Santa Cruz, Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg. Rigondeaux quite rightly rated the best of a very talented bunch. The fans would love to see any combination of those fighters named being matched, unification fights and financially great paydays for the fighters involved.
By Ian Aldous: This past Saturday night, former British champion and undefeated Kid Galahad (now 17-0) added the Commonwealth super-bantamweight belt to his European title with a destructive performance against the three-weight Australian champion, Fred Mundraby, at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield, England, live on Channel 5. I was at ringside to cover all the action for BN24.
Going into the fight on Saturday, it had only been seven weeks previous that Galahad was last in the ring when he expertly dispatched Sergio Prado with a great display of his pure boxing talent to claim the vacant European championship. It’s refreshing to see a fighter willing to fight so regularly in this day and age.
Galahad was particularly bullish pre-fight when asked about British compatriot and current WBA super-bantamweight champion, Scott Quigg. “I believe that him and his trainer will want no part of it (a fight between the two), as Quigg is probably still having nightmares from our last sparring session, as we both know what happened there!!!” The name of Scott Quigg would arise post-fight as well.