Gary Todd
39 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Álvarez vs. Crawford: “Champions of Champions”
When you talk about Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and consider what he has achieved since debuting as a fifteen-year-old boy to now as a thirty-five-year-old man, it is easy to run out of…
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‘Redemption’
With only days to go before Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua both step through the ropes and into battle with their respective opponents in Joseph Parker and Otto Wallin. Wilder will face…
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Jermell Charlo v Saúl Canelo Álvarez: ‘My Way’
‘And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain...’ I was caught in traffic, which got me thinking about writing my article on the upcoming Canelo v Charlo…
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‘Trial by fire’: George Kambosos vs Vasiliy Lomachenko
IBF, IBO lightweight championship of the world. Sydney, Australia. To be great you have to chase greatness. To be the best, you have to want it so badly that you are willing…
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Tim Tszyu v Brian Mendoza for Interim WBO, WBC super welterweight titles.
With Jermell Charlo deciding to jump up in weight to face the high flying megastar, Saul Canelo Alvarez in a history making undisputed v undisputed battle of champions, it’s left the super…
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Ruckus in Wroclaw: Oleksandr Usyk v Daniel Dubois. IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO Championship of the World
With only days away until Daniel Dubois (19-0-1 loss by TKO) fights one of the best fighters in the world for the heavyweight championship of the world, the question is, will he…
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Josh Taylor v Teofimo Lopez WBO and ‘The Ring’ super lightweight world title at MSG
‘Scots wha hae wi Wallace bled, Scots wham Bruce has aften led; Welcome tae your gory bed, or tae victory‘ When Josh Taylor walks down 7th avenue and in through the entrance…
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Haney vs Lomachenko: ‘ The Impossible Dream’
To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to try when your arms are too weary, to reach the unreachable star. When Vasiliy Lomachenko steps through the ropes to face…
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‘Bombs Away’
When people go to watch heavyweight boxing it always has been about the excitement and anticipation of seeing two colossal specimens together in battle to see who can prevail and be victorious…
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TSZYU vs HARRISON: IN THE BLOOD
As Tony Harrison sat in class, the teacher said, “son what do you want to be when you get older” The young boy from Michigan, Detroit answered, “I want to be like…
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Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk ‘Undisputed’: The greatest fight of our generation.
When Joe Louis knocked out the heavyweight champion of the world, Max Schmeling in 1938, the world was bracing itself for the increasing threat of Adolf Hitler and his planned regime of…
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Who’s who in the Tszyu zoo. What’s next for Tim Tszyu?
With less than four years as a professional fighter, and with a respectable amateur record of 33-1 to his famous name, Tim Tszyu has worked his way up, fighting to carve out…
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WAR DOWN UNDER: JEFF HORN vs TIM TSZYU IGNITES TODAY IN TOWNSVILLE
Jeff Horn v Tim Tszyu Townsville Queensland Country Bank Stadium. With all the hard work done in each boxers respective training camps, and the weighin over and done with, it’s time to…
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“Is This The Way To Tuscaloosa?”
Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury II With only a few weeks to go until the highly anticipated rematch fight between Tyson fury and the WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder, I decided to…
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Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury II: “The King and the Clown Prince”
With the date set and both fighters in their respective training camps, and all the promotional wheels in motion for what is being billed as the biggest heavyweight title fight in the…
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DESERT WARFARE: RUIZ-JOSHUA II FIGHT ANALYSIS & PREDICTION
Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz Jnr WBA, IBF, WBO,IBO heavyweight championship of the world. Diriyah Arena, Saudi Arabia. With only days to go until Anthony Joshua [23, 21KOs, 1 loss by TKO]…
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The heavyweight kings and the fight for the game of thrones
Fury and Wilder. Boxing has been scribed as being the sport of kings, and through the years, none more so have been described than the heavyweight world champions. From the 1930?s, with…
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We are the champions: Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez v Daniel ‘The Miracle Man’ Jacobs
For the IBF, WBA, WBC, Middle weight championship of the world. With only weeks to go until these two fighters face each other on the biggest stage of all, both of them…
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The Power and the Glory: Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury WBC heavyweight championship of the world
With only days to go, and all the preparation done. All the talk, the insults, and the hype is over, these two behemoths will meet, centre ring to see who is better,…
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MAYWEATHER-McGREGOR: “AIN’T NOTHING BUT A PARTY”
To be honest, I wasn?t going to write anything for this fight. When the hype started, I battled to watch it, but I did, and I thought the whole thing was a…
