Ilia Topuria will never forget the time he first met Conor McGregor, but for all the wrong reasons. The pair came face-to-face during fight week ahead of UFC 264 in July 2021, a card headlined by McGregor’s trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier. 4 Topuria immediately sensed McGregor had a negative energy surrounding himCredit: Getty At … Read more
Tyson Fury may have only one fight left in him and it’s one Gareth A Davies believes ‘all Brits would love to see’. Fury fought valiantly against Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch on Saturday in Saudi Arabia but it was still not enough to exact revenge as Usyk retained his belts thanks to a unanimous … Read more
Deciding the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time is not an easy task, but we at talkSPORT.com have decided to give it a go anyway. To make it more manageable, we have stuck to the last 50 years to come up with a top 20 list of the best heavyweights of the modern era. 12 … Read more
For almost all of Linn Sandstrom’s life, she has been an athlete. But the two sports she competed in could not be at more opposite ends of the spectrum. 5 Sandstrom’s (right) sporting career has experienced several twists and turnsCredit: Getty Sandstrom, 33, was born in Brazil but raised in Sweden by her adopted parents. … Read more
Jake Paul has no interest in taking on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr for a WBA belt. The major boxing organisation’s president, Gilberto Mendoza, floated around the idea of sanctioning a fight between Paul and the former WBC middleweight champion for one of the WBA’s many trinkets earlier this year. 2 Paul is on the lookout … Read more
Liam Paro labelled rival Richardson Hitchins a ‘typical yappy c***’ as the war of words exploded ahead of their world title clash. Paro defends his IBF super-lightweight title for the first time and aims to maintain his perfect record against Hitchins on Saturday in Puerto Rico. 3 Hitchins has had plenty to say to Paro … Read more