AFTER months of anticipation, the biggest fight of the calendar year for Australian boxing is finally here. In a rare clash between world rated prospects, undefeated lightweight George Kambosos Jr. (10-0, 6 KOs) will face battle-tested West Australian Brandon Ogilvie (17-1-1, 9 KOs) for a slew of WB

DAMIEN Hooper has always been touted as one to watch. The talented 24-year-old burst onto the scene following a series of impressive performances at the London Olympic Games. Hooper was swiftly signed by Hatton Promotions and made his professional debut shortly after. However, the promising career t

TOOWOOMBA mauler Kris George has produced another silencing performance. The rugged 27-year-old scored a major upset, outpointing the previously unbeaten Cameron Hammond (now 16-1, 8 KOs) to win the Commonwealth welterweight title. With the win, George (now 12-1, 6 KOs) is now chasing bigger fights

IT feels like forever since Australian boxing has produced a quality domestic matchup. All too often the boxing scene in this country has given the fans an abundance of mismatches, fights that have generally done little more than pad a particular fighters record. Until now that is. We’ve all seen

IT is difficult to confine charismatic Irishman Darragh Foley to one label. His exterior represents a figure of strength accompanied by an abundance of self confidence. However, underneath all that lies an articulate and well-spoken individual who of all things, always provides an entertaining trans

THERE is nothing quite like a fight with feeling. When two fighters display an open disdain for one another it’s usually the fans that win and it’s becoming increasingly apparent that George Kambosos Jr. and Brandon Ogilvie really don’t like each other. The war of words has dominated the camps

A determined Zac Dunn powered his way to history, becoming the first Australian to lift the Commonwealth super middleweight title in 26 years with an unanimous points decision over Liam Cameron on Friday night. Dunn (now 23-0, 18 KOs) was more aggressive than usual, as he looked to make a statement

AUSTRALIAN boxing is littered with examples of fighters who have taken their careers abroad too early, only to return to little or no fanfare. Twelve months ago, undefeated super middleweight Zac Dunn found himself in that very same position. Hot on the heels of a career best win over credible Ukrai

LUKE Jackson was forced to endure a harder than expected battle with Silvester Lopez to capture his third professional title. The popular Tasmanian was pushed the ten round distance for only the third time in his professional career, before unanimously outscoring the durable Filipino over ten heats

FOR the second time this year, undefeated heavyweight Lucas Browne has failed a drug test. Browne, 37, has been training for several weeks with head trainer Rodney Williams in Sydney, with the duo deep into their preparation for a looming WBA heavyweight title fight against Shannon Briggs. However,