GARY Corcoran has landed an unlikely shot at WBO world welterweight champion Jeff Horn. This has prompted many critics from around the globe to question just who the aptly titled ‘Hellraiser’ is. The English know Corcoran (17-1, 7 KOs) well, especially after his thrilling battle against
A lack of size typically equates to a lack of opportunity for smaller fighters in Australia. This changes on Sunday afternoon, when reigning Australian bantamweight champion Robert “Bob” Trigg faces former Olympian Luke Boyd for the vacant Australian super bantamweight strap at the Star
DENNIS Hogan is all but guaranteed a world title shot after outgunning Yuki Nonaka. Hogan (now 26-1-1, 7 KOs) outworked Nonaka (31-9-3, 10 KOs) for the WBO number two ranking at light middleweight over ten one-sided rounds at the Brisbane Convention & Entertainment Centre on Saturday night. The
DENNIS Hogan is a step closer to a second world title shot after making weight last night. Hogan, 32, and Nonaka, 39, both weighed inside the light middleweight limit, with the Brisbane-based Irishman tipping the scales at 69.60 kilograms. Meanwhile, the WBO #7 world rated Nonaka weighed in at a tri
INSELPARKHALLE in Wilhelmsburg, Germany is a place that will be forever etched in the mind of Dennis Hogan. To most, it was the location of Hogan’s lone career blemish, being an unsuccessful world title challenge against interim WBA middleweight titleholder Jack Culcay, who defeated Hogan by u
THERE was a time where Alex Leapai stop atop of the heavyweight division in Australia. Fresh off an upset win over the undefeated Denis Boytsov in Germany, Leapai earned an unlikely shot at long-ruling lineal heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. That highly publicised Cinderella story marked the
NO opponent has hurt Rohan Murdock more than injury and inactivity. Widely touted as the dark horse in a stacked super middleweight division, the formerly world rated Queenslander – who has tasted defeat just once in 20 professional appearances – has been forced to sit on the sidelines a
IF setbacks pave the way for comebacks, Sam Banney is on the verge of something big. The dexterous Banney, a stablemate of WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn at Glenn Rushton’s Stretton Boxing Club, is looking to secure the biggest win of his fledgling professional career when he challenges t
NOBODY likes to lose – least of all boxers – so when Ibrahim Balla came up short against Filipino Neil John Tabanao in June last year, he was shattered. The talented 27-year-old from Werribee in Melbourne’s western suburbs, who was undefeated in nine fights at the time, had a disrupted trainin
FORMER world title challenger Alex Leapai is already eying off future opponents ahead of his comeback fight against Thomas Peato at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on October 13. The Samoan-born heavyweight has undefeated former WBA regular titleholder Lucas Browne in his sights and