By Matthew Brown 02/01/2026 Follow Brunch Boxing on Twitter/X Boxing history is filled with champions crowned and belts won, but some of the sport’s greatest figures never received the opportunities their talent demanded. Eddie Booker stands firmly among them. One of the greatest fighters of his era, a Hall of Famer in every sense, and a name that history can no longer overlook. Eddie Booker, born Hilton Edward Booker on November 5, 1917, was an African American boxer whose p

By Radhika Kumar 01/29/2026 Figure 1 Boxing has changed. But has it really been for the better? - Source: Pixabay Boxing has always been a business as much as it has been a sport. It is one of the few sports that values promoters almost as highly as the athletes themselves. The promotion of an event has always indicated how big the fight will be, even if the two people in the ring are not the highest-ranked in their weight class.   But the business of boxing has become almost

By Matthew Brown 01/21/2026 Follow Brunch Boxing on Twitter/X Credits: Janibek Alimkhanuly X Sources tell Brunch Boxing that the positive drug test for WBO and IBF Super Middleweight Champion Janibek Alimkhanuly has been confirmed following the analysis of the B sample. Alimkhanuly initially tested positive for the banned substance meldonium in the lead-up to his December 6 unification bout with WBA Middleweight Champion Erislandy Lara. The fight was scheduled to co-headline

By Matthew Brown 01/19/2026 Follow Brunch Boxing on Twitter/X Sources tell Brunch Boxing that former WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder is set to return to the ring against longtime heavyweight contender Derek Chisora. The bout is slated for April 2026 and will take place in the United Kingdom, with a press conference scheduled for next week in London to make the matchup official. Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) will be looking to build momentum with a second consecutive knocko