Chris McKenna
107 articles · Fanhouse
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Gennady Golovkin aware of boxing’s danger: One punch can change a life, not just a fight
The Kazakh KO star admitted the tragedies involving Eduard Gutknecht and Nick Blackwell have opened his eyes to how dangerous this sport is. Gutknecht will need life-long care after being seriously injured…
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Canelo vs GGG: Alvarez wants to knock out Golovkin – I?ve prepared like never before
The Mexican takes on the IBF, WBA and WBC middleweight king in a highly-anticipated clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez is the outsider with the bookmakers with many believing…
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Canelo v GGG: Boxing is getting the fight it truly deserves – Gennady Golovkin
The Kazakh KO star takes on Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez in a mammoth middleweight showdown on the Strip this weekend. It is a mouth-watering clash that has boxing experts split over who will…
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Saul Alvarez pressured into taking Gennady Golovkin fight – Abel Sanchez
That is the view of Golovkin?s trainer Abel Sanchez as he claimed the Mexican is only facing his man because he was being ridiculed in his home country. Alvarez faces IBF, WBA…
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Alvarez Golovkin: GGG gets Canelo fight that had been six years in the making
The pair sparred together in 2011 at Golovkin?s gym up at Big Bear lake in California ahead of the Kazakh?s WBA title defence against Kassim Ouma. Alvarez was just 20 at the…
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Alvarez vs Golovkin referee: Kenny Bayless to officiate middleweight fight
The veteran official will take charge of his latest huge fight after being in the man in the middle for Floyd Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao in 2015. Alvarez and Golovkin meet for…
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Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin: Frank Warren expects bout to become an all-time great
And Alvarez against Golovkin will be available free for BoxNation subscribers on September 16. The middleweight pair meet in the fight of the year at the sold out T-Mobile Arena in Las…
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Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor: Monday diary from Las Vegas ahead of ?1bn clash
MONDAY This would have been the calm before the storm but for the thunder and lightning that hit the Strip in the morning. It was unseasonal weather for the desert location ahead…
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Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor set to be record-breaking night for boxing
The pair are will meet at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday for what promises to be a record-breaking night that could make ?763m if targets are met. Boxing great Mayweather is the…
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Terence Crawford against Julius Indongo is the type of fight boxing needs
Unification clashes rarely happen any more because of the greed that is rife within the governing bodies. But when WBO and WBC light-welterweight champion Crawford takes on IBF and WBA title holder…
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Kell Brook may never fight again after Errol Spence Jnr defeat because of this
The welterweight insists he ?will be back? after losing his IBF title to American Errol Spence Jnr after being stopped in the 11th round at Bramall Lane on Saturday. But Brook?s left…
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Kell Brook opens up ahead of Errol Spence Jnr clash: I’ve made my uncle?s dream come true
The IBF welterweight champion went to the matches with his uncle from the age of six and even the fighting on the terraces would not put him off Saturday afternoons at the…
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez aims dig at Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr: He’s a little kid
The pair are set to meet in a huge clash in Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday morning. Boxing superstar Alvarez, 26, is step up to the bizarre catchweight of…
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Billy Joe Saunders gives Gennady Golovkin deadline of Friday to agree fight
The WBO middleweight champion has set a deadline for the contracts to be signed for the unification clash or he insists he will look at alternative options. WBA, IBF and WBC champion…
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EXCLUSIVE: Scott Quigg reveals world champion ambitions after LA move
The former WBA super-bantamweight champion has swapped Bury for the Golden State as he goes in search of a world title at featherweight. Quigg surprisingly split with long-time trainer Joe Gallagher last…
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Kell Brook has no fears over eye injury ahead of Errol Spence bout
The Sheffield star has had a titanium plate put around his eye after Gennady Golovkin fractured the bone during their clash last September. Brook, 30, insists he has no fears about getting…
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Billy Joe Saunders: I’ll take Gennady Golovkin on anywhere, I don’t care
BILLY JOE SAUNDERS is set for a winners take all fight with Gennady Golovkin in Kazakhstan in June. And WBO middleweight champion Saunders believes he can dethrone WBA, IBF and WBC title…
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Bernard Hopkins’ boxing achievements are out of this world
Hopkins, a month shy of his 52nd birthday, will step through the ropes for the 67th and final time in the early hours of tomorrow morning to take on Joe Smith. It…
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Andre Ward eyes place in history as he battles Sergey Kovalev for pound-for-pound crown
The American is one of the bona fide stars of the sport but has struggled for true recognition because of his defensive style and inactivity. The former super-middleweight world title holder attempts…
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Carl Froch could be tempted out of retirement to fight Gennady Golovkin
Former world super-middleweight champion Froch hasn?t been in the ring since knocking out George Groves at Wembley in May 2014. But WBA, IBF and WBC middleweight king Golovkin wants a UK fight…