Boxing: Four to Watch on Saturday

WBSS’s Briedis-Perez in Busy Boxing Saturday  There’s a fair bit of boxing on this Saturday to entertain Kiwi online betting fans, starting with the third World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight quarter-final in the Riga Arena in Latvia. Mairis Briedis, the 32-year-old Latvian WBC cruiserweight champion, takes on 31-year-old Cuban-born Irishman ….

Arsenal Sticks It To West Brom 2-0

Arsenal’s Two Man Band Secure 2-0 Score Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette scored both goals against West Brom at Emirates Stadium on Monday.  Arsenal’s victory bumps them up into 7th place on the tables – one point behind 4th placed Tottenham and six points behind leaders Manchester City.  West Brom has been ….

Cautious Confidence Ahead Of Argentina

High Expectations Ahead Of Argentina  The All Blacks are probably feeling invincible after their recent 57-0 victory over the Springboks – and quite understandably so.  However, as we have so often seen in sports, anything can happen and becoming overly confident in one’s own performance ultimately almost always leads to ….

Gennady Golovkin Fight Called A Draw

Gennady Golovkin Retains Middleweight Crown Gennady Golovkin has retained his middleweight title with a controversial draw against challenger Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night. An extremely skewed set of judge’s scores completely overshadowed what was actually a brilliant display of boxing at the middleweight showdown in Las Vegas. Played out at ….

Best To Let the Numbers Decide: RWC 2023

Crunching Numbers For A Recommendation The race is on for those bidding to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023 – and this year will see convention veering from the beaten path. World Rugby has requested an evaluation of bids from the three bidding countries – South Africa, France and ….

Golovkin vs Alvarez: Yes and No

Golovkin vs Alvarez Ends in Controversy It was supposed to be a super-fight. It was supposed to allow Gennady Golovkin to add Canelo Alvarez’s Ring magazine and lineal titles to his WBA (Super), IBO, WBC and IBF middleweight titles, leaving only the WBO belt for the Kazakhstani champ to chase ….

Smith Beats Skoglund in WBSS QF

Smith Wins WBSS Quarter-Final against Skoglund It wasn’t pretty; in fact, it was bloody and scrappy, but Callum Smith did enough to beat Sweden’s Erik Skoglund in their super-middleweight World Boxing Super Series 2017-18 quarter-final on Saturday night. The youngest of four boxing brothers, undefeated Smith was the odds-on favourite ….

Two Weeks of Top Aus. Racing Ahead

Punters Await Saturday’s Golden Rose Day Action  England’s Champagne Stakes over 1414m at Doncaster racetrack, run on Saturday, delivered a tight finish. US horse Seahenge, starting fourth in the betting, won by a neck from Hey Gaman, in turn a neck ahead of Irish race favourite Mythical Magic. The race ….

Indians Impress Ahead Of World Series

The Run Up To The World Series This year’s Baseball World Series will be the 113th edition of the world championships event and will continue on the premise of a best of seven playoff between the National League champion and the American League champion.  This year has seen many key ….

LoL Worlds An eSports first For Australia

History In The Making with League Of Legends  September 23rd will see the LG Dire Wolves tying Australia to the pages of eSport history when they become the first team from down under to compete in the League of Legends World Championships.  The League Of Legends World Championships is the ….