{"id":154395,"date":"2025-09-19T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/154395\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:06:10","slug":"british-boxing-tony-bellew-names-7-fighters-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/154395\/","title":{"rendered":"British boxing &#8211; Tony Bellew names 7 fighters to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British boxing remains revered worldwide, with many talented fighters competing at the highest level across various weight classes.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the years, Britain has produced many great fighters, including Lennox Lewis, <a href=\"https:\/\/bigfightweekend.com\/?s=Joe+Calzaghe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Calzaghe<\/a>, and Ken Buchanan, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>The new generation are now here, with many coming through, and in an exclusive interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/punditarena.com\/combat\/tony-bellew-exclusive-interview-tank-davis-will-put-jake-paul-to-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pundit Arena<\/a>, former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew revealed the seven fighters he\u2019s tipping to carry the torch for British boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Bellew tips seven fighters to carry the torch for British boxing<\/p>\n<p>British boxing appears to be experiencing a resurgence with a crop of young fighters coming through, and Bellew named three more established boxers, but also some more prospects who he tips for a bright future:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDalton Smith, Adam Azim, Ben Whittaker, that kid\u2019s got it. I think Jack Turner is one to watch. Jack Turner is a very, very bright boy. I like the look of George Liddard, I do like the look of Cameron Vuong, there are a number of fighters that I like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young girl who\u2019s only had one pro fight, she\u2019s going to be the face of a female boxing, she\u2019s fighting this weekend but believe you me, she\u2019s going to be big, she\u2019s going to be the face of women\u2019s boxing and she\u2019s only had one pro fight. I don\u2019t care what anyone says, she\u2019s the next Katie Taylor, she\u2019s the next Clarissa Shields, she\u2019s going to eat everyone alive.<\/p>\n<p>British boxing: Bellew Praises Tia-Mai Ayton<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why I\u2019m saying this after one pro fight (interview done before <a href=\"https:\/\/bigfightweekend.com\/recaps\/pat-mccormack-vs-miguel-parra-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ayton\u2019s second pro fight<\/a>) but I just watched the way she moved and the way she put her shots together, and I just thought, wow, okay, you are the one. I haven\u2019t seen a fighter do that or look like this in a long time, she\u2019s outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTia-Mai Ayton, she\u2019s the one, believe you me, just sit back, enjoy the ride because she\u2019s going to start now and I promise you, in two years\u2019 time, she will be the face of female boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>British boxing continues to produce a litany of great fighters, and the next crop looks ready to carry the torch. Who do you think is the best British fighter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British boxing remains revered worldwide, with many talented fighters competing at the highest level across various weight classes.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-154395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}