Hatton Fitness Worries?
Guzman Drops Title - Targets Campbell
Joan Guzman has dropped the WBO super featherweight title in a bid to move up weight to tackle the reiging lightweight champion Nate Campbell and in effect canceling the scheduled matchup with Alex Arthur in May. Promtping Guzman's rise in weight, Alex Arthur had now become the WBO super - featherweight champion.
Guzman will be fastracked up the WBO ranking system and has been installed as the no.1 contender. "The WBO has assured Sycuan that Guzman will in fact become the number one contender at 135 pounds," stated Sycuan matchmaker Sean Gibbons.More..
Cotto - Margarito July 26th - Las Vegas
Welterweight titleholder Miguel Cotto will face Antonio Margarito on July 26 in an HBO PPV bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight will officially be announced during a four-city media blitz next week. They'll kick off the promotion with a news conference Monday in Mexico City followed by a stop Tuesday in Los Angeles, Thursday in New York and Friday in San Juan. The fight will mark Cotto's first bout in Las Vegas since he knocked out Randall Bailey in a junior welterweight title defense on the December 2004 undercard of the Vitali Klitschko-Danny Williams heavyweight fight.
Williams vs McDermott
English heavyweight champion John McDermott will be hard to beat, the British champion Danny Williams said at today’s London press conference announcing the July 4 bout.
Williams, whose 38 wins include 30 stoppages, defends his belt at Dagenham’s Gorsebrook Leisure Centre following his ninth round stoppage of Scott Gammer in March last year, to reclaim the title he lost to Michael Sprott four years ago.More..
Chris Byrd - Then and Now
A 1992 Olympic silver medalist at 165 lbs, Chris Byrd is attempting to become only the third heavyweight champion to move DOWN in weight and become a light heavyweight titleist, a feat accomplished by Bob Fitzsimmons (1903) and Roy Jones, Jr. (2003).
Byrd is the only one of the three who successfully defended his heavyweight title. He is expected to weigh-in 51 pounds LESS than he did in his last fight, against Alexander Povetkin on October 27, 2007.
Judah Pulls Out of Mosely Bout
The scheduled May 31 fight between Shane Mosley and Zab Judah has been canceled due to an arm injury suffered by Judah during his Las Vegas training camp it was announced by Golden Boy Promotions today. The HBO Pay-Per-View event was scheduled to take place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Judah suffered multiple severe lacerations on his right forearm and received 50 stitches to close the wounds suffered in an accidental fall. As a result, Judah will be unable to train for four weeks and was forced to withdraw from the bout.
“It is very unfortunate that Zab suffered this injury and that this great event had to be canceled,” said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. “We are already in discussions with all parties involved to attempt to reschedule the fight for the near future.
Desertstorm Wipes Witter
Unbeaten contender to the throne, Timothy "Desertstorm"Bradley stunned the boxing world, when he took the WBC light welterweight championship from Junior Witter.
After knocking down Witter in the sixth round it took a split decision for Bradley to walk away with the highly coveted WBC belt, and ruin any plans of a British superfight between Hatton and Witter.More..
Napa Targets Super Flyweight Division
British bantamweight champion Ian Napa is set to create history by becoming the first fighter to hold the British bantamweight and super-flyweight titles.
In Nottingham last Friday Napa won the Lonsdale belt outright when he successfully made his third title defence in eight months by beating Belfast’s Colin Moffett in a unanimous point’s decision. More.
De La Hoya Targets Mayweather
In front of 25,000 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Los Angeles, Oscar De La Hoya outpointed and outclassed the Contender challenger Steve Forbes to come within touching distance of a rematch of with arguably the pound for pound champion of the world, Floyd "Money" Mayweather.CompuBox Stats and more..
Malignaggi Training Update
IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi has shifted training camp from Vero Beach (Florida) to Sicily in preparation for his May 24 rematch with Lovemore N’dou on the Ricky Hatton-Juan Lazcano card in Manchester, England. More..
Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs) captured the IBF title last June by defeating champion N’dou (46-9-1, 31 KOs) by unanimous 12-found decision. Paulie successfully defended his belt this past January with a 12-round decision against No. 1 contender Herman Ngoudjo (16-1).More..
Murray Targets Thaxton
English lightweight champion John Murray hopes that beating fellow unbeaten lightweight prospect John Fewkes next week will lead to a British title shot.
Murray (Manchester, 23-0) is expecting a tough first defence of his English title against Fewkes (Sheffield, 17-0) when they meet at the Nottingham Arena on a Hennessy Sports in association with GoldenPalace.com show on Saturday, 10th May.More...
Haye - Klitschko Square off!
World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has distanced himself from a mega-fight with world cruiserweight champion, David Haye – but left the door open to the bout happening in 2009.
Klitschko, the consensus number one heavyweight in the world, is lined up to fight two mandatory challengers this year – America's Tony Thompson (IBF) and Russia's Alexander Povetkin (WBO). Should 'Dr. Iron Fist' negotiate both defences successfully, though, the chances of Klitschko versus Haye coming to fruition appear to be healthy.More...
Feliciano VS Tsurkan
Bronx, NY - Apr 26, 2008 Ukranian born and Bronx resident Andrey Tsurkan (26-3 17KO) scored the biggest win of his career Friday night as he outgunned fellow tough guy Jesse Feliciano (15-7-3 9KO), scoring a TKO at 1:17 in the eighth round of a scheduled ten round Jr. Middleweight contest, at The Utopia Paradise Theatre in The Bronx, NY. The fight was televised live on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. More...
David Haye Reviews Calzaghe-Hopkins
This past weekend I ventured to Las Vegas to take my ringside seat for Joe Calzaghe's world light-heavyweight title win over Bernard Hopkins.
It was my first experience of a big Las Vegas fight and I urge anyone and everyone to catch a fight out there if you can. The buzz around the place in the days leading up to the fight was like something I've never seen or experienced before.More...
McCullough Saves a Life!
Former WBC Bantamweight World Champion Wayne “Pocket Rocket” McCullough was making his way back home yesterday on a flight from Montreal, Canada, accompanied by his wife and manager Cheryl and their daughter, when mid-flight a female passenger summoned help for her friend who had suddenly lost consciousness. McCullough, instinctively sprang into action jumping across the isle to the woman's aid.
The lady in question was slumped in her seat and her companion, who was forcefully pushing her back and forward in her seat, said she wasn't breathing. Wayne, knowing CPR, checked to see if she was breathing and, confirming that she wasn't, pushed her chest hoping to get a reaction. But there was nothing. more..
Woolcombe Falls Short
Gary Woolcombe failed to retain his British Light Middleweight title against Gary Rhodes at the York Hall, London.
After 9 rounds of competitive and exciting boxing, Woolcombe had been caught with a crisp punch to the side of his head and had him require medical attention once the fight was stopped.
Woolcombe’s winning streak had lasted since June 2003 when he out-pointed Birmingham’s Arv Mittoo, and the 25 year old maintained his unbeaten York Hall record when he stopped Jason Rushton last September. Images and More...
Cotto Should be Recognised as the "Interim Lineal" Champion
By Rui Zheng
Shane Mosley, Carlos Quintana, and Zab Judah are among Ring Magazine’s top 6 welterweights in the division right now. All three individuals hold or have held welterweight titles with Judah and Mosley being lineal champions. All three are among the best fighters in an incredibly talented welterweight division. And oh yeah, all three have been defeated by Miguel Cotto.
Flashback to December of 2006. WBO junior welterweight titleholder Miguel Cotto was set to move up in weight to fight fellow Puerto Rican Carlos Quintana for the vacant WBA welterweight title. At this time, Cotto was viewed by many including myself as a talented fighter, though his chin and his plodding style were questionable. I remember watching Cotto go life and death with unheralded Ricardo Torres as well have moments in which he looked confused against the speed of Paul Malignaggi. More...
Calazghe To Prove His Worth
JOE CALZAGHE, boxing’s current longest-reigning world champion will take on the current Light Heavyweight Ring Magazine World champion Bernard Hopkins in one of the most anticipated matchups of the year.
In what is being billed as the Battle of the Planet, both fighters conducted their grand arrival and Joe Calzaghe had the following to say. More...
Two Tone
Frank Maloney’s hectic season continues on May 2nd with a mouth-watering double bill at Nottingham’s Harvey Hadden leisure centre.
The card is headed by the clash between European super-bantamweight champion Rendall Monroe and France’s Salem Bouaita.
Punching dustman Rendall Monroe, who has won 14 of his 15 career bouts, has barely had the chance to return to his rounds since he beat Kiko Martinez to bag the belt last month. More..
Thaxton Fails In European Bid
British lightweight champion Thaxton (Norwich) was stopped in his fight with the current European Boxing Union champion Yuri Romanov in their scheduled bout at the York Hall, London.
Thaxton's corner would not let their fighter continue as the cut above the right eye had been opened with Romanov's counter punching and the fight was called off seven seconds into the start if round six.More..
Junior Witter on Froch Undercard
ITV and Hennessy Sports can today (28.03.08) announce that the WBC world light-welterweight title fight between Junior Witter and Timothy Bradley will be broadcast live on ITV1 on the same May 10th bill as Carl Froch’s WBC super-middleweight final eliminator against Denis Inkin.
British boxing star Witter will be making his third defence of his WBC world title against his number one WBC mandatory contender, America’s Timothy Bradley.
The fight will jointly top a huge night of boxing on ITV1 from the Nottingham Arena alongside Carl Froch’s final eliminator contest against Russia’s Denis Inkin for the chance to become the next WBC super-middleweight champion. The under card, broadcast on ITV4, will include the highly anticipated English title fight between John Murray and John Fewkes.
Hatton Homecoming Announcement
Ricky Hatton will be making his homecoming fight something special to the fans as a thank you gift for their continued support as he takes on Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium on May 24th.
Ricky explained how much he had longed to fight at his beloved Manchester City football club and what it means to his fans to get a chance to see the Hitman in action. Promoters Frank Maloney and Punch Promotions both explained the impact the Hitman has had with only 5,000 tickets remaining and an initial rush of up to 40,000 sold on the first day.
Marquez Can't Catch a Break...
By Rui Zheng
Last night was supposed to be Juan Manuel Marquez’s long awaited redemption. He had been waiting 4 years to take on one of boxing’s biggest stars in Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao. He finally got his chance last night.
Klitschko Dissapoints and the Heavyweight Division is Still in Shambles..
By Rui Zheng
On a night when people were ready to crown a new and “true” heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko has skeptics doubting once again whether or not he should be considered THE champion. When I emphasize the “THE”, I’m referring to the lineal heavyweight championship of the world.
Vasquez - Marquez - Third Time's Another Charm
Walking along the lovely riverbanks of the Schuylkill here in Philly about a year ago, I came upon a genie's lantern washed ashore. The fellow popped out and gave me the usual three wish shpiel, so I asked to be hung well, to find true love, and for another classic boxing trilogy to materialize within the coming years. The genie said very well, and snapped his fingers...
Thing's Looking Ghostly for the Vengeful Taylor
I’ve ate my crow from September. For those of you who haven’t read my previous article, “Pavlik might not be ready for the big stage,” I basically stated that though Pavlik was a solid fighter, I thought Jermain Taylor was going to make a statement and box circles around his slower opponent. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
The Stars of 2008
By Kishan Nundloll
Its time for me to earn my pay and start letting the world know who I believe is going to set there division alight and along the way become very rich and gain many admirers. All it takes is that bit of luck and hard work for a boxer to be thrust into the limelight. In recent years it was Manny Pacquiao beating Marco Antonio Barrera or Joe calzaghe defeating Chris Eubank, both those men took there chance and never looked back. So it ’s with careful consideration that I throw out a few names that in my opinion will have The Boxing world in the palm of their hands by the end of the year.
Two Dice Fights of The Year
As we move into the New Year, it is obvious that boxing was back in the big time in 2007. With every possible fight domestically and internationally being brought live to audiences across the world. Boxing has seen a genuine injection of life, with the big names taking the big fights and having super fight after super fight.
The Underrated Mike Tyson...
By Rui Zheng
If you’re around the age of 18-25, you probably remember Mike Tyson for two things: The “bite” and the “fight”. The bite being Mike’s interpretation of payback for Evander Holyfield’s constant headbutts in their rematch and the fight being the last big heavyweight match in boxing between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson.
