Amir Khan puts his unbeaten record on the line when he steps up against Scott Lawton at the Nottingham Arena in six weeks time. Khan will be making his second appearance at 12 rounds on October 6 and just three months after his first attempt resulted in the eighth round stoppage of Willie Limond. Much…
WBA Super Middleweight Champion Anthony Mundine’s desire to fight the winner of the Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler bout may have to be put on hold after a severe eye infection has left the Sydneysider with no vision in one eye. The 32 year old is expected to remain in hospital for up to ten…
Floyd Mayweather Jr is set to cut short his retirement and return to the ring for a super-fight against the unbeaten Ricky Hatton on December 8 following the UK fighter’s comments last month. Hatton recorded his 43rd victory and 31st knock-out when he stopped Jose Luis Castillo, the former WBC lightweight champion, in four rounds…
Ajose Olusegun claimed his first title by unanimously out pointing Gary Reid to win the vacant Commonwealth light welterweight crown at Crystal Palace in London on Friday night. The Nigerian born 27 year old was heavily favoured to defeat Reid, a Jamaican born Stoke on Trent resident, but was forced to raise his game to…
The weigh-in for the vacant Commonwealth light welterweight title took place at Frank Maloney’s South London Fitness Academy yesterday afternoon. Only one pound separated the principals when they stepped on the scales amid the buzzing atmosphere today as Stoke on Trent resident Gary Reid came in at 140 lbs to Ajose Olusegun’s 139 lbs. In…
Frank Maloney has announced two great shows for British boxing fans in the lead up to the summer holidays. A new venue for Sky’s Friday Fight Night is introduced as Martin Power clashes with Jason Booth to decide the British Bantamweight title on July 6 at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena. Also sharing the top billing…
The boxing world’s eyes will be focussed on the light welterweight division’s two world title fights this month. First up is Paul Malignaggi’s clash with Lovemore N’dou for the IBF title on June 16 and a week later Ricky Hatton, Britain’s hero and top pound for pound fighter, takes on Jose Luis Castillo for the…
Photo ©Bernard Miller/SaddoBoxing Tshifhiwa Munyai makes his fourth UK appearance in 12 months when he fights at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on June 15 and the Johannesburg resident’s return to the Capital is good news for London’s boxing aficionados following his previous three victories. The unbeaten Martin Power, then 19-0 (8,) was the Chelsea…
David Haye’s dream of becoming the first British boxer to hold the World Heavyweight and Cruiserweight titles moved a step closer at Wembley Arena last night as the 26 year old South Londoner outclassed the talented Tomasz Bonin. Bonin seemed stunned by Haye’s power-punching and the 33 year old Pole was down within a minute….
Junior Witter completed the first defence of his WBC light welterweight title in effective rather than outstanding style last night when he stopped Arturo Morua, saying afterwards that he will fight Ricky Hatton “as soon as he wants”. At a buzzing Alexandra Palace, Witter pounced mid-way though round nine with a vicious combination which effectively…
SCOTLAND’S Barry Morrison last night scored a controversial 12-round split decision over Lenny Daws for the British light welterweight title, despite being wobbled numerous times down the stretch. Fighting on the undercard of Junior Witter’s title defence against Arturo Morua, both fighters sought to impose his will early on. It was Daws, though, who seemed…
The rematch between James ‘Lights Out’ Toney and Samuel ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Peter takes place on January 6 and Toney, controversially defeated in the initial bout, has blanked it from his mind. And ‘Blank’ with a capital ‘B’ is now a significant part of Toney’s daily routine since Billy Blanks, the renowned fitness guru, began…