You have to admire Audley Harrison. Ok, I take that back, but you have to concede that his decision to challenge Matt Skelton for the Commonwealth Heavyweight title is a bold one to say the least. In his last two contests of any note, Audley has been on the receiving end of embarrassing losses. In…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Do you remember the teacher that you had in high school that graded your class on a curve? It was a pretty nice deal. Rather than your tests being graded traditionally, 100-90% = A, 89-80% = B, 79-70% = C, 69-60 = D, 59% and…
The 2006 season finale of Fight Night at the Tank returns to HP Pavilion on Thursday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. Headlining the card will be 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist and Bay Area boxing legend Andre Ward (9-0, 5 KO’s). Ward, who last fought at The Tank in August of 2005 as part of the…
Lenny Daws’ “First Defence’ of his British light welterweight title will now take place at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace on January 19th. Sky Sports will cover live. The Morden fighter was originally scheduled to meet his mandatory contender on October 20th at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, but Morrison withdrew on…
A busy time lies ahead for Hennessy Sports. The promotional company are set to stage three events headlined by team members defending British Titles in less than two months – all live on Sky Sports – and Junior Witter’s first defence of his WBC Light Welterweight Title early in the New Year. Team member Howard…
Click for larger image Former three weight world champion Felix “Tito” Trinidad and WBC General Secretary Gaby Penagarciano visited a Children’s Orphanage in Puerto Rico earlier this week and generous shared their day with over 100 orphans. The living legend also handed out toys and boxing souvenier to the needy children as part of the…
Is 154 Too High For Floyd? The fight looks a dead-cert to happen (although in boxing you never know for sure until the two fighters are in the ring together) and we fans can’t wait. Of course, I’m talking about the boxing extravaganza that is Floyd Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya, set for May…
Chagaev and Dimitrenko promise an exciting “Universum Champions Night” in Düsseldorf, Germany The “Universum Champions Night” this Friday at the Burg Wächter – Castello in Düsseldorf will highlight four high profile bouts. GBU Super Flyweight Champ Alesia Graf and WIBF Super Middle titlist Natascha Ragosina will support the headliners Ruslan Chagaev, in his WBA Heavyweight…
Hennessy Sports promoted Dave Stewart can take a big step towards another title shot when he appears in the chief support contest on the Hennessy Sports “Outright’ promotion at the Nottingham Arena on November 24th. The Wanstead based Scot will meet proven championship operator Kpakpo Allotey, from Ghana, in an eliminator for the Commonwealth lightweight…
In the same way that Julius Caesar came and conquered from the Mediterranean centuries ago, this week sees an Italian invasion taking place in London. Giacobbe Fragomeni and his Italian mob come to England with victory in mind, intending to put an end to the world title dreams of British boxing’s glamour boy David Haye…
Popular knockout artist Gary “Tiger” Balletto returns to action, after his recent stint with The Contender II, as the headliner on the December 1 “Jingle Bell Pop” Pro-Am show at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence. Balletto (30-3-2, 25 KOs), former IBU World lightweight champion, hasn’t fought outside of The Contender II since…
Newly crowned IBA World middleweight title-holder “Ireland’s” John Duddy, rated No. 6 by the WBO and No. 9 by the WBA, realizes that he’s still developing into a world-class fighter. Ireland-native Duddy (18-0, 15 KOs), now fighting of out Queens (NY), learned an invaluable lesson in his last fight, September 29 in a unanimous 12-round…