John Murray (9 st 8 lbs 2 oz)
Nacho Mendoza (9 st 7 lbs 12 oz)
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**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Boxing fans of the Heavyweight division are finally getting what they deserve with the first unification fight in nearly a decade. Saturday night at Madison Square Garden IBF and IBO Champion Wladimir Klitschko 49-3 (44) will face undefeated WBO Champion Sultan Ibragimov 22-0-1 (17). Although Ibragimov did…
Commonwealth Welter Champion Craig Watson puts his belt at risk for the second time as he meets challenger John O’Donnell at London’s famed York Hall tonight. Although Watson at 13-2 (4) doesn’t have a record on paper to match the bigger numbers of O’Donnell at 20-1 (9), it is indeed the Manchester southpaw that has…
We kick off the latest installment of “This Week in Boxing†by heading to Germany where on Tuesday at the Sporthalle in Hamburg, Taras Bidenko defends his WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title against Vladimir “The Hunter” Virchis. In only his fourth professional outing Bidenko, 14-1 (9), dropped a decision to undefeated twenty-eight-fight veteran Nicolay Valuev in…
Can “Z-Man” Defeat “Popo”? As announced, Acelino Freitas and Zahir Raheem will cross their gloves at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut on April 29. It is certainly an interesting matchup and I am glad that it is taking place. For Zahir Raheem, this is a great opportunity to prove to the boxing public that his win…
At Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany tonight, popular cruiserweight Marco Huck gets another crack at a world title as he challenges reigning WBO champ Victor Emilio Ramirez. 25 year old Ramirez, 15-1 (12), earned his nickname “El Tyson del Abasto” while coming up through the ranks in his native Argentina but the Buenos Aires…
When Pacquiao and Bradley step through the ropes again tonight for the thirteenth round and a follow up to their controversial first fight, some things have changed in the months that have passed. One thing has not; Bradley goes in as the underdog, even though he came out of the last fight as the victor….