This Saturday, in the champion’s hometown of Tampa, Florida, Jeff Lacy puts his IBF super middleweight title on the line against former WBC super middleweight titlist Robin Reid of Great Britain. Lacy is undefeated in nineteen fights and has been on a tear since winning the IBF title. A win is likely to produce a…
Reports indicating that former undisputed light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu might return to the ring to fight conqueror Ricky Hatton might be a tad premature. Tszyu is quoted as saying that “if” he returns to the ring, a Hatton fight would be his first course of action. However, due to Tszyu’s current age of thirty-five,…
Promoter Don King announced today his longtime friend “Big†George Foreman has accepted his invitation to be an analyst for his pay-per-view boxing telecast of Global Glory at the United Center on Aug. 13. The main event, for the interim World Boxing Council heavyweight championship, pits former unified heavyweight world champion and No. 1-ranked WBC…
World champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was acquitted Friday of hitting and kicking his former girlfriend during a 2003 argument outside a Las Vegas nightclub. Mayweather showed no reaction as the verdict was read in Clark County District Court. “I was nervous, extremely nervous, because my life was on the line,” Mayweather told reporters outside…
WBO heavyweight champion of the world Lamon Brewster will take his show on the road after knocking out Poland’s Andrew Golota in a single round earlier this year. Brewster, sporting a record of thirty-two wins against two losses will look to demonstrate his explosive left-hook power against European standout Luan Krasniqi. Krasniqi, represented by German…
Ring legend and former multi-weight world champion Tommy “Hitman” Hearns returned to action at the grand old age of forty-six last night. In his native Detroit, Hearns hardly turned back the years but managed to turn back the attendance of his fans as he took on unknown cruiserweight John Long. Long could not come out…
The roundcard girls won’ be the only knockouts in the ring at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL on August 6! Promoter Gary Shaw announced today a quintet of undefeated contenders who will be highlighting the nine-bout undercard of the Jeff Lacy-Robin Reid IBF/IBO super middleweight championship. SHOWTIME will televise the main event…
British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch will have an enforced two-month break from gym duties having gone under the knife to repair a damaged knuckle on his right hand earlier this week. The Nottingham boxing hero suffered the injury – a ruptured extensor hood – in April this year against Henry Porras in…
With a world title unification showdown against World Boxing Organization (WBO) 168-pound titleholder Joe Calzaghe all but set for later this year, International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy will first have to defend his crown against former world champion and current International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight kingpin, Robin Reid, on SHOWTIME…
Former two-weight Southern Area champion and European title challenger David Walker has dismissed the affections of the outspoken Deptford light middleweight Anthony Small. Small recently claimed on an Internet site that not only would he like to fight “Kid Dynamite,’ but that his team had actually attempted, unsuccessfully, to make the fight. “I have never…
Former two times WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide has enlisted the services of the respected Floyd Mayweather Senior ahead of his assault on the cruiserweight division. “The Dancing Destroyer’ has returned to his training base in Las Vegas in order to work with the father of WBC light welterweight champion and pound for pound contender…
“After what Reid did — or didn’t do today — I am renaming this fight the ‘Tampa Tea Party.’ But instead of Boston Harbor, I’m dropping Reid in the ring.” – Jeff Lacy after Robin Reid hung up on media just as yesterday’s conference call was beginning. (June 28, 2005) IBF super middleweight champion Jeff…