Ahead of his IBF light welterweight title challenge to champion Kostya Tszyu, undefeated Manchester fighter Ricky Hatton admitted recently that he is experiencing nerves as never before. And with good reason. Tszyu is one of boxing’s most lethal punchers and perhaps the most dominant light welterweight champion of the past twenty years in the sport….
It is rumored that in the wake of the Javier Castillejo-Fernando Vargas-WBC mix-up, Castillejo’s former title will be contested by former welterweight world champion Ricardo Mayorga and unheralded Italian Michele Piccirillo. No official word is available but the assignment would seem a curious one being that Mayorga’s last fight was an eighth round stoppage loss…
Don King is planning yet another blockbuster card to be held at Chicago’s United Center, the site of his most recent fight card of which the main event saw Lamon brewster defend his WBO heavyweight championship against Andrew Golota. On that card, undisputed welterweight champion of the world Zab Judah took out game but outmatched…
Both main event participants for tonight’s headliner at the MEN arena in Manchester, England made weight for the contest without too many problems. WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison of Glasgow, Scotland made the 126-pound limit comfortably while challenger Michael Brodie of Manchester had to shed his clothing to properly register at the designated weight limit….
Polish heavyweight Andrew Golota’s reward for being knocked out in less than a minute by Lamon Brewster last month is to fight a WBA title eliminator against Russian giant Nicolai Valuev. “The Best from the East” Valuev’s record stands at forty-one wins without a loss and his last five fights include wins over such notable…
Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will be among the celebrity judges when King of the Cage (www.kingofthecage.com/ring-girls), the world wide recognized mixed martial arts competition spearheaded by owner Terry Trebilcock and agent Steve Karel, will move into the forum of adult-branded pay per view for the first time when it presents KOTC’s Cage Girls…
KOSTYA TSZYU. “I have had a very good training camp and I am here to show all my skills. Ricky is a great challenger. I have seen him fight. This is about respect, boxer to boxer. Fighting Ricky in his hometown does not matter at all to me because inside the ring, nobody else can…
WBO Featherweight Champion Scott Harrison faces a true do or die situation against his most dangerous domestic rival, three time world title challenger Michael Brodie, this Friday at Manchester, England’s enormous MEN Arena. The Frank Maloney managed Glasgow man is coming off a sub-par title defense against Colombia’s Victor Polo and can ill afford a…
British fight manager Jack Trickett has launched a verbal attack on WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison ahead of Harrison’s clash with Trickett’s fighter, Michael Brodie this Friday. According to the Scotsman.com online source, Trickett stunned media and onlookers alike with a tirade against Harrison, prompted by Harrison’s lateness to a pre-fight press conference. Trickett laid…
Lee Meager will meet Liverpool’s David Burke in a sensational eliminator for the British lightweight title in the chief support contest on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ bill on Saturday July 9th at the Nottingham Arena. It will be the Salford man’s first outing since, according to most ringsiders, he comprehensively beat Danny Hunt for the…
In anticipation of their HBO televised championship bouts on August 20th at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois two time junior middleweight champion “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas and #1 ranked featherweight Rocky Juarez will hold a press conference at Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant this Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 1pm. Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant is located at 500…
British fight manager Frank Maloney is causing a stir ahead of his fighter, Scott Harrison’s WBO world title fight with Manchester fighter Michael Brodie. Maloney is fuming about the fact that his man Harrison, from Cambuslang in Scotland, has to defend his championship with an all-English judging panel officiating the contest. Maloney has been known…