British boxing’s Golden Boy, Amir Khan, solved the difficult style of slippery Sheffield journeyman Daniel Thorpe before the end of the first round during their bout at London’s Docklands area ExCel Arena last night. The Olympic Silver Medallist continued to display accurate targeting abilities to go along with his heavy, fast hands as Thorpe simply…
The mercurial Danny Williams was on form last night at London’s cavernous ExCel Arena as he proved his meddle once again by outfighting a hesitant Audley Harrison, winning one of his former belts, the Commonwealth Heavyweight title. In what many had expected to be a showcase for the much ballyhooed Harrison, the towering former Olympic…
Lots of great action took place across the globe this weekend and we’ll start in South Africa where at the Orient Theater in the coastal city of East London, Simpiwie Vetyeka retained his domestic bantamweight title for the fourth time with an eighth round stoppage against Wendy Makhenzi. In Huatabampo, Mexico Esteban Camou bounced back…
It was a busy weekend in the US and there were a good number of fights that took place so let’s get cracking. On a Goosen – Tutor card from the Taichi Palace and Hotel in Lemoore, California, undefeated featherweight Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero lost his NABF title and perfect record via split decision to…
Last night on an HBO PPV broadcast from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Jermain Taylor proved that his first victory over modern day great Bernard Hopkins was no fluke as he retained the WBC, WBA and WBO Middleweight titles. Hopkins, the Philadelphia legend, chose a similar strategy to that pursued during the first meeting…
WBC Light Welter Champion Floyd Mayweather proved he could compete at welterweight tonight as the top pound for pound fighter in the world thoroughly controlled former WBA 140 lb titlist Sharmba Mitchell at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon. Mitchell was hardly ever a participant in the contest, getting beaten to the punch repeatedly…
Tonight in front of a hometown audience at the Cricket Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, “The Boxing Banker” Calvin Brock outboxed seasoned journeyman David Bostice to take a unanimous decison victor on a Main Events promotion. Brock secures the vacant IBA Continental Americas belt in the process and remains undefeated at 27-0 (21). Since beating…
While reports that Matt Skelton has split with longtime manager Eugene Maloney are true, rumors that the British Heavyweight Champion has let Maloney ago are totally false. The respected fixture of the London boxing scene chose to drop his commitment to Skelton on a matter of principle. It may be the first time that a…
“The Future Of The 154lb Division is Here!” Argentine light middleweight wrecking machine Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez has put together an impressive record of 35-1-1 (17) since joining the paid ranks in 1997 and the thirty year old southpaw has been successfully fighting out of Madrid, Spain since 2002. After an early loss to current WBO…
IBF Light Welter Champion Ricky Hatton is counting down the hours until he meets WBA Champion Carlos Maussa in the ring and “The Hitman” won’t have to wait long wait for the chance to add the Colombian’s title to his trophy cabinet. The two square off next Saturday on a Fight Academy promotion from the…
It took every ounce of heart, determination and sheer guts for Martin Power to retain his British title tonight in London’s hallowed East End venue of York Hall. The Camden Towne bantamweight had his hands absolutely full with the razor sharp reflexive boxing skills of challenger Ian Napa, a man nearly impossible to catch flush…
Former WBA Lightweight titlist Stefano Zoff may have finally hit the wall at age of thirty nine as the cagey Italian was finished inside the tenth round by unbeaten Juan Carlos Diaz Melero in Leganes, Spain. At stake was the vacant European crown, a title that Zoff, 43-11-2 (17), has already held twice before but…