“I want a big fight with someone ranked above me, say like Takaloo or even British Champion Jamie Moore, because I’d like to prove myself the best in Britain before going on to really crash the American scene.‖Irish middleweight champion Matthew Macklin plans big things under the guidance of Billy Graham. Macklin Set For First…
Things were beginning to get quiet in Britain this past weekend as the U.K. settled into its traditional midsummer break between the “seasons,” but the scene isn’t completely dead with the upcoming bouts in the U.S. and Italy this week for British fighters, along with speculation on just who some of the biggest names in…
Tomas Villa of Midland, Texas brought a modest won-lost record into his match-up with undefeated hot prospect David Martinez but left the ring at the Iseleta Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico wearing the black and gold NABA super bantamweight title belt. In the end it was the twenty-two-year-old’s iron will that brought Martinez down as…
European welterweight champion Oktay Urkal will put his crown on the line against undefeated Dane Thomas Damgaard on September 3 in Berlin, Germany in a battle between the two best 147-pound boxers on the continent. Both men have previously worn the European light welterweight title belts while Damgaard, 36-0 (27), briefly held the welterweight title…
“I’d love to face Corrales. Given what he’s achieved and what I’ve achieved in our careers, I think it’s a fight people really want to see. If he wants to come up to 140, we can do that, too.”–DeMarcus Corley believes he still belongs amongst the world’s great fighters and wastes no time in calling…
California lightweight hopeful Rolando Reyes contends for the vacant NABO title tonight, drawing a tough assignment in the form of former belt-holder Courtney Burton of Michigan. The two square off as the main event on Showtime’s ShoBox broadcast tonight and the fireworks are expected to be fierce with Reyes engaging in his first title fight…
Despite working outdoors in temperatures hovering at 108 degrees Fahrenheit, middleweight Sam “The King” Soliman outfought a very tough Fernando Zuniga last night in Lemoore, California and the quick and awkward Australian moves one step closer to a long awaited world title opportunity. Zuniga landed some good shots on the lunging Soliman but was never…
Eastman, Magee and McCullough all come up short. A certain aging American middleweight champion was not the only fighter to be unlucky this weekend as three British fighters found themselves in the losing column after giving their all in title fights. Two went down the tubes in Germany while a third did not find Las…
Mark Krence stepped into a British Heavyweight title fight against the formidable Matt Skelton, replacing Danny Williams at the eleventh hour, and did much better than anyone expected before getting stopped in the seventh round. Krence was able to use his greater skills to good advantage and frustrated the stronger British Champion over much of…
Howard Eastman and Brian Magee leave their British homeland in search of victory as they both take the stage in Nurnberg, Germany tonight. Magee has the higher profile assignment as he squares off against Vitali Tsypko in an eliminator for the IBF super middleweight title as well as to see just who will become the…
Olympic Silver Medallist Amir Khan makes his greatly anticipated professional debut tonight in his hometown of Bolton, England on the undercard of Matt Skelton’s British Heavyweight title defense against late replacement Mark Krence. The eighteen year old lightweight is riding an unprecedented crest of public goodwill and is arguably responsible for the return of terrestrial…
Citing the flu, Danny Williams has pulled out of his British Heavyweight title bid against reigning champion Matt Skelton at the last minute and been replaced by former English beltholder Mark Krence. It was only yesterday that Williams weighed in for the much anticipated bout in Bolton, England’s Reebok Centre and scaled a surprising 283lbs….