Hailing from Perth, Australia, Justin Manolikos manages world rated light heavyweight contender Danny Green and is also a partner with the fighter in Green Machine Promotions. The pair are putting on a show this Wednesday night at Challenge Stadium in Perth that sees Danny, 23-3 (21), defend his IBF Pan …
Read More »Boxing World Mourns Passing Of Diego Corrales
Felled during the prime of life at just 29 years of age, the passing of former two weight world champion Diego Corrales has unified the normally fracticious boxing fraternity in a shared state of mourning. Just after 7pm on Monday night, Corrales was driving a motorcycle on Ft. Apache Rd …
Read More »Boxing Result: Mikkel Kessler Shuts Out Librado Andrade To Keep WBC/WBA Titles
Last night in front of 20,000 people at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, WBC/WBA Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler won every round enroute to posting a wide points decision victory over hard nosed Librado Andrade. From the start it was clear that Andrade didn’t come to Copenhagen to deliver anything …
Read More »Argentina Boxing Report: Resultados Del Boxeo Del Fin De Semana De La Argentina
It was a good weekend of boxing in República Argentina with the biggest fightcard taking place on Friday night in the northwestern city of Salta, where Javier Alberto Mamani KO’d Marcus Hector Vergara in the tenth and final round to claim the vacant WBA Fedebol Light Middleweight title at Estadio …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Carl Johanneson – Ricky Burns
One of the most anticipated contests to take place so far this year in England is scheduled for Leeds Town Hall tonight as reigning British Super Featherweight Champion Carl Johanneson puts his belt at risk against a man who should provide “Ingemar” with his stiffest test to date, Ricky Burns, …
Read More »Exclusive Boxing Interview: Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton grew up in a large, grim council estate on the edge of Manchester known as Hattersley. The development was built in the 1960’s, intended as a large overspill estate by the Manchester City council. As a small boy, he trained in the basement of the pub he and …
Read More »Exclusive Boxing Interview: Ray Hatton
Ray Hatton has been busy managing the careers of his sons Ricky and Matthew Hatton as they prepare for their Las Vegas debuts on January 20. Ricky will challenge IBF Light Welter Champion Juan Urango while Matthew contends for the vacant IBF International Welterweight crown against tough spoiler Frank Houghtaling. …
Read More »Boxing Result: Kendall Holt Schools Isaac Hlatshwayo
Click for larger image © Ed Mulholland / Showtime Boxing In an upset last night at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, light welter Kendall Holt took Isaac Hlatshwayo to school, pulling away from the talented South African in the later rounds and dropping the visitor three times enroute …
Read More »Boxing Result: Buster Keaton Wins British Cruiserweight Title
Matthew Hatton Controversially Disqualified In Last Round Of Winning Performance! Last night Fight Academy put on a cracking non-televised card at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, England with cruiserweight veterans Buster Keaton and Lee Swaby vying for the British title that longtime beltholder Mark Hobson voluntarily gave up recently. …
Read More »Boxing Result: Bami Takes European Title In London
Tonight at York Hall in London, England light welterweight Ted Bami made an unexpected opportunity pay off handsomely as the Brixton based man from Congo convincingly won the vacant European title on a Matchroom Sport promotion. Guiseppe Lauri, 41-5 (24), of Italy was initially to have faced ex-European Lightweight titlist …
Read More »Exclusive Boxing Interview: Danny Green
Ex-WBC Interim Super Middleweight Champion Danny Green is in action tonight in his hometown at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia where he’ll face domestic rival and former world title challenger Jason DeLisle for the IBF Pan Pacific Light Heavyweight title belt. Coming off a high profile loss to Anthony Mundine …
Read More »Boxing Result: Woods Retains Over Johnson Amid Controversy
Click for larger image © Mike Cleary / BoxingPhotographs.com Tonight in Bolton, England IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Clinton Woods kept his belt in a stirring slugfest with former titlist Glen Johnson via a split decision victory. It was the pair’s third contest against each other and the Fight Academy promoted …
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