At Aussie Stadium in Sydney, Anthony Mundine cruised to a comfortable points decision against Danny Green on Wednesday night in an all-Australian super middleweight grudge match which failed to live up to expectations. With the victory “The Man” secures the WBA number one ranking. After a good first round for Green, Mundine’s blinding hand speed…
Australian Shannan Taylor will take a walk in to the Last Chance Saloon on tonight when he challenges unbeaten Armenian Arthur Abraham for his IBF Middleweight Championship. Taylor has challenged for a legitimate world title once before, almost five years ago when “Sugar” Shane Mosley, then acknowledged as one of the best pound for pound…
With their wins against different opponents in Perth last week, Aussie Super Middleweights Danny Green and Anthony Mundine paved the way for what will surely become the richest fight in Australian boxing history to take place early next year… The Man versus The Machine. Fresh from his hard fought but very convincing win over Mexico’s…
It was a raucous evening of boxing at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Western Australia tonight as both Danny Green and Anthony Mundine successfully negotiated the final obstacles which stood in the path of their super fight next year. In front of his parochial hometown crowd, Green threw everything but the kitchen sink at tough Kirino…
Click for larger image © Greig Johnston / SaddoBoxing.com The anticipated fireworks between super middleweight contenders Anthony Mundine and Danny Green never eventuated at the weigh in for their joint card in Perth, Western Australia today. A pensive Green left a full 45 minutes before Mundine arrived, and seemed to be in business mode. “Thank…
Check Out This Great Fight on Showtime This Saturday Starting at 9PM! Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy puts his IBF Super Middleweight strap on the line this Saturday night when he takes on rugged contender Scott Pemberton at Caesars Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada. Be sure not to blink. Lacy has swept all before him as a…
Vic Darchinyan successfully defended his IBF and IBO flyweight titles tonight in Sydney with a predictable fifth round stoppage win over tough Colombian challenger Jair Jiminez. After a sluggish couple of opening rounds Darchinyan cranked up the pace in round three, stinging Jiminez repeatedly with straight left hands. After instructions from trainer Jeff Fenech to…
Fight fans will get the chance to see the twenty-first century flyweight incarnation of Jake Lamotta on Wednesday night, when Australia’s own “Raging Bull” Vic Darchinyan defends his IBF and IBO flyweight titles against Colombian Jair Jiminez at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney. Exactly what Jiminez did to deserve a title shot is unclear. He…
Michael “Rocky’ Katsidis kept his perfect record intact with a 5th round TKO over Ranee Ganoy on Friday night at Brisbane’s Convention and Exhibition Centre. In victory Katsidis retains the WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight Championship. Ganoy was brave but in the end was completely outgunned by the power punching Australian. Down in round two, the…
Hot Australian prospect Michael “Rocky’ Katsidis takes on Filipino Ranee Ganoy on Friday night for the WBO Asia Pacific Light Welterweight crown at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane. Katsidis has been hailed by some observers as Australias best home grown prospect since Jeff Fenech. A high volume puncher and Olympian in Sydney 2000,…
With Danny Green having signed to fight Scott Pemberton in a bid to secure a third meeting with Markus Beyer, and a November superfight between Joe Calzaghe and Jeff Lacy supposedly a done deal, Anthony Mundine is starting to resemble a little boy that nobody wants to play with. Blessed with phenomenal athletic gifts, speed…
Click for larger image© Paul Speak Nearly two months have passed since Ricky Hatton dethroned Kostya Tszyu to become the IBF junior welterweight champion of the world, and there is still no word from Tszyu on whether or not he plans to fight again. Indeed the signals from his camp have become increasingly conflicting and…