After a torrid distance fight, England’s Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton is the new IBF light welterweight champion of the world. The fight was a rough encounter and both fighters had their moments but the end came when an exhausted champion Kostya Tszyu could not come out to contest the twelfth and final round. Hatton becomes…
Hatton finally receives a chance to prove that he is not only a legitimate light welterweight of this generation, but the definitive light welterweight of his time as he takes on an all-time great in Kostya Tszyu. The fight is to take place in Hatton’s own MEN arena in England at the unusual hour of…
We British know our boxing, we love our boxing and so it is no surprise that IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu received an enthusiastic welcome from the British fight community. After all, Tszyu’s reputation stretches far beyond that of a world champion, the man is a boxing legend and his gracing of a British…
At their best, these two fighters are world-class forces in the featherweight division, at their worst; they have vulnerabilities that hardly make them a sure thing in any world class fight they contest. Harrison is the rough, solid puncher who looks to outwork his opponent, while the technically sound Brodie has a dynamic style capable…
Both of these men have a common opponent, which neither of them managed to defeat: Erik Morales. After earning their respective world titles, Chavez and Hernandez ran into Morales, who promptly took their championships away, and it is for one of those titles, the WBC super featherweight championship, that both men fight for the right…
My outstanding memory of Ricardo “Chapo†Vargas is of him bringing hell to a certain Johnny Tapia some years ago. Vargas’s sharp punches tore at Tapia’s features and it seemed to me that even one as talented as Tapia felt bemused about how to deal with such a dangerous foe. It is worth noting that…
The main event of tonight’s Friday Night Fight’s card in Florida, USA, saw Kendall Holt take on Jaime Rangel in an interesting light welterweight clash. Rangel had previously been in with Zab Judah, losing dramatically in a single round, while Holt had only one stoppage loss to his name at the hands of Thomas Davis….
This pre-main event fight to the featured attraction of Kendall Holt vs. Jaime Rangel saw former undisputed world light welterweight championship challenger Ben “Wonder” Tackie take on Edwin Algarin over eight rounds. Read on for all the action as it happened. Round one: Algarin is threatened with disqualification by the referee during the introductions for…
Nestled between the classic featherweight and lightweight divisions, we have the 130-pound super featherweight division. If you are a boxing purist, perhaps you do not agree with the creation of such weight classes deviating from the original weights as intended. What you cannot possibly disagree with is the legitimacy of the fighters currently occupying this…
1. Jean Marc Mormeck: As the current unified WBC/WBA cruiserweight champion, Mormeck’s introduction to the world is somewhat belated. Nevertheless, having beaten Wayne Braithwaite, Virgil Hill (twice), Alexander Gurov and Dale Brown in his last five fights, Mormeck deserves his place atop this list. Under the promotion of Don King, Mormeck could conceivably be involved…
WBO heavyweight champion of the world “Relentless” Lamon Brewster lived up to his nickname tonight in Chicago, Illinois as he wiped away the challenge of Polish contender Andrew Golota in less than a minute. Brewster managed to get inside of Golota’s defense almost immediately to land his vaunted left hook, and Golota found himself on…
Few fighters can claim four attempts at a world heavyweight championship, and even less could do so having endured a career as turbulent as that of Andrew Golota. “The Foul Pole,†is now more affectionately referred to as “The Powerful Pole†by Don King’s promotional company; and a less sinister nickname is not all that…