Amateur star Luke Campbell makes his professional debut tonight on an action packed Matchroom boxing show at Craven Park stadium in Hull. It looks to be a busy night as Kell Brook, Lee Selby, and Derry Mathews are also on the card. Campbell, who if you didn’t know him from …
Read More »Paul Smith vs. Tony Dodson II, Gavin Rees vs. Anthony Crolla In Bolton
In a Liverpool derby part-deux at Bolton Arena in Bolton, England on Saturday, Paul Smith, 32-3-0 (18), fights Tony Dodson, 29-7-1 (14), for the vacant British super middleweight title three years after their first bout. The first fight was interesting, not captivating, but it had its ups and downs. Smith …
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Tunde Ajayi
Traing exclusively out of Floyd Mayweather Jr’s gym in Las Vegas, Nevada, 18 year old Junior ‘Special Boy’ Saba works with his uncle and trainer Tunde Ajayi. On first glance at a popular video of pad work on YouTube, you would assume it was Roger Mayweather and Floyd hitting the …
Read More »Is Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Really The Ghost Buster?
This Saturday night, Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather looks to increase his unbeaten record to 44-0 against Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero. As much as Mayweather would have you believe that it will be an easy night’s work for him, the general consensus is that Guerrero is not going to be a push …
Read More »Cinnamon Fish: Canelo vs. Trout An Intriguing Matchup
Back in December last year I, wrongly, thought that Miguel Cotto would be too big, too strong, too experienced and generally better in all areas than Austin Trout. As we all now know, Trout won the fight decisively and unanimously. Trout looked impressive in that victory, he didn’t allow Cotto …
Read More »Can The Veteran Thompson Rip Up The Script Against Price?
Tony ‘The Tiger’ Thompson is a tall, cagey, southpaw counter-puncher whose record is 36-3-0. He has knocked out 24 of those opponents and he himself has been knocked out twice. Not exactly a shimmering shiny scalp list, but a decent one no-less, consisting of facing Wladimir Klitschko twice and American …
Read More »The Rock With The Problem: Rees And Broner
When Gavin Rees takes on Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner this Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he really will have a hard night’s work ahead of him. Rees, 37-1-1 with 18 KO’s, is older, by nine years at 32. He is slower than Broner, both of hand and foot, the …
Read More »Zero Hour In Denmark: WBA Champ Magee Faces Kessler
Tonight, Brian Magee, 36-4-1 (25), takes on the “Viking Warrior” Mikkel Kessler, 45-2 (34), in Denmark, in defence of his WBA Super Middleweight title at 168 lbs. One has to admire Magee; over the years he has fought good, solid opponents and worked his way up the rankings the old …
Read More »Home Away From Home: Cotto Back At MSG Tonight
Miguel Cotto has never lost at Madison Square Garden; he will be back there for the eighth time in his career tonight when he faces off against undefeated Austin Trout, who currently holds the WBA light middleweight title. The Garden is Cotto’s home, they love him there as the venue …
Read More »Can Ricky Hatton Genuinely Do The Job Against Senchenko?
This Saturday sees the much debated return of Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton as he faces tough, but limited Ukrainian, former WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko. Senchenko, 32-1-0 with 21 KO’s, is a relatively one dimensional fighter, loves to work off the jab, has decent but not destructive power, and is …
Read More »Toshiaki Nishioka vs. Nonito Donaire Showdown Tonight
Nishioka, 39-4-3, with 24 KO’s, will be putting his WBC super-bantamweight title, the belt he has held since the beginning of 2009, on the line whilst Donaire, 29-1-0 with 18 KO’s, will be adding his recently acquired WBO and IBF belts to the table. Donaire has spent the past five …
Read More »Are We Seeing Audley Harrison’s Last Stand?
Audley Harrison, 28-5-0, takes on upcoming undefeated heavyweight prospect David Price, 13-0-0, at the Echo Arena, Liverpool tonight. On paper it may look a tad one sided in terms of numbers and experience but Price is looking impressive at the moment, he has steamed through some solid domestic opposition. He …
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