A weekend of upsets then, well almost, can one count the stoppage of former Iron chinned Chisora an upset? Yeah, I’ll take that. Personally, going into the Haye vs. Chisora fight, I thought the same as other scribes and fans alike, “well it is going two ways, Haye is going to outbox Chisora for twelve…
Several junior welter world titles are on the line tonight as WBC champ Danny Garcia meets WBA king Amir Khan at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. This fight is a result of Lamont Peterson reportedly failing a medical test prior to the rematch from his clash with Amir Khan in December of last year….
Vinny Maddalone read the script and played the role perfectly Tyson Fury on Saturday night; the journeyman turned up, got hit a great deal and was stopped by the referee in five. Tough and compact slugger Maddalone didn’t really throw anything Fury’s way that troubled the bigger man. Fury had a reach advantage and was…
Nonito Donaire is looking to defend his WBO super bantam belt and take Jeffrey Mathebula’s IBF belt, at the Home Depot Centre this Saturday night. Donaire has looked very impressive in his movements through the weights from flyweight, super flyweight, bantam and super bantam, winning titles in all four divisions, notably making himself only the…
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, 45-0-1 (31), makes the makes the third defence of his WBC middleweight title against 28-year-old southpaw challenger Andy Lee, 28-1-0 with 20 KO’s, tonight at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX. Chavez Jr will always be in the quite considerable sized shadow of his father, former three weight world champion…
Tomorrow, Manny Pacquiao faces off against Timothy ‘Desert Storm’ Bradley for the WBO welterweight belt. Pacquiao has dominated nearly everyone who he has fought since losing to Erik Morales for the first time back in early 2005, all apart from Juan Manuel Marquez. Although there are not many comparables between Marquez and Bradley, they offer…
© Lawrence Lustig Carl Froch 28-2-0 with 20 KO’s, has most certainly earned his place amongst the top super middleweights in the world. Lucian Bute has not. Yes, Bute is an extremely talented fighter and the IBF champion but his record is not of the same quality as Froch’s. This Saturday will be his Montreal…
© Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions People say ‘This fight should have happened five years ago’. I retort ‘The Cotto of five years ago is not the same Cotto that will be facing Mayweather this evening’. The Cotto of five years ago was an undefeated monster at welterweight; he was giving solid, talented fighters hard…
Tonight, the rematch between ‘Bad’ Chad Dawson and ‘The Executioner’ Bernard Hopkins takes place at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City. Their first fight, back in October of last year, ended in controversy when, in the second round, Dawson effectively shoved Hopkins to the canvas, resulting in an injury to his left shoulder. The fight was…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia has the biggest test of his career tonight in facing off against the modern day legend that is Erik ‘El Terrible’ Morales. Garcia, 22-0-0 with 14 KO’s, has been brought along steadily since turning pro back in 2007, and he has recently started…
© Richard Slone / sloneart.com Tonight at Madison Square Garden, Sergio Martinez, 48-2-2, 27 KO’s, defends his WBC Diamond title against challenger Matthew Macklin, 28-3-0, 19 KO’s. This is Macklin’s second world title shot in a row, after a gutsy performance last June against Felix Sturm. He dropped a split decision to Sturm and it…
Vitali Klitschko defends his WBC title for the tenth time against game, but fresh Derek Chisora tonight, Saturday 18th February 2012. Chisora, 15-2-0 with 9 KO’s, is really up against it here. Klitschko’s record is slightly better at 43-2-0 with 40 KO’s. Vitali, the older Klitschko by five years, holds the WBC belt while brother…