**TONS OF EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS** Click for larger image© Richard Eberline The March 18th Sports Network fight card was a great event to attend, despite the fact that the scheduled Joe Calzaghe-Brian Magee WBO super middleweight title bout was cancelled and London’s super featherweight sensation Kevin Mitchell’s opponent dropped out with …
Read More »Belfast Fight Night!
Belfast’s King’s Hall was alive last night as Eamonn Magee came back from career ending injury to defend his WBU welterweight crown against a reluctant Allan Vester. With the full-throated backing of his fans, Northern Ireland’s finest fighter dominated Danish import Vester via a brutal three round rubout. Initially, Magee …
Read More »Exclusive Report from Belfast.
From our reporter Richard Eberline on site in Belfast, Ireland. The exuberant feeling on the streets that is St. Patrick’s Day in Belfast, Northern Ireland has been somewhat dampened today by the sobering news that the scheduled contest between WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe and former IBO titlist Brian …
Read More »Brian Magee: Opportunity of a Lifetime or Mission Impossible?
Belfast’s Brian Magee gets the fight of his dreams on Friday night when he meets WBO super middleweight kingpin Joe Calzaghe on Sport’s Network’s big Northern Ireland card from the King’s Hall in Magee’s hometown. This will the twenty-eight year-old southpaw’s second truly big fight, as he came up short …
Read More »Hatton Set to Go One Up on Jones with Bigger Game Still Ahead.
“I’m twenty-four now and it’s time to take a step up in class and start boxing these people like David Barnes and Michael Jennings.” – Matthew Hatton Matthew Hatton is hoping to erase a black mark on his resume tonight when he gets his wish in the form of a …
Read More »Round by Round: Rocky Juarez-Juan Carlos Ramirez.
As it happened, only one round was necessary to report in this main event as Rocky Juarez made quick work of Juan Carlos Ramirez. Here is what happened in this latest explosive performance from Rocky Juarez. Round one: Ramirez looks like a shot fighter. Slow of hand and foot. After …
Read More »Round by Round: Cruz Carbajal-Jorge Lacierva.
We bring you another result from the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California before the Juarez-Ramirez main event. Read on to find out what happened when Cruz Carbajal battled Jorge Lacierva in an IBF bantamweight title eliminator. Round one: Lacierva hits Carbajal with a big right in the opening …
Read More »Round by Round: Henry Crawford-Alex Viramontes.
In a prelude to the big fights being shown tonight, including the main event of Rocky Juarez vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez, we bring you a round by round reoprt of the four round welterweight contest between Henry Crawford and Alex Viramontes. Round one: A feeling out round mostly that sets …
Read More »Can Woods Shake Off the World Title Blues?
Clinton Woods proved himself to be the best light heavyweight in Britain, the former British Commonwealth countries and on the European continent by winning all of those titles between the years of 1999 and 2000. When the Sheffield battler tried to take his show on the big stage however, he …
Read More »Julio Diaz Lays it All on the Line.
“I’m ready for either way this fight goes because I’m well trained for any style of fighting.”-Julio Diaz. In boxing terms, Julio Diaz literally gave everything up to fight WBC champion Jose Luis Castillo, the man many feel is the best lightweight in the talent-laden division. Pound-for-pound boxer Floyd Mayweather …
Read More »Diamond Sharp in Mississippi.
I don’t care who I’m facing, just as long as I am fighting. It’s exciting and I will win a world title. Nothing will keep me from achieving that goal. Nothing.”-“Kid Diamond” You won’t find a whole lot of diamonds unexpectedly in Choctaw, Mississippi, but you will find a brilliant …
Read More »Kelly Pavlik: “The Ghost” Returning to Haunt Beaupierre.
“All these top prospects have the big names and they’ve fought the same guys I’ve fought, but I just dismantled those fighters.”-Kelly Pavlik. It’s not every day that serious, cold-blooded knockout punchers come along in the sport of boxing, but undefeated middleweight contender Kelly Pavlik is the Real McCoy. Fully …
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