N’dou Wins Right To Challenge IBF Champion Ricky Hatton Lovemore “The Black Panther” N’dou wore down slick punching switch hitter Naoufel Ben Rabah in a thriller last night at the State Sports Center in the Sydney suburb of Homebush Bay, Australia to win an official eliminator for the IBF Light …

Massive WBA Heavyweight Champion Nickolai Valuev of Russia retained his belt last night at St. Jakob Halle in Basel, Switzerland, engaging challenger Jameel McCline for three rounds until the American collapsed, suffering from torn ligaments in a knee. After a feeling out period in the first, Valuev was starting to …

Both Anthony Hanshaw and Jean Paul Mendy have battled through two opponents during a super middleweight tournament that has it’s climactic finish tonight as the two men square off at the Desoto Civic Center in Southaven, MS, televised by Showtime on it’s Shobox program. Both fighters have near identical records …

The ongoing soap opera stirred up by former two weight world champion Manny Pacquiao’s habit of signing lots of contracts may have come to a conclusion this past Thursday when “Pacman” held a press conference in Manila. The super featherweight declared that Bob Arum’s Top Rank was his promoter of …

Last night at the Chungmu Art Hall in Seoul, Korea, In Ji Chi regained the WBC Featherweight belt during a furious twelve round battle with reigning champion Rodolfo Lopez of Mexico. Lopez had taken the title off Japan’s Takashi Koshimoto, who had defeated Chi earlier in the year, just five …

Last night at York Hall in London, England, middleweights Howard “The Battersea Bomber” Eastman and Richard “The Secret” Williams went at it for an eventful twelve rounds for the vacant British title and with less than a minute remaining in the bout, Eastman knocked out Williams with a crisp right …

After waiting 13 years to contend for a world title, WBC Heavyweight Champion Oleg Maskaev is in no hurry to lose his belt and the 37 year old Russian took no chances in selecting Japan based Ugandan Peter Okhello as his most recent opponent. The two squared off at the …

Upsets Aplenty In London Last night at the ExCel Arena in London, former Olympic Gold Medallist Audley Harrison resuscitated a career that many in the media had already declared doomed by battering, bloodying and then stopping late replacement opponent and ex-British and Commonwealth Champion Danny Williams within three rounds.

In a classic defensive performance, former undisputed light middleweight kingpin Ronald “Winky” Wright stifled the comeback hopes of Ike Quartey last night in Tampa, Florida. Fighting in front of a hometown audience for the first time since 1992, Wright proved just too sharp for the ex-welterweight world champion, competing in …

Last night on the undercard of Wright – Quartey, former IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy returned to the ring for the first time since taking a sustained one sided beating at the hands of Joe Calzaghe nine months ago, posting a controversial win over ex-European titlist Vitali Tsypko in …

Last night in Warsaw, Poland, hometown hero Krzysztof Wlodarczyk outpointed previously undefeated Philadelphian Steve Cunningham by split decision to take the vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title belt. The 25 year old Pole, nicknamed “Diablo”, pressed the attack for most of the twelve rounds while the taller, 30 year old Cunningham used …

The longstanding grudge match between British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch and former British titleholder Tony Dodson was finally settled last night as Froch knocked out his rival in three rounds at the Nottingham Arena on a Hennessy Sports promotion. The pair had seen three previously scheduled contests …