It’s finally here ! The much anticipated showdown for the World Heavyweight Unification clash between Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye happens tonight – at the Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany ! Yesterdays weighin saw crazy scenes with hundreds of British and German fans packed in to a shopping centre. Haye – taunting a cool, expressionless Klitschko…
Elvin Ayala – known affectionately as “The Pride of New Haven†– plans on beating crosstown rival Israel “Pito†Cardona of Hartford, Conn., so convincingly that Cardona’s fans might reconsider their allegiance. “People from Hartford are going to want to move to New Haven,†Ayala quipped.
Most of the principal fighters taking part in Don King’s history-making fight card on Saturday (HBO: 9:45 p.m. ET/PT) at The Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo., were on hand for the event’s final press conference. King hosted the press conference, touting the event, St. Charles, St. Louis and Missouri. “It’s a Lou think in…
WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye was handed a priceless pre-fight boost on Tuesday night, when former world super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe visited the fighter’s Vauxhall gymnasium and watched ‘The Hayemaker’ train for the best part of two hours.
Independence Day weekend will get off to an explosive start at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California on Friday, July 1, when two of boxing’s rising stars – Frankie Gomez and Randy Caballero – enter the ring in a quest to keep their unbeaten records intact against upset-minded foes. In the main event of…
IBF No. 1-ranked light heavyweight Yusaf “Mack Attack†Mack (29-3-2, 17 KOs); WBC-USNBC undefeated national cruiserweight champion Ryan “The Irish Outlaw†Coyne (16-0, 6 KOs); and IBF No. 1-ranked junior middleweight Sechew “Iron Horse†Powell (26-2, 15 KOs) participated in media workouts today at the Sweat Pound 4 Pound Gym in Clayton, Mo., in support…
Twenty-four-year-old Devon Alexander “The Great†(21-1, 13 KOs) walked into his St. Louis gym today for a media workout looking like a mature fighter who knows what is at stake in his 140-pound showdown against Argentine knockout artist Lucas Matthysse on Saturday at The Family Arena in nearby St. Charles (HBO: 9:45 p.m. ET/PT) When…
Next Saturday night in St. Charles, Missouri, Yusaf Mack of Philadelphia will attempt to follow in the legendary shoes of Bernard Hopkins and capture a slice of the Light Heavyweight championship as he takes on Tavoris Cloud for Cloud’s IBF title. Mack of Philadelphia has been extra motivated by a man he calls one of…
If you’re searching for an early insight into what David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye plans to do to Wladimir Klitschko on July 2 in Hamburg, look no further than David Haye’s Knockout, the WBA heavyweight champion’s very own iPhone computer game. Accessible, exciting and gloriously bloody, David Haye’s Knockout matches a pixelated Haye with an anonymous…
Cavan ace faces Gavin Rees for the vacant European Lightweight title on Saturday It could be a huge European weekend for the Andy Murrays –with the high-profile Tennis star gunning for Grand Slam glory in the French Open, and the quiet unbeaten Irish boxer taking on Gavin Rees for the vacant European Lightweight title in…
Undefeated WBA lightweight champion “Bam Bam†Brandon Rios will make the first defense of his world title when he takes on two-time world title challenger and current Top-Five-rated contender Urbano Antillon, Saturday, July 9, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The co-main event will feature former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron and Carlos…
Undefeated WBA lightweight champion “Bam Bam†Brandon Rios will make the first defense of his world title when he takes on two-time world title challenger and current Top-Five-rated contender Urbano Antillon, Saturday, July 9, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The co-main event will feature former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron and Carlos…