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It could be called a matchup over 10 years too late. Two heavyweight veterans meet tonight for the WBC heavyweight title when the German based Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko makes his fifth defence, facing Shannon Briggs in Hamburg. For Klitschko, this is his third reign as a world heavyweight champion. Back …
Read More »K2 Boxing: Klitschko vs. Briggs In Hamburg October 16
WBC World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title against former champion Shannon Briggs on October 16, at o2 World Hamburg, Germany. After eleven years, Klitschko returns to the city of Hamburg where he is living with his family since 1996.
Read More »Exclusive Boxing Interview: David Tua
It is hard to find much about David Tua the fighter that is not fan friendly. He has a legendary knockout punch as his stoppages of heavyweight title holders Hashim Rahman, John Ruiz, Oleg Maskaev and Michael Moorer still to this day cap many highlight reels. His personality outside the …
Read More »Hayemaker Boxing: David Haye Backs Fellow Brits For 2010 Impact
Recently crowned WBA heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye will be boxing’s sole representative when he battles it out with nine other British sports stars for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Sunday, December 13. The 29-year-old Londoner lifted the world heavyweight title on November 14, the …
Read More »Best Boxing Upsets Of The Past Twenty Years
Number 6: Marco Antonio Barerra puts on a clinic against undefeated Naseem Hamed in 2001. Result: 115-112, 116-111 and 115-112, all for Barerra. Barerra came in to this fight as a “washed-up” 27-year-old who was recently beated badly by Junior Jones twice via a fifth round retirement and decisive UD …
Read More »This Month In Boxing History: Lennox Lewis Claims The Heavyweight Division!
Heavyweight boxing has always been the flagstone of our sport, with the exception of a few weak years here and there throughout the gloved era, yet even during those durations the heavyweight champion was always known as the single most dominant figure in all of sport. In the 1990ʼs, heavyweight …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: Riddick Bowe vs. Lennox Lewis?
What If Bowe And Lewis Met As Professionals In The Ring? Twice! The year was 1992. Evander Holyfield was ruling the heavyweight division and by the close of that year had defended his crown against George Foreman, Bert Cooper and Larry Holmes. At the same time, two young heavyweights named …
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