Boxing Quotes: Bob Arum vs. Don King
Legendary promoters Bob Arum and Don King took a stroll down memory lane and look toward the future on Thursday, recapping their 80-plus combined years as two of boxing’s biggest and most powerful promoters.
-
-
Boxing Preview: Zab Judah vs. Kaiser Mabuza
Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ sees a clash between Zab Judah and Kaiser Mabuza for the vacant IBF light welter crown. For Judah, 40-6 (27), this bout is the culmination of his return to the 140 pound division, where he held the IBF belt from 2000-2001 and the WBO strap in…
-
O’Donnell promises to finally ‘shut Watson up’ in rematch
Grant Tissot London-based Galway welterweight John O’Donnell has promised to shut Craig Watson up this Saturday night, February 19, when the duo face off at Wembley Arena for the British title. The long anticipated rematch from their May 2009 Commonwealth title bout is sure to pique the interest of the boxing public, with Oldham’s Craig…
-
Boxing Perspective: Bradley, Alexander Vie For Light Welter Unification
Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander have been on separate paths that were destined to cross at some point, and on the 29th January 2011, sparks will fly. Desert Storm meets Alexander the Great. Both are undefeated, both want to prove they are the best in the division we, as fans, are almost guaranteed a great…
-
Boxing Prospect Denis Doughlin Signs With Al Haymon
Junior Middleweight sensation Denis “Da Mommas Boy†Douglin has signed an exclusive agreement with world renowned advisor Al Haymon. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in professional boxing, Haymon’s impressive clientele includes Floyd Mayweather, Paul Williams, Andre Berto, Daniel Jacobs and Antonio Tarver amongst others. His fighters all have appeared in lucrative…
-
Boxing Preview: GR8 Britain vs. The World
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Tonight, Great Britain takes on the world as James De Gale, Nathan Cleverly, Amir Khan, Matthew Macklin, Frankie Gavin, Tony Bellew and Kell Brook are all fighting…not each other, in a massive royal rumble type of affair…individually of course. Amir Khan is topping the bill and…
-
People’s Champ Boxing: Steve Forbes Headlines “Hammond Havoc” Show
Headlining “Hammond Havoc” will be former IBF super featherweight World Champion and reality star of ESPN’s The Contender series: Steve “2pounds†Forbes in a showdown against Roberto “El Viejo†Valenzuela. Forbes (34-8) is coming off a tough decision loss (majority draw) to Harrison Cuello in March 2010, after knocking out a game Jason Davis in…
-
British Boxing Amateur Peter Gallagher Jr Coming To America
One of the most highly rated and decorated Jr. Boxer’s in recent memory in the United Kingdom is set to take his professional career on the road and invade America the same way the Beatles did some forty-five years ago from the same city of Liverpool, England. Peter Taureo Gallagher Jr. who was a two-time…
-
Boxing In France: Anne Sophie Mathis vs. Angel McKenzie On Saturday
Angel McKenzie is set for the sternest tests of her career to date. The entertaining former Big Brother star, who earlier today left her London home to travel to Dombasle-sur-Meurthe in France, is set to face female boxing’s number one pound for pound fighter Anne Sophie Mathis this coming Saturday.
-
Boxing Quotes: Sakio Bika vs. Andre Ward
© Rich Hundley / Showtime Boxing WBA super middleweight champion Andre “S.O.G.†Ward and world contender Sakio “The Scorpion†Bika met with local Bay Area media members on Wednesday to discuss their anticipated world title fight just three days away.
-
DiBella Boxing: Sergio Martinez vs. Manny Pacquiao On The Horizon?
The Big Three, the ‘60s version of this troika was comprised of golf’s greatest of that era, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. As the 21st century begins its second decade The Big Three has a new generation, boxing superstars Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Sergio Martinez, multi-division world champions possessing the comparable…
-
Ringside Report: Martinez Spectacular KO of Williams in 14th Round
Last December, Paul ‘The Punisher’ Williams won a majority decision over Sergio Gabriel Martinez in a non-title middleweight bout that many felt Martinez was the victor. This past Saturday the two fighters returned to Atlantic City for what the Spanish call ‘venganza’ (revenge) and what Paul Williams aimed to show was ‘payback’ by matching Martinez…