Sometimes a fighter can find himself up against the ropes. That’s the feeling most people in the boxing community have about Jermain Taylor. He’s fighting an undefeated former champ in his hometown and he is the underdog. The pressure is on, but nothing could be further from Taylor’s mind as he prepares to face Arthur…
© Showtime Boxing / Photo Wende Undefeated former IBF middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham (30-0, 24 KOs) worked out in Zinnowitz, Germany yesterday. Abraham is in preparation for his Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 1 bout against former undisputed 160-pound titleholder Jermain “Bad Intentions’’ Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KOs), of Little Rock, Ark., on…
There’s no better person to ask about the similarities in the fighting styles of former Mexican world champion Salvador Sanchez and his nephew of the same name than legendary trainer Jimmy Montoya. Montoya worked with the featherweight world champion Sanchez in the early 1980s before he was tragically killed in a 1982 car accident at…
Up-and-coming, undefeated heavyweight Travis Kauffman of Reading, Penn., has rendered unconscious his last eight opponents, but figures to get his sternest test to date when he faces confident, upset-minded, once-beaten Tony Grano of Hartford, Conn., in the 10-round main event tomorrow/Friday, Sept. 18, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT,…
America is always looking for the next top heavyweight. So, in a wide-open division in need of some new, native talent, unbeaten knockout artist Travis Kauffman (18-0, 15 KOs) will look to continue his climb up the heavyweight ladder when he takes on the dangerous Tony Grano (15-1-1, 12 KOs ) on Friday, Sept. 18,…
One of the most respected and recognized voices in boxing, Al Bernstein, will be inducted into the prestigious World Boxing Hall of Fame having received the highest number of votes ever for a non-boxer inductee. The Showtime Championship Boxing color analyst feels his inclusion among boxing’s elite couldn’t have come at a better time. “It…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino (left) & Winfried Mausolf (right) They did it 5,600 miles apart, but Andre Ward and Mikkel Kessler both took care of business in similar fashion in front of their fans and television viewers on a special split-site doubleheader ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime Saturday night. Ward (20-0,…
Denmark’s favorite son laces up the gloves tonight as Mikkel Kessler defends his WBA super middle crown against unheralded challenger Gusmyr Perdomo at The Messecenter in Herning, Denmark. The highly accurate “Viking Warrior” regained the WBA bauble in 2008 following his only career loss to the “Welsh Wizard”, Joe Calzaghe in 2007, and made a…
© Tony Brochner / MCH Herning Both WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler and his opponent Gusmyr Perdomo weighed in at 167 pounds at today’s weigh-in in Denmark. Danish national hero Kessler (41-1, 31 KOs) will defend his WBA super middleweight title against mandatory challenger Perdomo (16-2, 10 KOs ) on Saturday night before participating…
Mikkel “Viking Warrior†Kessler received a rocking reception from his home crowd in Denmark on Tuesday when he conducted an open training session in the city centre of Herning. Kessler (41-1, 31 KOs) puts his WBA super middleweight title on the line against mandatory challenger Gusmyr Perdomo of Turmero, Venezuela, on a special Saturday primetime…
An incredible fall lineup for boxing kicks off this Saturday on Showtime with a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Showtime will televise the WBA Super Middleweight Championship between defending champ Mikkel Kessler and challenger Gusmyr Perdomo on same-day coverage from Herning, Denmark.
Former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor knows what it takes to win, and that is: finish strong. And now Taylor has changed his training camp from Miami, Florida, to prepare for his explosive October 17th fight with Arthur Abraham in Berlin, Germany at o2 World. Taylor is going through a grueling 10-week training camp at former…