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In preparation for his June 4th showdown against IBF Light Welter champion Kostya Tszyu, Ricky Hatton has brought in two South American sparring partners and the Argentines have, along with Hatton stablemate Matthew Macklin, been instrumental in helping the Manchester man prepare for the biggest test of his career. “We’ve …

Remember the night Mike Tyson lost to “Buster” Douglas? Often called the greatest upset in sports history, Douglas, a 42-1 underdog, shocked the world and Don King in front of a reserved Tokyo audience with a stunning tenth round knockout. Nobody believed that anyone, let alone a journeyman heavyweight fighter, …

Felix “Tito” Trinidad is a boxer, fighter and first class individual, when it comes to loving his sport unconditionally. At the time it was announced, Trinidad’s retirement seemed shocking and as time evolved, it felt official. Once in a while, we would hear things like “Tito is coming back,” the …

1. Kostya Tszyu: A technician, a tactician with power, poise and precision, Kostya Tszyu is a boxing legend. Great amateurs should translate into great professionals, and Tszyu is the example of that philosophy. Victims of Tszyu’s power are legion, but not shamed in being so, as the naturalized Australian conceivably …

Hey there fight fans. After knocking out our very own editor, Jimmy the Gent (I’m sure he will love me saying this), I have now been given some fresh meat. Yours truly shall now take on our very own James MacDonald. After reading some of his work, this should be …

OK fight fans, in the absence of the invention of a full-blown recovery kit for fights such as Corrales-Castillo, I hope you can at least scrape your chins off the floor in time for Tuesday, which is the day we return to the ring and the starting point for this …

You know fight fans, I’m really upset right now. I turned on the television to see what kind of coverage ESPN was giving the amazing fight that took place last night between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo. To my dismay, they covered everything from rugby (yes rugby), to college …

Diego “Chico” Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo’s Saturday night boxing match was complete with courage, captivation and commanded our attention with its pure excitement, round after round. Last week, when writing an article about this potential match-up, I indicated the chances of this fight being the inspiration for a second …

On the day of the Kentucky derby, it is only fitting that two top thoroughbreds in the lightweight division go head to head. The unification bout between Jose Luis Castillo and Diego Corrales was everything we expected and then some. Diego Corrales survived two knockdowns in the tenth to TKO …

I must apologize fight fans. I was so excited about the Corrales vs Castillo fight, that I forgot to include a piece on the co-featured main event of the televised portion of Showtime’s fight card. Juan Manuel Marquez put his IBF and WBA trinkets on the line against the tough …

WHAT A FIGHT! I was going to provide a round by round account but, there is really no point. Here is the way every round went. Castillo and Corrales stood in the center of the ring, traded heavy leather, and both hurt each other throughout the fight. There are about …

On June 3, WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison will defend his title against Manchester’s Michael Brodie in what will be the opening headliner in a bumper weekend of action, the following night of course being Ricky Hatton’s challenge to Kostya Tszyu. At a glance, it looks like a classic domestic …