Boxing Articles

After eight years as a professional, Robbie “The Bomber” Peden finally gets a world title opportunity as he meets Nate Campbell in Australia tonight for the IBF super featherweight crown. This will be a rematch of their brutal showdown in March of 2004 when Campbell dropped his hands in the …

Nigel Benn, the bad boy of British boxing, was riding high. The ferocity and venom of his recent victories had made him a huge star across the Atlantic; U.S. promoter Bob Arum was even hailing him as the world’s most exciting fighter. His future looked bright as he enjoyed the …

Mike “No Joke” Stewart, of New Castle, DE, hopes to maintain his world ranking when he boxes Juan Carlos Rubio, of Guadalajara, Mexico, in the 10-round junior welterweight main event Friday, March 18, at the New Alhambra Sports & Entertainment Center, Swanson & Ritner Streets (next to Forman Mills), in …

This movie will never be ranked with “Raging Bull” or even “Rocky” when lists of excellent boxing films are compiled. With that being said, the movie “Dempsey” starring Treat Williams as Jack is well worth a watch. Dempsey’s story is so well known, it made making this movie a real …

Howard “the Battersea Bomber” Eastman failed to win a world title last Saturday night, so perhaps another bomber, this time of the Australian variety will be more fortunate this Wednesday. Robbie “Bomber” Peden has beaten people up all over the world, but never claimed a world title for his own. …

Chris Eubank calls him the most terrifying man he has ever met, Steve Collins claims no one hit him harder, before or since; only seven of his forty-two ring victims survived his fury and made it to the final bell, though whether in one piece or not is another story. …

Howard Eastman’s reintroduction into world-class company may be a tad late, but only those ignorant of his credentials and boxing ability can deny his right to fight against Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins aims for a twentieth middleweight title defense, a historic feat, but one in which he faces a true middleweight …

The life of a prospect in the sport of boxing is harrowing. So much is on the line that one slip up and you’re on thin ice. Mis-step a second time and you’ll find yourself in a steep sided dustbin, almost impossible to climb out of as the money that …

A Rare Necessity. Far too many talented boxers have gone unnoticed and have not been embraced by the fans and media (boxing public) as they should have been. It is only until the boxing public feels that a fighter has lived and fought up to their expectations of defeating what …

A decade later. The Gerald McClellan tragedy. by Richard Slone February 25th will mark a decade. The tenth year that former middleweight champion Gerald McClellan has struggled with life since his fight with Nigel Benn left Gerald with permanent brain damage. It’s been a decade since McClellan and Benn battered …

Scott Harrison must wonder what he has to do to capture the hearts of the public. Being Scotland’s first world champion since, well, since I was a fetus should be enough, in theory. However, the boxing world is rarely so clear-cut. If Harrison finishes his opponent too fast, the fight …

With British light welterweight Junior Witter’s latest chance to crash the world stage apparently up in smoke, a question begs asking. Is Witter lucky that the prospective fight against Australia’s Lovemore N’dou fell through in a tangle of boxing politics and misconceptions or did the man from Bradford, England miss …