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Matthew Hatton thought that he was going to be defending his British central area welterweight title against former foe Rob Burton tonight in Halifax, England. Things are not always what they seem however in the sports of kings. As evidenced by our own Ben Lynch’s stellar interview with Hatton yesterday, …

When John Ruiz gets in the ring, things usually get ugly. Put Andrew Golota in there with him, and things could get a lot uglier. That’s the possibility Saturday night when Ruiz defends his WBA heavyweight title against Golota as part of a heavyweight extravaganza at Madison Square Garden that …

Holyfield-Donald. On that magical night in 1996, when Evander Holyfield performed a miracle before our eyes by completely dismantling Mike Tyson in eleven rounds, we could scarcely have imagined that in the years to come it would be Holyfield himself that would so readily degrade his legacy and the heroism …

NEW YORK. The scene was the living room of Chris Byrd’s Las Vegas home, and the subject was the state of the heavyweight division. On one couch was Byrd, the IBF heavyweight champion. Across from him was Hasim Rahman, who wants to be champion once again. Both fight Saturday night …

Junior Witter is planning his fifteenth early night on the bounce when he defends his European light welterweight title against Poland’s Krzysztof Bienias on the Hennessy Sports November 12th “Born To Do It’ promotion at the Wembley Conference Centre. “I have knocked out my last fourteen opponents,” said the thirty-year-old …

Well, let’s get this over with once and for all. Who was the best white heavyweight since Ingo, or since 1960? Many names come to mind but few have reached the pinnacle of world champion status.You could make a case for South African Gerrie Coetzee who briefly held the WBA …

NEW YORK-Chris Byrd and Jameel McCline are good friends who both happen to make a living hitting people in the ring. They go to dinner together and hang out at each other’s houses. Their wives talk constantly on the phone. On Saturday night, they’ll fight for the IBF heavyweight title. …

Legendary trainer Brendan Ingle believes that British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter is still not at his prime, even though he is already every bit as good as his former charge Naseem Hamed. Ingle said: “You have to remember that Naz was brilliant because he had a …

We have all heard of Ali, Frazier and Foreman. Of Tyson and Holyfield. The lighter weight classes have produced the likes of Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard. Who will ever forget Duran, Pryor and Arguello. What about the “near misses”? The ones who in this day of …

WBA Light Heavyweight World Championship Fabrice Tiozzo vs. Dariusz Michalczewski 26. Feb. 2005, Color Line Arena Hamburg Hamburg – The Tiger returns where he stopped one year ago: Right at the top. On February 26 the thirty-six-year-old record keeping former world champion will challenge for the WBA light heavyweight title. …

Bradford’s British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter has revealed how boxing has steered him away from the many troubles that beset the youth in his hometown. “For as long as I can remember there has been tension in Bradford,” said the thirty-year-old, who defends his European title …

At the present moment in Britain, there are a number of top American fighters doing what we call the dinner club circuit. They go around chatting, have dinner, speak to the gathered attendees for about forty minutes, show some film and then answer questions. As a measure of the popularity …