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Former Pugilist Who Struggled With Addiction Will Speak to Village Teens – “Bronx Bomber’ Now an Advocate for Retired Boxers. SAN DIEGO – Alex “The Bronx Bomber’ Ramos will speak to youngsters living at St. Vincent de Paul Village’s Teen Academy on Tuesday November 9, at 6:30 p.m., at the organizations 1404 5th Avenue location….
It was recently announced that long-time WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson of Sheffield, England will travel to Rome in Italy later this year for his latest title defense against Vincenzo Cantatore. Italian Cantatore will enjoy a large, partisan crowd advantage when he challenges Nelson on December 11, but Nelson has proved to be a comfortable…
Sports Networks British welterweight king David Barnes defied the bookmakers and won his Lonsdale belt outright tonight with a classy display and sixth round stoppage of domestic rival James Hare. In a tense and partisan arena, Barnes stepped up to the plate and took the initaitive from the opening bell but Click for larger image©…
Compiled By Jim Cawkwell. For the second consecutive year Don King brings us a boxing bonanza to feast upon, except that this time the fights are largely heavyweight attractions. Two heavyweight championships will be at stake as Chris Byrd and Jameel McCline fight for the IBF title while John Ruiz defends his WBA version against…
James Hare has his back against the wall and needs to pull off a convincing win against young hotshot and British welterweight champion David Barnes tonight in order to get some much needed breathing room if he is to completely resuscitate his once high flying career. The former Commonwealth and WBF supremo plans on doing…
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, the title in contention is…
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 features more than a ton…
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 his performance represented. Even after…
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 at Madison Square Garden. Not…
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 from Bradford. “Bienias is going…
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 crown. He was a game…
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. For a few rounds, at…