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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 lot of time spent on…
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 multi- fractured titles would almost…
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. His opponent at Color Line…
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 against Krzysztof Bienias at the…
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 of this sort of thing,…
Byrd-McCline. Jameel McCline is on his last chance to become a heavyweight champion of the world, and he knows it. I recall a message he once sent me in response to an article I wrote about him a while ago. Watching a heavyweight division comprised of an aging era in slow and painful decay and…
Well, I hate to say I told you so, but, well, I did tell you. Before we consign Kostya Tszyu’s magnificent victory over Sharmba Mitchell, a “comeback’ in its own right although he was never officially retired, to the history books before looking forward, it is time to pay homage to a fighter whom has…
The progression of the light welterweight division did not exactly stall during the protracted ring absence of Kostya Tszyu, but his re-emergence could prove to be an ominous sign, not only for his opponent Sharmba Mitchell, but also for the entire 140-pound class. The boxing world has endured Tszyu’s convalescence and greets him now as…
Twenty-one year old WBA lightweight champion of the world Juan ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz of Houston, Texas makes the first defense of his title tonight at the SBC Center in San Antonio, Texas. Diaz will meet French veteran Julien Lorcy who has been competitive with several respectable names in the super featherweight and lightweight divisions over…
I could bang on about the injustices of the great black fighters of yesteryear who due to prejudice never got the opportunity to show their greatness on the big stages, fighters like Langford, McVey, Jeannette, Willis, Godfrey, Burley etc, etc. Or I could go on about the great modern fighters than we never really got…
With his long experience in the game, top British fight manager Frank Maloney knew that when Scott Harrison lost a world title to Manuel Medina in July of 2003, the Glasgow native was far from being finished from competing in the featherweight division’s upper echelons. Four fights later and the Scotsman has not only regained…
A New Lion Roars Towards the Title. To the majority of knowledgeable boxing fans in the United Kingdom, Danny Williams was a colossal disappointment. Well known as a fighter that routinely fought within himself and admittedly left his best work in the gym, Williams was a fighter on the down-slope of Britain’s heavyweight scene. Danny…