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Amir Khan takes on Danny Garcia on the 14th July at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas for the WBA and WBC light welter titles. Prior to this fight, there has been a lot of controversy because Khan was supposed to be fighting Lamont Peterson in a highly anticipated rematch but it fell through because Peterson…
Following his recent defeat of the Irish Middleweight Andy Lee in the seventh round in El Paso in a defence of his WBC title, the Mexican Prince-ling Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr will finally face off against the Argentine Sergio Martinez, widely regarded as the true Middleweight champion of the world on the 15th September at…
Following the recent announcement that Gavin Rees and Derry Matthews are scheduled for a British and European lightweight unification rematch at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, we are served up potentially another exciting match up between West Ham’s Kevin Mitchell, former British Super-Featherweight champion and current WBO Intercontential Lightweight champion against Coatsbridge’s two weight world…
Today, three-weight world champion Sugar Shane Mosley has announced his retirement from the squared circle at the age of 40, signing off on a 55 fight professional career that contained 46 wins, of which 39 of them came by knockout. This was against eight defeats, which were all on points to the likes of fellow…
It has now been a couple of weeks since Carl Froch delivered, without doubt, one of the greatest performances by a British fighter in a world title fight in recent times in the shape of stopping Canadian based Romanian Lucian Bute in five rounds to become a three time World Champion in front of an…
One of the year’s most awaited fights takes place this Saturday as Manny Pacquiao puts his WBO welter crown in danger against the challenge of WBO light welter titlist Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. This is a very interesting bout as Bradley has proven himself to be a world class…
Following his recent fourth round knockout of the Iraqi born Heavyweight Ali Adams in Brentwood, England, former Olympic Super Heavyweight Gold Medallist, Prizefighter and European Heavyweight Champion Audley Harrison has stated that he interested in fighting newly crowned British and Commonwealth Heavyweight champion and Beijing Super-Heavyweight bronze medallist David Price later this year. Harrison has…
Following the recent revelation that former WBA and IBF Light-Welterweight Champion Amir Khan’s rematch with the American Lamont Peterson had bitten the dust due to Peterson failing a voluntary test, it has been announced that Khan’s forthcoming opponent will be unbeaten American Danny Garcia, who currently holds the WBC title, on the 14th July at…
On Saturday night at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, two-time World Boxing Council Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch joined an exclusive club of British boxers who have been three time World Champions after defeating the previous unbeaten Canadian based Romanian Lucian Bute in just five rounds to win the International Boxing Federation title at…
© Lawrence Lustig Carl Froch 28-2-0 with 20 KO’s, has most certainly earned his place amongst the top super middleweights in the world. Lucian Bute has not. Yes, Bute is an extremely talented fighter and the IBF champion but his record is not of the same quality as Froch’s. This Saturday will be his Montreal…
This week saw the announcement of the inevitable grudge match happening between Londoners David Haye and Dereck Chisora for a minor WBO trinket, which will take place at Upton Park, the home of Football League Championship side West Ham United. The controversial bout is to be sanctioned, not by the British Boxing Board of Control,…
It’s been a busy week for Golden Boy Promotions as unbeaten Danny Garcia is scheduled to fight Britain’s former WBA and IBF Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan, while two divisions up at Light Middleweight, Golden Boy’s young Mexican starlet Saul Alvarez has signed to fight former WBO Welterweight champion and interim Light-Middleweight champion Paul Williams…