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Boxing fans will have to wait a little longer for the Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. rematch. Originally, the light heavyweight fight was scheduled to take place early in the New Year. According to officials however, there is a clause in the contract that allows Jones to honour an …

I am off to England for the opening weekend of the Super Six World Boxing Classic and the gravity of the moment is hitting me, as it is everyone else associated with this rather grand event. Without overstating the case, this is a pretty significant undertaking. What makes it even …

Irish middleweight Andy Lee, will face current European Union and French champion Affif Belghecham at the UL Arena in Limerick, on November 14 in a Brian Peters event entitled ’Yanjing’ Fightnight’. Peters sees this as Lee’s ’stepping stone’ to a title clash with Birmingham boxer Matthew Macklin, or Irish boxer …

David Haye has done all the right things via the press to get generate a heavyweight title challenge and has been rewarded with a shot against WBA champion Nickolay Valuev in Nuremberg, Germany on November, 7. But with the same certainty in which that statement can be made, there’s no …

Joe Calzaghe has once again shunned defeat in the dancing stakes. In the first episode of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, the former boxing champion and his lovely dance partner Kristina Rihanoff failed to impress the judging panel and were bottom of the leader board. Last week, the dazzling duo were again …

Five Towns ABC debutant Daniel Allen was the highlight of Queensberry Police ABC’s first show of the new season, at the Jubilee WMC in Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent, England last Thursday. The 19 year old southpaw was busy throughout his three rounder against Queensberry’s Martin Pickerill, connecting with stinging …

© Lawrence Lustig The latest edition of Prizefighter, Heavyweights III, was highly entertaining with well-known fighters in the equation of Audley Harrison, Danny Williams and Scott Gammer. The tournament had decent domestic talent in the mix despite Michael Sprott’s withdrawal. Harrison and Williams were touted to meet each other in …

This Saturday sees the comeback of former heavyweight contender David Tua, who headlines a night of boxing at Mystery Creek Events Centre in Hamilton, New Zealand. It could be a changing of the guard in respect to just who is the kiwi heavyweight king as old guard Tua, 49-3-1 (42), …

Not surprisingly, the aftermath of the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez match has produced some very simplistic commentaries about the commerce of the fight. The very good buy rate that topped 1 million has been viewed in a number of different ways. Many of them so absurdly one dimensional that it …

© Jan Sanders / Goossen Tutor Promotions As fight night nears for Vitali Klitschko’s WBC heavyweight title defense against challenger Chris Arreola this Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the champion continues to work the pr angle. But is he preparing as hard in the gym? Recent press releases …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Joe Calzaghe may have retired the undefeated super middleweight and light heavyweight champion but it seems that his footwork on the dance floor doesn’t match up to that in the ring. This weekend saw the start of BBC‘s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and Joe made …

A week after his tragic death, 2008 Olympic Bronze Medallist Darren Sutherland was buried today in St. Finian’s cemetary in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. The likable and talented 27 year old was memorialized during the well-attended funeral service at nearby St. Mary’s Church. A week of painful reflection among the …