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Within the past two weeks, American two weight world champion Timothy Bradley successfully retained his WBO Welterweight title against the Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez at the Thomas and Mack Centre in Las Vegas. It was second time Bradley defended his title, the first being against the Freddie Roach trained …

Is ‘Special K’ as special as we were once to believe? Welterweight Kell Brook got off to such a great start, and looked like such a prospect. After all , the young lad came from the same gym in Sheffield that made household names of Prince Naseem Hamed, Ryan Rhodes, …

After months of speculation, it has been announced that Liverpool’s current British and Commonwealth Heavyweight champion David Price has recruited Adam Booth, “the Dark Lord of British Boxing”, and the current trainer of two-weight world champion David Haye, to be his new trainer. The decision comes after Price decided to …

A date and venue has been confirmed for Tony Bellew, the former British and Commonwealth Champion, and his mandatory challenge of Adonis Stevenson’s WBC light heavyweight title. Bellew was recently an interested spectator ringside in Montreal, Canada to see Stevenson display a previously unseen side to his boxing ability in …

According to a notice published on the website of the British Boxing Board of Control dated the 9th of this month, the Board of Control has ordered purse bids to be submitted to their offices for a potential match up between Finchley’s Dereck Chisora, the newly crowned European and former …

As most of you already know, there will be a rematch between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Brian Vera following the controversial result last Saturday which gave Chavez Jr. a unanimous victory. Most experts on hand, including HBO analyst Jim Lampley, had Vera winning the bout, however, the judges had …

To a percentage of average people on the street, the sport of Professional Boxing is nothing more than the barbaric spectacle of two near brainless brutes taking turns knocking the stuffing out of each other in front of a bloodthirsty crowd. In reality, Boxing is a far different endeavor. Boxing …

Matchroom Boxing are putting on a good show on Saturday night at London’s O2 Arena, in what is effectively a rescued card from the Haye vs.Fury debacle. Which although I was gutted about not seeing, it is boxing, cuts in sparring happens, I think it adds a little bit of …

If you’re going to step up, why not step up for all the marbles? That approach worked for Andre Ward, who, despite a 2004 Olympic Gold Medal, was still fighting the likes of Shelby Pudwill, Edison Miranda and Henry Buchanan in 2009 when he entered the Super Six tournament and …

Carl Froch is beginning to impress the Judges on ITV’s ‘Stepping Out’ Programme. The WBA and IBF Super Middleweight Champion faces George Groves on the 23rd November, but is mixing training with learning the steps for his next dance routine with partner Rachael Cordingley. Last week, Carl and Rachael danced …

Is “The One” referring to Saul Alvarez being “The One” to take Floyd Mayweather’s crown? Or is it “The One” to watch? “The One” not to miss? I am sure Mayweather is seeing it as “The One” to surpass any amount of money he has ever earned in one night. …

One of the most respected boxing referees in the world is getting a chance to prove his quality on one of the biggest nights for boxing this year. Kenny Bayless has been named to referee the junior middleweight championship unification bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez during …