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He hasn’t won a fight in over two years and yet you would be hard pressed to find a writer alive that still wouldn’t place Zab “Super” Judah, 34-5 (25), in the top ten of the welterweight division. Heck, I for one think that he is still one of the …

July is a month of boxing rehabilitation in the sense that we have a schedule packed to the top with quality bouts and if you follow the sport, then you know just what I mean. With so many high level fights on the horizon, July 21 at the Mandalay Bay …

If Ruslan Chagaev can be referred to as the “White Tyson”, then perhaps we have to ask if Sultan Ibragimov can be called by Evander Holyfield’s boxing moniker, the “Real Deal”. Even though the Russian has languished in relative obscurity throughout his career, he’s managed to capture one of the …

What If? What if Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs had knocked out Lennox Lewis in their championship fight in 1998? At that point in his career, Briggs was 30-1 with a win over George Foreman. Could that win have propelled Briggs to be considered one of the best heavies of his …

Who will represent our generation 25 years from now? One thing fans love to do is compare. The thing fans love to compare most is greats from the past to those of the present. Think about it. How many conversations have you been involved in or have heard involving a …

By Ben Lettman It’s going to be a busy July for sparring partners Akaash Bhatia, Rocky Dean and Marc Callaghan respectively. All three fighters are set to be boxing next month. First up is Bhatia, who is fighting July 13 on the Carl Johanneson vs. Leva Kirakosayan card in Barnsley, …

Click for larger image© Peter PortoSaddo Boxing In a much anticipated bout between the two top 140 pound fighters in the world, Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton will face off against Jose Luis “El Terrible” Castillo tonight, Saturday, June 23, 2006 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV. …

Well after a good first half of the year, what can we expect from the summer in world boxing? After a good start to June with wins for Miguel Cotto and Paulie Malignaggi, our attention moves to Las Vegas, Nevada this Saturday with Ricky Hatton’s biggest fight stateside against Mexican …

Click for larger image © John McDonald To be honest, when it was first suggested that I write about boxing in Las Vegas, I was a little unsure about how to approach it. I have been to many boxing matches throughout the years and, for the most part, have always …

The year was 1990 and the heavyweight division had been blown open. In February, the seemingly invincible Mike Tyson was a massive 42-1 favourite when he travelled to Tokyo, Japan to make the 10th defence of his heavyweight crown. Tyson’s opponent that night, James Buster Douglas, was seen as little …

Three years ago, the little known and lightly regarded German Middleweight Champion Felix Sturm took the world by surprise with an evenly matched effort against Oscar De La Hoya for the young fighter’s WBO Middleweight title. Even though Sturm, born Adnan Catic of Leverkusen, Germany, lost the title in a …

The weigh-in for the vacant Commonwealth light welterweight title took place at Frank Maloney’s South London Fitness Academy yesterday afternoon. Only one pound separated the principals when they stepped on the scales amid the buzzing atmosphere today as Stoke on Trent resident Gary Reid came in at 140 lbs to …