Boxing Articles

By Simon Jackson Tony Oakey gets the opportunity to win the title he craves when he fights Steven Spartacus for the vacant British light heavyweight title on May 18 and promoter Mick Hennessy believes contests like this are precisely what the division needs. “It could kick-start the division,” said Hennessy …

Diego “Chico” Corrales 1977-2007: Forever A Champion It was sometime in spring of 1997 when I watched a young undefeated kid from Sacramento, California take out his much more experienced opponent via second round TKO stoppage. The prize? Some minor title that doesn’t come to mind right now, but it …

He is the undisputed middleweight champion of the world. And it is that word, “undisputed”, that grabs you when one speaks of Jermain Taylor, 26-0-1 (17), and his accomplishments, because in today’s world of alphabet titles and paper champions, it is rare to find a consensus top dog in any …

Saturday was a great night for Michigan in sports. The Red Wings won, the Tigers won, the Pistons won and Floyd won. But with that being said, boxing was the only sport of the four that was out of the casual sports fan’s mind come Monday morning. The city of …

Felled during the prime of life at just 29 years of age, the passing of former two weight world champion Diego Corrales has unified the normally fracticious boxing fraternity in a shared state of mourning. Just after 7pm on Monday night, Corrales was driving a motorcycle on Ft. Apache Rd …

The fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Oscar De La Hoya was truly a classic clash that will be remembered for many years to come. I thought the fight was much closer than official stats have shown, and I could understand Oscar De La Hoya’s disappointment when the decision was …

In an absorbing, if not classic, bout, Floyd Mayweather Jr won a world title in a fifth weight division by a split decision over fellow American Oscar De La Hoya. For me, it was a better fight than I expected but what happens next in the career and lives of …

It is the “LAST GREAT FIGHT.” That is not to say that there will no longer be exciting matchups in the sport, but in terms of the shear magnitude of events, it will likely be the last major special that the sport will ever see. Over the past twenty years, …

The makers of not just champions, but pound for pound greats. The name of the game is Boxing. Boxing consist of two men in a square ring going at it, man to man, until either one man is rendered unable to continue or the final bell rings and a winner …

Nicolai Valuev recently lost his WBA heavyweight title to the tenacious Ruslan Chagaev in an entertaining scrap held in Stuttgart, Germany. That strange sound you heard immediately following the fight was the collective sigh of relief from countless boxing fans. The 49-0 mark set by the great Rocky Marciano was …

Fight Of The Century? Floyd Mayweather Jr and Oscar De La Hoya will climb through the ropes on May 5 for what could be the fight of the century. Whether or not this will be the case come May 6 remains to be seen. We have the pound for pound …

David Haye’s dream of becoming the first British boxer to hold the World Heavyweight and Cruiserweight titles moved a step closer at Wembley Arena last night as the 26 year old South Londoner outclassed the talented Tomasz Bonin. Bonin seemed stunned by Haye’s power-punching and the 33 year old Pole …