On a crisp, cold night in New York City, the last thing on a persons mind is going anywhere in this type of weather, but this in New York and nothing holds us back. That is why a few thousand screaming city dwellers packed the Theater at the Garden to …
Read More »Jean Marc Mormeck Looks To Unify Boxing\’s Cruiserweight Belts
Jean Marc Mormeck, 31-2 (22), will attempt to become the first undisputed cruiserweight champion since Evander Holyfield, when he will defend his WBA and WBC belts against the hard-hitting O’Neill Bell, 25-1-1 (23), and try to capture Bell’s IBF belt .“I think that O’Neill Bell is a great champion because …
Read More »Boxing Profile: Sugar Ray Leonard
He was perhaps the most talented boxer ever to grace the ring; super fast hand speed, the welter/middleweight version of Mohammed Ali, unrivaled footwork and a heart that matched that of any champion to go before him. Sugar Ray Leonard must surely go on any boxing fan’s list of greats. …
Read More »British Boxing Update: Carl Froch vs. Brian Magee
Due for 31st of March, an interesting British Isles bout put on by Maloney Promotions is scheduled to take place. Undefeated yet untested Carl Froch from Nottingham will take on the Irishman Brain Magee for the British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight titles in a match that could be as fiery …
Read More »Happy New Year Fight Fans, A Top Ten Boxing List For 2006
Every year we sit and make resolutions for ourselves. We claim that we’re going to quit smoking, spend more time at the gym…etc. Resolutions that we almost never live up to for more than a week or so. I myself am comfortable with my bad habits. I look at my …
Read More »Australian Boxing: Hall Of Fame Fighter Jeff Fenech Denies Charges After Arrest
One of the best lighter weight fighters to lace up the gloves in the last thirty years, Jeff Fenech, finds himself in a tight spot after being arrested in the resort town of Broadbeach on Australia’s Gold Coast and charged with allegedly shoplifting three watches with an alleged accomplice. Today …
Read More »Boxing Profile: What Is Going On With Acelino Freitas?
There is old saying that goes, “It is not what happens to you that counts, it is how you react to it!” It seems that Acelino Freitas’s negative mental reaction to his loss to Diego Corrales last August has created far more damage then the mere loss of a fight …
Read More »Boxing Profile: John Ruiz
If you can’t perform like a champion at least act like one. I have been a detractor of John Ruiz since his first bout with Evander Holyfield. He was an undeserving opponent who in all reality was considered a safe opponent for the aging Holyfield. Up until that time, Ruiz’s …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Best of 2005
America’s No. 1 Boxing Network Will Show Hard-Hitting Highlights and Take a Look Back At Greatest Year in History of Showtime Championship Boxing and “ShoBox: The New Generation” Highlights from the most compelling and unforgettable fights of a spectacular year of televising world-class prizefights will be shown when SHOWTIME proudly …
Read More »WBC Boxing News: Women\’s Heavyweight and Middleweight Title Fights
Don Jose Sulaiman, Sang Kwon Park and the WBC Female Championship Committee are very pleased to announce two championship matches: Heavyweight: Pamela London vs, Kim Quashie Middleweight: Teresa Perozzi vs. Scroller Carrington These matches are to take place in Trinidad & Tobago in late January (date to be confirmed), and …
Read More »Roy Jones – Bernard Hopkins 2; a Great Boxing Rematch or Way Too Late?
With the announcement that in the spring of next year former multi belt champions Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones would be participating in a sequel to their bout that occured twelve years ago, many fans rejoiced in the realization that these two modern day greats would finally be sharing a …
Read More »Can Mayweather Overcome His Biggest Boxing Challenge Yet?
WBC Light Welter titlist Floyd Mayweather has reportedly signed a deal to challenge Welterweight supremo Zab Judah during the Spring of 2006 but with only the New York southpaw’s WBC title at risk among his three world championship belts. Regardless of which organization’s trophies are on offer, should this pairing …
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