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Click for larger image© Jane Warburton Saddoboxing.com Bombs Away! Hold on to your hats folks, David Haye is back in action this Friday night at Bracknell Leisure Centre but the man standing between the London area bomber and his fast track to world glory is European titleholder, and former two-time WBA title challenger. Alexander Gurov…
“Danny’s an underachiever. Whenever the time has come for him to step up and show what he’s got he has failed.” – Audley Harrison, November 15th 2005 How quickly things change eh? Just shy of a month has passed and Audley Harrison’s words have come back to haunt him. It’s no disgrace to drown when…
The mercurial Danny Williams was on form last night at London’s cavernous ExCel Arena as he proved his meddle once again by outfighting a hesitant Audley Harrison, winning one of his former belts, the Commonwealth Heavyweight title. In what many had expected to be a showcase for the much ballyhooed Harrison, the towering former Olympic…
With Jermain Taylor’s safe but unanimous decision win over Bernard Hopkins this past weekend in Las Vegas, Winky Wright will have a chance to fight for the undisputed title against Jermain Taylor, that’s if he get past Sam Soliman on Dec.10 at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, CT. Winky Wright is no stranger to…
I have seen many things in this sport. I’ve seen a lot of great champions come and go, promoters putting on the first one hundred million dollar shows, upsets of the century, fights thrown, world titles bought and everything else in between. With the days of boxing just being boxing gone, everything has to be…
In a sport that is recognized universally as the “sweet scienceâ€, all too often the end for most fighters is usually very bitter. In the case of “Fast†Freddie Cadena the ending for this prospect could simply be described as tragic. It isn’t unusual to hear of fighters going off the deep end. Most often,…
As Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita knuckles down and enters training camp for his December 15, 2005, bout at the Hammerstein Ballroom, he takes time out to speak about the intense regime of his training camp in the Poconos and his focus as he enters into his last match of the year. ” It’s focus…
***Photo book priced at $50 with all proceeds to aid former champion; Blackburn assisted by Lou DiBella, Steve Farhood in charitable effort*** Las Vegas, December 6-Boxing Writers Association of America 2002 Good Guy of the Year Teddy Blackburn is always ready for a good fight, whether it is a world championship to photograph or a…
On the first Universum Box-Promotion show next year, scheduled for January 7, undefeated heavyweight sensation Alexander Dimitrenko, 20-0 (12), will take on American veteran Rob Calloway, 56-5-1 (43), at Zenith of Munich, Germany. Boxing.de contacted the man from St. Joseph, MO, and found out what he expects from his first fight in Germany and how…
“Sugar” Shane Mosley was once one of the most exciting fighters in the sport. He was a top three pound for pound champion. He racked up win after win by either quick knockout or one sided decision; he was “Sugar” in the ring. Now bearing a 41-4 (35) record after having lost to only two…
Lots of great action took place across the globe this weekend and we’ll start in South Africa where at the Orient Theater in the coastal city of East London, Simpiwie Vetyeka retained his domestic bantamweight title for the fourth time with an eighth round stoppage against Wendy Makhenzi. In Huatabampo, Mexico Esteban Camou bounced back…
It was a busy weekend in the US and there were a good number of fights that took place so let’s get cracking. On a Goosen – Tutor card from the Taichi Palace and Hotel in Lemoore, California, undefeated featherweight Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero lost his NABF title and perfect record via split decision to…