Boxing Articles
By Kevin Taylor Despite now being number one in the Boxing Monthly British ratings, Jon Thaxton’s team seem to be having trouble matching the current WBF champion. He has only eight rounds of boxing under his belt in 2005, when he won and retained the WBF title kayoing both Christophe De Busillet and Vasile Dragomir…
For many people, Lennox Lewis has been thought of as a glass jawed champion who reigned when there was nobody else around to challenge him. In other words, he has much been thought of at times as a transitional champion, however it is only now in his absence that people are beginning to realize just…
Something’s Gotta Give Click for larger image© Simon ShawSaddoboxing.com When Audley Harrison and Danny Williams square off for the vacant Commonwealth title on December 10th, we have on our hands the biggest British heavyweight battle since Lewis-Bruno, some twelve years ago. The Sports Network promoted card at The ExCel Arena, London is an excellent one,…
Well, after the postponement yet again of Klitschko v Rahman (ive lost count now) the next big action we have to look forward to happens a week on Saturday at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. Newly crowned WBC 140 pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jnr dips his toes into the welterweight division when he takes…
Okay folks, it’s that time of year again. Naseem Hamed has announced his intention to return to the ring “sometime” next year. I’ve read the interviews, listened to the audio and heard the testimony of “experts” rating his chances of a return to former glory but its now time for the joke to stop. Being…
Whenever there are relatives in the same sport, they are constantly compared to one another. In racing there was Dale Earnheart Sr and Jr, while in the sport of tennis, Serena and Venus Williams come to mind. In boxing over the last twenty odd years in there has been the Mayweather brothers, Floyd Sr, Roger…
© Tom Casino/Showtime Popular arguments that intend to discredit Mike Tyson and question his status as a living legend and all time great fighters have nearly always included the fact that he never beat a great fighter. However, it must be stated that during the time that Tyson reigned, he fought the best competition available…
A forlorn figure watched longingly from the shadows as his team-mate stood illuminated on the Olympic podium, about to receive his Gold. It was a bittersweet moment if ever there was one. How could he, at least outwardly, not be happy for Audley? After all, they were not only countrymen but friends. If his face…
The doors are locked and the windows are shuttered. No one is allowed to look in as boxing superstar Antonio Tarver prepared for the fight of his life. His opponent? Rocky Balboa. But even though Tarver’s acting debut as Mason “The Line†Dixon in the sixth Rocky film – entitled “Rocky Balboa†– sees him…
Promoter Frank Warren is delighted to announce that WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe will face IBF holder Jeff Lacy in a sensational unification showdown set for early 2006. Warren was in New York last week locked in negotiations with Lacy’s promoter Gary Shaw and US TV Network Showtime and has confirmed that the super-fight…
If you have ever wanted to know what it takes to be a fighter just go to any amateur show at a local high school or I.U.E hall and the kids there will show you. They don’t yet have the skills of a champion but they do have the will, heart and determination. What does…
At six foot four and 235 lbs, bearing a pro record of 43-4 (37), Shannon Briggs is definitely a threat to anyone and the thirty three old Brooklyn native has had his share of success as a fighter both pro and amateur. As an amateur fighter he won a national Golden Gloves title, a national…