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Reports surfacing today suggest that the IBF may be stripping Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez of their featherweight title due to the Mexico City native not making a required mandatory defense against their highest rated challenger. Marquez still has the WBA “Super Championship” title but could potentially be forced into a box off against that organization’s…
Lkhagva Dugarbaatar, better known as Lakva Sim, fought his way out of the toughest boxing rings that Thailand and South Korea had to offer and took the WBA Super Feather belt from Takanori Hatakeyama in 1999. In just his 13th pro outing Sim became the first Mongolian fighter to win genuine world honors but the…
Former light middle contender Marco Antonio Rubio continues his comeback tomorrow night as the hammer fisted man from Gomez Palacio, Mexico makes a hometown appearance against hard luck journeyman Leon Pearson. After riding a wave of success that included one round anihilations of two good fighters, Fitz Vanderpool and Jeffery Hill, the fall from grace…
Robert Wiggins goes into his contest this Thursday with unbeaten British heavyweight hopeful Audley Harrison a decided underdog. The big Briton has sterling amateur credentials and comes bearing a perfect record in the professional ranks since taking off the headgear in 2001. Harrison has the reach, the skills and the height going for him. On…
New York Commission suspends Holyfield! The once great heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion Evander Holyfield has had his medical suspension lifted by the New York State Athletic Commission, one which kept him from fighting around the United States, but the same organization has also suspended his license for the State of New York on grounds…
With Danny Green having signed to fight Scott Pemberton in a bid to secure a third meeting with Markus Beyer, and a November superfight between Joe Calzaghe and Jeff Lacy supposedly a done deal, Anthony Mundine is starting to resemble a little boy that nobody wants to play with. Blessed with phenomenal athletic gifts, speed…
Click for larger image© DAVID MARTIN WARRDON KING PRODUCTIONS The carnage will be awesome. Onlookers will have to peep through their fingers to gauge whether it is safe to look. Nearby, officials will wince; eyeing every nuance of the action, hoping that animosity between the two can be sufficiently contained. Public relations officers will envision…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime As the evening fell on what would be an exciting and electrifying night, the purple and blue sky and the swaying palm trees were the perfect backdrop for one of the most memorable nights in boxing for all of Florida. We witnessed the younger fighters go out and dominate…
Above is a question frequently directed at British fighters over the years. The perceived promotional protection is not exclusive to Scott Harrison. Any British fighter with a hint of potential over the last decade or so was seemingly milked dry domestically before achieving consideration to fight the elite. So why is it that Scott Harrison…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime For the first time since the stolen stardom of Gerald McClellan and the passing fancy of Roy Jones Jr., the American boxing contingent has a reason to care about the super middleweight division. At Robin Reid’s eternal expense, Jeff Lacy is that reason. Bludgeoned: the apt description for the…
For many of us fans, boxing enjoyed a period of great fights and great fighters in the late seventies and eighties, which has not been equaled since. Fighters like Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Duran, Arguello and others were in their heyday. The heavyweight division, arguably the most popular among many boxing fans, had Larry Holmes and…
Things were beginning to get quiet in Britain this past weekend as the U.K. settled into its traditional midsummer break between the “seasons,” but the scene isn’t completely dead with the upcoming bouts in the U.S. and Italy this week for British fighters, along with speculation on just who some of the biggest names in…