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Olympic Silver Medallist Amir Khan makes his greatly anticipated professional debut tonight in his hometown of Bolton, England on the undercard of Matt Skelton’s British Heavyweight title defense against late replacement Mark Krence. The eighteen year old lightweight is riding an unprecedented crest of public goodwill and is arguably responsible …

Citing the flu, Danny Williams has pulled out of his British Heavyweight title bid against reigning champion Matt Skelton at the last minute and been replaced by former English beltholder Mark Krence. It was only yesterday that Williams weighed in for the much anticipated bout in Bolton, England’s Reebok Centre …

On 4 July 1910, Reno, Nevada was proclaimed “The hub of the universe.” This was a bout that many thought would never happen. Johnson, born in 1878 in Galveston, Texas, had many jobs before becoming a boxer. When he became a fighter, he was forced as a Negro to participate …

Zab “Super” Judah is the ideal definition of rebuilding from the bottom and ending up on top. Boxing and the welterweight division have evolved over the last few years and Judah has much to do with this. When Judah had the pleasure of fighting Kostya Tszyu in the junior welterweight …

You know fight fans, I can remember that at a very young age, my older brother Benito, and I would sit with our parents on Saturday afternoons and watch fights on cable television. I grew up on boxing and always loved the sport. In my teen years, I used to …

(Tuesday Night Fights in Boston, MA) I was not too familiar with the boxers scheduled to fight on ESPN2’s Tuesday Night Fights, but the main event was in the middleweight division, so I figured I was very likely to be entertained. Little did I know that the real entertainment would …

At the forefront of boxing is the junior welterweight division. A boxer trying to push and defeat other fighters so that he can be counted in and not out is Junior Witter. Top- notch performances, upsets and redesigning are all part of the junior welterweight division as of late. So, …

Click for larger image© Sergio Martinez At 6:00 A.M. this past Saturday morning, I stepped outside of a friend’s home in San Antonio, Texas, and began my drive to Houston, Texas. This was an exciting day for me as I turned on Loop 410, heading west and then took the …

Perhaps you might not know who Kassim Ouma is. But I can tell you that he just might be the best light middleweight in the world. Kassim Ouma (21-1-1, 13KOs) was on the fast track to superstardom before being laid out by Agustin Silva in November 1999 and has since …

It was with great sadness that I reacted to Thomas “The Hit Man” Hearns’ recent announcement that he would be getting back into the ring at age forty-six. Hearns is one of my all-time favorite boxers. What I remember most about him is that he never seemed to have a …

Oscar de la Hoya is thirty-two-years-old, has more money than God and movie star good looks. He is also a six-division champion, Olympic gold medalist and hero to many. But why have so many critics been so skeptical of Oscar’s career? He has done everything the people have wanted and …

Mike Tyson’s latest match left me in amazement; I was ready for surprise, shock and perplexity. Of course, I had no clue that Tyson would leave his impression on boxing and that his so-called last match would prove so defining. Tyson is a fighter that can make you watch his …