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NEW YORK-Chris Byrd and Jameel McCline are good friends who both happen to make a living hitting people in the ring. They go to dinner together and hang out at each other’s houses. Their wives talk constantly on the phone. On Saturday night, they’ll fight for the IBF heavyweight title. For a few rounds, at…
Yanqui Diaz, the man that knocked out former undefeated WBC cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez will take on heavyweight journeyman Vaughn Bean tonight in the featured attraction of the fight card being held in Green Bay Wisconsin, USA. Diaz, whose full name is Yamplier Azcuy Diaz is a former Cuban amateur that turned professional in…
Ton For The Road: Click for larger image© David M. Warr/DKP It was a wild scene Thursday in the lobby of the Theater at Madison Square Garden with nearly a ton (over a ton with promoter Don King!) of heavyweights weighing-in for the New York State Athletic Commission in anticipation of four epic heavyweight clashes…
“Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it.” Words that can be duly applied to the current life and times of German middleweight Felix Sturm. Sturm wanted to be involved in high profile fights after he lost a debatable decision to Oscar de la Hoya in June. It is being rumoured…
Before the heavyweight championship action begins this Saturday night at Madison Square Gardens, fight fans will be treated to an intriguing scrap between former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall and hard-hitting contender Davarryl Williamson. McCall became the WBC heavyweight champion by knocking out Lennox Lewis in two rounds back in the nineties but subsequently lost the…
Both WBC light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver and his IBF counterpart Glen Johnson have opted to forego their mandatory obligations to the sanctioning organizations they represent to pave the way for their fight on December 18th. Tarver was due to honor his mandatory in a fight with Australia’s Paul Briggs who has just signed a…
IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu deceived all expectations that he would be ring rusty after almost two years out of the ring by thoroughly dominating his closest rival in the light welterweight division. Despite being extremely active and carrying a great deal of momentum into the match, Sharmba Mitchell could not make a dent…
WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe of Wales celebrated the latest successful defense of his title, a points win over Egyptian Kabary Salem by signing a new contract that will keep him with promoter Frank Warren for the forseeable future. Calzaghe has long yearned to test his skills and power in the light heavyweight division…
Former undefeated super featherweight and lightweight champion Acelino Freitas will reassume his career in his native Brazil on December the 11th. An opponent for Freitas is yet to be determined but the appearance will give the boxing world an opportunity to gauge exactly how affected he has been by his dramatic loss to Diego Corrales…
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Romanian light welterweight fighter Leonard ‘The Lion’ Dorin has announced his retirement from professional boxing. During a six year career, Dorin won the WBA lightweight title and successfully defended it before fighting to a contentious draw with IBF lightweight titlist Paul Spadafora, a fight that an overwhelming majority of observers felt Dorin…
The vast majority of boxing fans identified the Kellerman name with ESPN’s fast-talking Friday night fights analyst Max Kellerman. However, the name will now forever inspire remembrance of a darker nature due to the brutal murder of Max’s older brother, Sam Kellerman. It is alleged that light heavyweight boxer, James Butler is responsible for Kellerman’s…
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