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Heavyweight contender Davarryl ‘Touch of Sleep’ Williamson advanced his career one step further towards a title shot tonight at Madison Square Garden by out-pointing former WBC champion Oliver ‘Atomic Bull’ McCall over ten rounds. The actual scorecards did not tell of much of a discrepancy between the fighters as McCall lost the decision by two…
Everyone knew the result that might come to pass even before the fight, everyone but Evander Holyfield that is. When Holyfield was in his prime, a fighter at the level of Larry Donald would not have been able to live with him any day of the week. But in 2004, Evander Holyfield is a shot…
Sports Networks British welterweight king David Barnes defied the bookmakers and won his Lonsdale belt outright tonight with a classy display and sixth round stoppage of domestic rival James Hare. In a tense and partisan arena, Barnes stepped up to the plate and took the initaitive from the opening bell but Click for larger image©…
Golden Boy Promotions released information today indicating that undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins and legendary six-weight world champion Oscar de la Hoya are set to make a major announcement this Tuesday November 16th. Hopkins knocked De La Hoya out with a left hook to the body in their historic fight on September 18th. Hopkins apparently…
David Barnes vs James Hare Click for larger images David Barnes remained unbeaten by knocking out James Hare in six rounds. Barnes is the British welterweight champion.
Rico Hoye’s recent SD victory over Montell GriffinClick for larger image © Tom Casino Light heavyweight boxer Clinton Woods, from the ‘steel city’ of Sheffield in England is set to face Rico Hoye of Detroit, Michigan, USA. It has been decreed that the fight will be contested for the now vacant IBF light heavyweight title…
Perhaps in the wake of his destruction of closest rival Sharmba Mitchell, Kostya Tszyu heard the faint whisper of destiny calling him. That whisper might soon evolve into a very significant noise in the boxing world as rumors circulate that Tszyu might be about to finally leave his light welterweight territory and venture seven pounds…
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…