European light welterweight champion Junior Witter believes he will be in for a relatively long night when he meets mandatory contender Andreas Kotelnik on Saturday July 9th at the Nottingham Arena on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ promotion being shown live on ITV. If his predictions are correct the Bradford switch hitter – trained by the…
With a world title unification showdown against World Boxing Organization (WBO) 168-pound titleholder Joe Calzaghe all but set for later this year, International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy will first have to defend his crown against former world champion and current International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight kingpin, Robin Reid, on SHOWTIME…
Unbeaten junior welterweight sensation Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita (22-0, 13 KO’s) will speak to alumni of the birthright israel program in the gallery of the National Museum of American Jewish History where Sting Like a Maccabbee: The Golden Age of the American Jewish Boxer is on exhibit. Salita, 23, is a native of Odessa,…
By Curtis McCormick. Fresh off battering the great Kostya Tszyu in Manchester, England, Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton is in America to sit ringside as two of his biggest rivals, WBC Light Welterweight titlist Arturo Gatti and unbeaten top contender/former two weight world champion Floyd Mayweather, square off on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic…
As first reported on this site, WBC light welterweight champion Arturo “Thunder” Gatti is having a problem making the light welterweight limit of 140-pounds. The Montreal man now based in New Jersey spoke to our very own Sergio Martinez about the fact that he cannot accommodate the weight limit anymore and win or lose on…
In a pre-fight press conference for this weekend’s WBC light welterweight clash between Arturo Gatti and Floyd Mayweather, WBA champion Vivian Harris made an appearance that seemed to disgruntle the undefeated Mayweather. Tensions have been very high between Gatti and Mayweather but the added ingredient of Harris, who consistently insinuates that the higher-profile champions are…
Undefeated WBO minumimweight champion Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon makes the latest defense of his title this Saturday night as he takes on Gerardo Verde on the under-card of the Gatti-Mayweather WBC light welterweight title fight. Calderon is one of Puerto Rico’s finest as an undefeated champion who has been in defense of the title for…
New York has brought out its biggest hitter so far in the campaign for the 2012 Olympics. Boxing great Muhammad Ali will be part of the U.S. delegation in Singapore when the International Olympic Committee picks the 2012 host city on July 6, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday. The former world heavyweight champion won a…
Former undisputed champion of the world Kostya Tszyu has worryingly disclosed that he suffered bruising to the brain and internal bleeding as a result of his fight with Ricky Hatton earlier this month. Speaking to “The Advertiser,” Tszyu stated that he received results from a precautionary examination that revealed the extent of the physical damage…
Kassim “The Dream” Ouma will take to the ring once again this year in defense of his IBF light middleweight world championship. The southpaw champion from Uganda will face European standout Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin whose last world title attempt came in a losing effort to current WBC champion Javier Castillejo of Spain. Ouma…
British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch has vowed to give the people of Nottingham something to cheer about when he defends against Southampton’s Matthew Barney on Saturday July 9th on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ event being broadcast live by ITV. With Nottingham Forest being relegated to League One, Notts County finishing only 19th…
Scotland’s star super featherweight “Amazing” Alex Arthur will not be facing Russian Boris Sinitsin as soon as he had expected. The clash between the two for Sinitsin’s European super featherweight title will happen on July 23 instead of July 9 as first planned. The reason for the delay is that the event clashes with the…