IBF light welterweight champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton will appear in America this week ahead of the weekend’s WBC light welterweight clash between Arturo Gatti and Floyd Mayweather Jr. The undefeated champion will make a special guest appearance as the in-studio analyst on ESPN’s Friday Night Fight’s television show hosted by Brian Kenny. Last week’s…
After ten rounds of boxing at the Ala Carte Pavilion in Florida last night, the lightweight contest between Damien Fuller and John Brown was declared a draw, even though most observers felt that Fuller did enough to take the ten round verdict. It was the headline bout of ESPN2’s Tuesday Night Fights show that lacked…
On June 25 Arturo “Thunder†Gatti will put his WBC Super Lightweight Championship on the line in one of the year’s most anticipated bouts when he challenges boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter, WBC #1 ranked contender Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Two of Main Events’ undefeated rising contenders will be featured in the non-televised portion of the nine-bout…
By Curtis McCormick. Watch the British Fight of the Year on www.frankmaloney.com! In the sweltering heat of London’s York Hall on Sunday night, Graham Earl put on a tremendous performance to not only defend his British title but to take the Commonwealth crown as well, climbing off the canvas to dramatically stop Kevin Bennett and…
The Yory Boy Campas (86-7, 70 KO’s) vs. Matt Vanda (33-1, 21 KO’s) main event (12-round super welterweight bout), and the Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Roberto Duran’s epic victory over Sugar Ray Leonard are the main courses on the Battle for Pride! pay-per-view card presented by Team Freedom Promotions on Friday night, June…
Veteran Kenny Ellis (34-6-2, 22KO’s) ventures back into the ring at the Emerald Queen Casino’s Battle at the Boat boxing series this Saturday, June 25th at the I-5 showroom. The first bout is scheduled for 7:30 pm. Ellis will face the steely and unorthodox competitor, James Lubwama (16-2, 9 KO’s) from Florida. Ellis, still fueled…
British lightweight champion Graham Earl overcame the challenge of Kevin Bennett in the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London last night with a stirring performance. Earl found himself on the canvas at the halfway point of the fight before turning the tide dramatically and landing some huge shots that had Bennett reeling and unable to…
Clinton Woods gained the IBF light heavyweight championship of the world at the fourth time of asking earlier this year. Now, the Sheffield fighter will have to take on former WBO champion Julio Gonzalez in a first defense. Gonzalez was the first man to defeat longtime WBO champion Dariusz Michalczewski and gave former undisputed light…
Antonio Tarver certainly has a taste for rematches as he has never, ever lost on in his professional career. After a disappointing fight for the universally recognized light heavyweight championship, Tarver aimed to get Johnson back in the ring to prove that the first fight was simply a glitch. Tarver did just that as he…
Ghana’s Ike Quartey registered the most significant win of his comeback to boxing after a five year absence last night as he took a ten round decision away from former light middleweight champion Verno Phillips. Quartey felt the canvas in round nine after Phillips certainly had his moments early in the fight. But Quartey came…
Former WBO world middleweight champion Otis Grant fought once again in his adopted home of Montreal, Canada last night. Grant defeated Charles Adamu via the decision route and marked his sixth successive win since returning to boxing after a five year layoff in 2003. Grant has very few knockouts on his impressive professional ledger, so…
At the huge and ancient Amphitheater of Pula, Croatia – built between 100 and 400 A.D. by the Roman Empire – principals Felix Sturm and Stipe Drews fulfilled the expectations set on them as being the favorites on this event promoted by Germany’s Universum Box-Promotion. In front of 6.000 excited open air spectators in one…