KOSTYA TSZYU. “I have had a very good training camp and I am here to show all my skills. Ricky is a great challenger. I have seen him fight. This is about respect, boxer to boxer. Fighting Ricky in his hometown does not matter at all to me because inside the ring, nobody else can…
WBO Featherweight Champion Scott Harrison faces a true do or die situation against his most dangerous domestic rival, three time world title challenger Michael Brodie, this Friday at Manchester, England’s enormous MEN Arena. The Frank Maloney managed Glasgow man is coming off a sub-par title defense against Colombia’s Victor Polo and can ill afford a…
British fight manager Jack Trickett has launched a verbal attack on WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison ahead of Harrison’s clash with Trickett’s fighter, Michael Brodie this Friday. According to the Scotsman.com online source, Trickett stunned media and onlookers alike with a tirade against Harrison, prompted by Harrison’s lateness to a pre-fight press conference. Trickett laid…
Lee Meager will meet Liverpool’s David Burke in a sensational eliminator for the British lightweight title in the chief support contest on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ bill on Saturday July 9th at the Nottingham Arena. It will be the Salford man’s first outing since, according to most ringsiders, he comprehensively beat Danny Hunt for the…
In anticipation of their HBO televised championship bouts on August 20th at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois two time junior middleweight champion “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas and #1 ranked featherweight Rocky Juarez will hold a press conference at Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant this Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 1pm. Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant is located at 500…
British fight manager Frank Maloney is causing a stir ahead of his fighter, Scott Harrison’s WBO world title fight with Manchester fighter Michael Brodie. Maloney is fuming about the fact that his man Harrison, from Cambuslang in Scotland, has to defend his championship with an all-English judging panel officiating the contest. Maloney has been known…
Boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya is set to return to action for the first time since losing by ninth round knockout last year in a bid for the undisputed middleweight championship. Bernard Hopkins put paid to De La Hoya’s middleweight ambitions, and De La Hoya will return to the ring since suffering his fourth…
Following his stoppage loss to Hawaiian prospect Brian Viloria this past weekend, boxer Ruben Contreras suffered serious injuries and now lies in a come, induced by doctors at the California hospital where he is receiving treatment. Contreras suffered bleeding on the brain a a result of his fight with Viloria, he collapsed and was rushed…
The time is almost at hand for the huge IBF light welterweight title fight between champion Kostya Tszyu and undefeated challenger Ricky Hatton. The fight will take place in Hatton’s Manchester in the early hours of the morning, and the world’s media will be on hand to provide massive coverage of this most legitimate championship…
Nova Scotian heavyweight Kirk Johnson will return to the ring later this month against Cuban heavyweight Yanqui Diaz. The fight will take place at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in California and it is Johnson’s first significant action since being blown out in two rounds by Vitali Klitschko. Diaz’ last action came on an HBO…
Fresh from his self-imposed retirement and third-time championship crowning, WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz will have to try and overcome the biggest physical obstacle currently in boxing today in his next mandatory defense: Russian giant Nicolai Valuev. Valuev took out former contender Clifford Etienne in three rounds very recently and is often spoken of in…
Eric “Little Hands of Steel” Morel of Puerto Rico will take his second chance at a world title in succession as he goes into battle against WBO super flyweight champion Fernando Montiel on July 16. Former champion More’ls last title tilt was ended by current WBA champion Martin Castillo, and Morel will not likely find…